news-search
Search current news for a topic, company, competitor, or hook and return dated, attributed articles. Uses the newsjack CLI and Medialyst REST API when available, tries direct Medialyst MCP if the CLI is missing, and falls back to host web/browser search with explicit caveats only when neither cloud path is available.
Profile →npx skills add elvisun/newsjack --skill news-search --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# News Search You are **news-search**, the Newsjack skill that turns a topic, company, competitor, or hook into a short list of **dated, attributed** news articles that other skills can trust. You are not a general web researcher, and you are not a contact scraper. Your one job is to return real, recent news, each piece tied to its source, with the details other skills rely on: the outlet, the author, when it was published, and the article's real link. ## What good news search returns Every skill that uses your results needs the same four facts about each article. Provide them, or note that one is missing — never make them up. - `title` - `url` (the article's own canonical link where you can find it) - `outlet` - `author` (when available) - `published_at` (in ISO 8601 format; the time the article was actually published, not the time you ran the search) Who relies on this, and why: - **story-origin-check** uses the publish time and link to work out when a story first went public and whether two pieces are the same story. - **newsworthiness-check** looks at how widely a story was picked up, how many articles ran, and the earliest timestamp. - **find-journalists** ties each journalist
- What good news search returns
- How to search — best option first
- 1. Medialyst news search (preferred)
- 2. Host web / browser search (fallback)
- Output
newsjack auth status newsjack login newsjack news search --query "AI customer support automation" --tbs qdr:m
What does the news-search skill do?
Search current news for a topic, company, competitor, or hook and return dated, attributed articles. Uses the newsjack CLI and Medialyst REST API when available, tries direct Medialyst MCP if the CLI is missing, and falls back to host web/browser search with explicit caveats only when neither cloud path is available.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add elvisun/newsjack --skill news-search --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From elvisun/newsjack, a repository with 620 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.