AskNews integration
AskNews connector allows you to search and retrieve enriched real-time and historical news articles using AskNews API. Use AskNews from Zoft voice agents, chat agents, workflows and AI employees.
- Starts with
Alert for Query - ZoftAgent or workflow decides what happens next
- Then in AskNewsCreate a Newsletter
- AndUpdate a Newsletter
Zoft + AskNews
What Zoft can do with AskNews.
- 01Voice agentsA phone agent can use AskNews actions such as Create a Newsletter and Update a Newsletter during the call, then hand off to a person when it should.
- 02Chat agentsThe same agent on web chat, WhatsApp or SMS can look up and update AskNews while it talks to the customer.
- 03WorkflowsStart a workflow when “Alert for Query” happens in AskNews, or use AskNews as any step on the canvas.
- 04AI employeesAn AI employee can find and use AskNews actions on its own, and ask for your approval before it sends or changes anything important.
Actions 8
Things Zoft can do in AskNews.
- Search NewsSearch for enriched real-time news articles from the past 48 hours or historical archive
- Search Stories (Narrative Clusters)Filter and search for top news narratives and story clusters
- Get Article by IDRetrieve a single article or multiple articles by their UUID(s)
- Custom API CallMake a custom API call to a specific endpoint
- Create a NewsletterCreate an automated newsletter powered by news and AI
- Update a NewsletterUpdate an existing automated newsletter
- Chat CompletionGet chat completions from a news-infused AI assistant powered by OpenAI API
- Generate News Knowledge GraphBuild a custom mega-news-knowledge graph with fully disambiguated entities and relationships
Triggers 1
Events in AskNews that can start a workflow.
- Alert for QueryTrigger when a new alert is created for a specific news query
Setup
Connect AskNews in three steps.
- 01ConnectChoose AskNews in Connections and paste an API key from your AskNews account.
- 02Put it to workAdd AskNews as a workflow step, or let a voice agent, chat agent or AI employee use it as a tool.
- 03Review every runAdd approvals where you want a person in the loop. Every run leaves a record you can check.
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FAQ
AskNews on Zoft, answered.
What can Zoft do with AskNews?
Zoft supports 8 actions and 1 trigger for AskNews. You can use them as workflow steps, and voice agents, chat agents and AI employees can call them as tools.
How do I connect AskNews to Zoft?
Choose AskNews in Connections and paste an API key from your AskNews account.
Can a voice agent or chat agent use AskNews?
Yes. Once AskNews is connected, a voice agent or chat agent can use its actions during a conversation. Permissions control which actions each agent can use.
Can an AI employee work in AskNews without supervision?
Only as far as you allow. AI employees ask for approval before sensitive steps, and every run leaves a record you can review.