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Google News Research Agent Skill

by sandbaseai

Search and monitor news articles across Google News through SandBase. Use when asked for news monitoring, current events research, news coverage analysis, or media tracking.

510 tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
2
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
104
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill google-news-research

What comes with it

422 bytes besides the instruction
references/sandbase-api-map.md

The instruction itself

8 sections, as written by the author

Google News Research

News discovery and monitoring through SandBase's Google News integration. Search articles by topic, track news coverage, and analyze media patterns. Read the API map before selecting a capability.

Call SandBase capabilities

For every selected tool, call sandbase_describe_tool first and use only arguments in its current input schema. Then call sandbase_call_tool with the exact tool_name.

Operating principles

  • News data is time-sensitive — always note publication dates.
  • Cross-reference multiple sources for accuracy.
  • Distinguish news reporting from opinion and commentary.
  • Cite sources with title, publication, date, and URL.

Workflow

1. Search news

Use google_news_bulk_articles to search news articles by keyword, topic, or entity.

2. Analyze coverage

Look at: publication count, source diversity, timeline (accelerating/decelerating), tone.

Output

Return: news articles (title, source, date, URL), coverage timeline, source diversity analysis, and key themes.

Example tasks

  • "What news has been published about [company/topic] in the last week?"
  • "Track news coverage of [event] across major publications."
  • "Compare how different media outlets are covering [topic]."
  • "Find breaking news about [topic] today."
  • "What's the news sentiment around [brand/person] this month?"

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take sandbaseai/google-news-research from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.