Find recent topic news or poll for new-to-agent links using a bounded follow-up
Find recent topic news or poll for new-to-agent links using a bounded follow-up checkpoint and seen history. Return normalized links, exact-link/headline deduplication and optional source-linked headline highlights from a7-day GDELT headline index. Monitoring dates are not verified publication dates.0.01 USDC per completed search, including no new links; source failures are uncharged.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-18
1 of 1checks answered this week
743 msmedian answer time
$0.01listed price per call
$0.01price it asked us
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Endpoint
POST https://api.mekler.ai/v1/research/news/find-topic-news
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.mekler.ai |
| Networks | eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 743 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"include_summary": true,
"limit": 1,
"query": "renewable energy"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"oneOf": [
{
"not": {
"required": [
"days"
]
},
"required": [
"start_date",
"end_date"
]
},
{
"not": {
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"start_date"
]
},
{
"required": [
"end_date"
]
}
]
}
}
],
"properties": {
"days": {
"default": 7,
"maximum": 7,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"end_date": {
"format": "date",
"maxLength": 10,
"type": "string"
},
"include_summary": {
"default": false,
"type": "boolean"
},
"language": {
"default": "english",
"enum": [
"english",
"any"
],
"maxLength": 7,
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"default": 10,
"maximum": 30,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"match": {
"default": "all",
"enum": [
"all",
"any",
"phrase"
],
"maxLength": 6,
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"maxLength": 160,
"minLength": 3,
"pattern": "^[\\w\\s.,'\u2019\\-]+$",
"type": "string"
},
"seen": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"headline_id": {
"pattern": "^headline-[0-9a-f]{16}$",
"type": "string"
},
"id": {
"pattern": "^article-[0-9a-f]{16}$",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"headline_id"
],
"type": "object"
},
"maxItems": 32,
"type": "array",
"uniqueItems": true
},
"since": {
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}Z$",
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"default": "newest",
"enum": [
"newest",
"relevance"
],
"maxLength": 9,
"type": "string"
},
"start_date": {
"format": "date",
"maxLength": 10,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST",
"PUT",
"PATCH"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"articles": {
"items": {
"required": [
"id",
"headline_id",
"title",
"url",
"observed_at",
"published_at"
],
"type": "object"
},
"maxItems": 30,
"type": "array"
},
"attribution": {
"required": [
"name",
"url"
],
"type": "object"
},
"coverage": {
"type": "object"
},
"limitations": {
"items": {
"maxLength": 200,
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 5,
"type": "array"
},
"monitoring": {
"required": [
"state",
"next_request"
],
"type": "object"
},
"query": {
"maxLength": 160,
"type": "string"
},
"retrieved_at": {
"format": "date-time",
"maxLength": 20,
"type": "string"
},
"status": {
"enum": [
"ok"
],
"maxLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
"summary": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
]
},
"window": {
"required": [
"start",
"end",
"date_basis"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"status",
"query",
"retrieved_at",
"window",
"a