Fetch real-time news and intelligence from HackerNews, Reddit (r/MachineLearning, r/LocalLLaMA, r/CryptoCurrency), and NewsAPI. Returns scored articles ranked by relevance and virality, plus trending keywords. Use this tool when: - An agent needs to stay current on breaking AI, crypto, or macro n...
AI agents call get_ai_news to retrieve information from Omni Service Node without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a pure data retrieval tool that queries public news sources and returns structured information. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not modify any data, and does not involve financial transactions. The use cases confirm passive intelligence gathering ('stay current', 'scanning', 'detect', 'needs source material').
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ai_news' and description explicitly state it 'Fetch[es]' and 'Returns: articles...trending_keywords, sentiment_summary'.
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Fetch real-time news and intelligence from HackerNews, Reddit (r/MachineLearning, r/LocalLLaMA, r/CryptoCurrency), and NewsAPI. Returns scored articles ranked by relevance and virality, plus trending keywords. Use this tool when: - An agent needs to stay current on breaking AI, crypto, or macro news - A research agent is scanning for market-moving headlines - You need to detect emerging narratives before they become mainstream - A content agent needs source material for summaries or analysis Returns: articles (title, source, score, url, published_at), trending_keywords, sentiment_summary, breaking_alerts. Example: getAiNews({ category:. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Omni Service Node MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Omni Service Node MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_ai_news: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Omni Service Node. Nothing to install.
get_ai_news is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_ai_news rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_ai_news. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_ai_news is provided by the Omni Service Node MCP server (luckkyyy23/omni-service-node). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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