Search Government Related News Articles

Search_Government_Related_News_Articles searches GovTribe article records and returns news content with title, source metadata, publication time, GovTribe URL, and article body text.

When To Use

Typical questions this tool answers well:

• What recent government-related news articles mention a specific topic, phrase, vendor, or agency?

• Which article records match a known GovTribe article ID?

• What are the newest articles for a topic within a date window?

• How many recent articles match filters before retrieving full rows (per_page: 0)?

• Which known article IDs should be excluded from follow-on review?

Required Reading

1. Search_Query_Guide: Required before setting free-text query strings when search_mode is used.

2. Search_Mode_Guide: Required before choosing keyword vs semantic retrieval.

3. Date_Filtering_Guide: Required before setting date window filters.

Input Contract

• query: Free-text query string. See Required Reading: Search_Query_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• page: 1-based page index.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 1

• per_page: Rows per page.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 10

• search_mode: Query interpretation mode. See Required Reading: Search_Mode_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: keyword

  • options: keyword, semantic

• date_published: Filter by date published. See Required Reading: Date_Filtering_Guide.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { from?: null|string, to?: null|string }

• similar_filter: Find similar to the provided govtribe_type + govtribe_id.

  • type: null|object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { govtribe_type: string, govtribe_id: string }

• government_related_news_article_ids: Include or exclude results by GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• government_related_news_article_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• sort: Sort configuration.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { key?: null|string, direction?: null|string }

  • options: key: datePublished, _score; direction: asc, desc

• fields_to_return: Optional field list for row payloads. If omitted and per_page > 0, rows default to govtribe_id. For per_page: 0 aggregation/meta calls, this field may be omitted. Specify fields_to_return whenever the user asks for fields beyond govtribe_id, and prefer omitting it in pure aggregation workflows.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, title, subheader, published_date, site_name, body, updated_at

Output Contract

• Top-level keys:

  • current_page: Current page number when per_page > 0.

  • data: Array of result rows when per_page > 0.

  • from: First row position in the current page.

  • last_page: Last page number for current filters.

  • path: GovTribe search URL for this result set.

  • per_page: Applied page size.

  • to: Last row position in the current page.

  • total: Total matched row count for current query filters.

  • contains: Dataset label for the returned result set.

  • search_results_id_can_generate_saved_search: Saved-search eligibility flag.

  • search_results_id: Server-side search result identifier.

  • view_search_results_url: URL to open this exact result set.

  • per_page: 0 behavior: metadata-only response with path, total, contains, search_results_id_can_generate_saved_search, search_results_id, and view_search_results_url.

• Row keys:

  • govtribe_id

  • govtribe_type

  • govtribe_url

  • title

  • subheader

  • published_date

  • site_name

  • body

  • updated_at

• Relationship retrieval map:

  • none: This resource has no relationship fields.

Usage Patterns

Pattern A: Keyword phrase lookup for recent articles, sorted by publication date. Tool: Search_Government_Related_News_Articles

{
  "date_published": {
    "from": "now-30d/d",
    "to": "now/d"
  },
  "query": "\"artificial intelligence\" | \"machine learning\"",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "sort": {
    "key": "datePublished",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 10
}

Pattern B: Semantic topic discovery across the recent-year corpus. Tool: Search_Government_Related_News_Articles

{
  "query": "federal cloud modernization priorities and acquisition execution challenges",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "sort": {
    "key": "_score",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 15
}

Pattern C: Retrieve known article IDs while excluding records already reviewed. Tool: Search_Government_Related_News_Articles

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "sort": {
    "key": "datePublished",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 25,
  "government_related_news_article_ids": [
    "<ARTICLE_ID_2>"
  ],
  "government_related_news_article_ids_operator": "not_in"
}

Pattern D: Metadata-only volume check before fetching rows. Tool: Search_Government_Related_News_Articles

{
  "date_published": {
    "from": "now-14d/d",
    "to": "now/d"
  },
  "query": "\"Department of Defense\" cybersecurity",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "sort": {
    "key": "_score",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 0
}