Overview
Feeds are read when a request needs them and kept for an hour, so headlines are at most an hour old. Each story lists the other outlets carrying it, with their headlines and links.
Live Test World News Skill Skill →
The tool
Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as WorldNewsSkill. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.
{
"name": "WorldNewsSkill",
"arguments": {}
}Connecting
One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"vervekit": {
"url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
}
}
}https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcpPer-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.
Arguments
These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
categoryOptional | string | Only stories on this topic. A story is in every topic its headline and summary name, not only its feed's section.businessentertainmentworldhealthsciencesportstechnologypolitics+5 |
countryOptional | string | Only stories about this country, from any outlet: an ISO 3166 code or English name, for example JP or Japan. length 0–60 |
editionOptional | string | Only stories run by outlets based in this country: what its press is covering, in the languages it writes in. See list=editions.USGBCAAUINIENZSG+21 |
languageOptional | string | Only stories in this language. Defaults to English, or with edition to the languages that edition's press writes in. Stories are never translated.enesfrdeptit |
sortOptional | string | top ranks stories by how many outlets carry them, favouring the last 12 hours; latest is newest first.toplatestdefault top |
qOptionalPremium | string | Only stories whose headlines or summaries contain every word given, in any case. length 0–100 |
sinceOptionalPremium | string | Only stories published at or after this date or date-time (ISO 8601), for example 2026-10-01 or 2026-10-01T14:00:00Z. length 0–30 · date |
limitOptional | integer | Maximum number of stories to return: up to 10 on the free plan, 50 on paid plans. range 1–∞ |
What the model gets back
The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"date": "2026-10-06",
"category": "technology",
"edition": null,
"languages": [
"en"
],
"country": null,
"sort": "top",
"lastUpdated": "2026-10-06T21:25:23.605Z",
"articleCount": 3,
"articles": [
{
"category": "technology",
"website": "Ars Technica",
"title": "Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input",
"pubDate": "2026-10-06T17:03:16.000Z",
"image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/71I6oj6ZFBL._SL1000_-1000x648.jpg",
"description": "Amazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.",
"link": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/amazon-bricks-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-input/",
"id": "1c4e377fb78ebbb0",
"categories": [
"technology"
],
"countries": [],
"edition": "US",
"language": "en",
"coverage": 2,
"sources": [
{
"website": "The Verge",
"title": "Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore",
"link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1006103/amazon-alexa-aux-voice-commands",
"pubDate": "2026-10-06T19:03:56.000Z"
}
],
"sentiment": "neutral",
"sentimentScore": -1
},
{
"category": "technology",
"website": "TechRadar",
"title": "ASOS hacked? Customers receive threatening notification from hackers, here’s what we know",
"pubDate": "2026-10-06T09:51:14.000Z",
"image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vcsoVeYWsa449Faq6GXYyf-1920-80.jpg",
"description": "The ASOS app sent out a threatening notification to thousands of users.",
"link": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/asos-hacked-customers-receive-threatening-notification-from-hackers-heres-what-we-know",
"id": "2f99fc0e8c1c33ac",
"categories": [
"technology"
],
"countries": [],
"edition": "GB",
"language": "en",
"coverage": 2,
"sources": [
{
"website": "BBC News",
"title": "Asos confirms hackers sent 'unauthorised' notification to app users",
"link": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj62ylzpr6d3o",
"pubDate": "2026-10-06T17:50:19.000Z"
}
],
"sentiment": "very negative",
"sentimentScore": -5
},
{
"category": "technology",
"website": "CBC News",
"title": "Belgian physicist awarded Nobel Prize for pioneering work tracking neutrino particles at South Pole",
"pubDate": "2026-10-06T10:33:19.000Z",
"image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/817f3f8b-5650-4364-afd6-852d370b00ba,1791288766832/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C25%2C2200%2C1237%29%3B",
"description": "Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday in Stockholm.",
"link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-award-physics-9.7369209?cmp=rss",
"id": "912e072816d90c8e",
"categories": [
"technology"
],
"countries": [
"BE",
"US",
"SE"
],
"edition": "CA",
"language": "en",
"coverage": 2,
"sources": [
{
"website": "Ars Technica",
"title": "Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize",
"link": "https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/neutrino-physicist-wins-2026-nobel-physics-prize/",
"pubDate": "2026-10-06T16:53:17.000Z"
}
],
"sentiment": "very positive",
"sentimentScore": 7
}
]
}
}
Response fields
Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
date | string | 2026-10-06 | Date of the request in YYYY-MM-DD format |
category | string | technology | The category requested, or null |
edition | object | null | The edition requested, or null |
languages | array | ["en"] | The languages news can be requested in (list=languages) |
country | object | null | ISO 3166 code of the country requested, or null |
sort | string | top | The ranking used: top or latest |
lastUpdated | string | 2026-10-06T21:25:23.605Z | When the newest of the feeds read was last fetched (ISO 8601) |
articleCount | number | 3 | Number of stories returned |
articles | array[3] | The stories, ranked | |
articles.0.category | string | technology | The category requested, or the story's primary category |
articles.0.website | string | Ars Technica | Outlet that published the lead article |
articles.0.title | string | Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input | Headline of the lead article |
articles.0.pubDate | string | 2026-10-06T17:03:16.000Z | Publication date and time of the lead article in ISO 8601 format |
articles.0.image | string | https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/71I6oj6ZFBL._SL1000_-1000x648.jpg | Image for the story from the outlets' feeds, or null |
articles.0.description | string | Amazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years. | Summary of the lead article |
articles.0.link | string | https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/amazon-bricks-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-in… | URL of the lead article |
articles.0.id | string | 1c4e377fb78ebbb0 | Stable identifier of the lead article |
articles.0.categories | array | ["technology"] | Every topic the story is about |
articles.0.countries | array | [] | ISO 3166 codes of the countries the story is about |
articles.0.edition | string | US | Country the lead outlet is based in |
articles.0.language | string | en | Language of the lead article (ISO 639-1) |
articles.0.coverage | number | 2 | Number of outlets carrying the story |
articles.0.sourcesPremium | array[1] | The other outlets carrying the story | |
articles.0.sources.0.websitePremium | string | The Verge | Outlet name |
articles.0.sources.0.titlePremium | string | Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore | That outlet's headline |
articles.0.sources.0.linkPremium | string | https://www.theverge.com/tech/1006103/amazon-alexa-aux-voice-commands | URL of that outlet's article |
articles.0.sources.0.pubDatePremium | string | 2026-10-06T19:03:56.000Z | Publication date and time of that outlet's article (ISO 8601) |
articles.0.sentimentPremium | string | neutral | Tone of the headline and summary: very positive, positive, neutral, negative or very negative; English stories only, null for other languages |
articles.0.sentimentScorePremium | number | -1 | Tone score of the headline and summary; above zero is positive, below zero negative; English stories only, null for other languages |
Failure modes
Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
400 / 422 | The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one. |
401 | The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server. |
403 | Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity. |
404 | This skill is not part of VerveKit. Check the catalog. |
429 | Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart. |
A call costs 6 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.
Use cases
- Morning Executive Briefings
- Digest bots pull business and technology summaries each morning to deliver quick industry reading directly into team messaging channels.
- Sports Fan Hubs
- When match results break, community forums display new sports headlines and links directly to the original publisher.
- Clinic Waiting Displays
- Show recent health and science summaries within waiting room screens to keep patients updated on public health reporting.
- Trading Desk Terminals
- To track market developments, financial dashboards stream business headlines and source links next to active ticker quotes.
Other ways to use World News Skill
Set up World News Skill on VerveKit, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveKit account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.