How do I connect AskNews?

Add the AskNews piece to a flow, then authenticate with API key. Once connected, its 1 trigger and 8 actions are available anywhere in the builder.

What can I automate with AskNews?

"Alert for Query" can start a flow that runs "Search News", and you can chain AskNews together with any of 760+ other apps and AI steps in between.

Can I self-host the AskNews integration?

Yes. Activepieces is fully self-hostable, so you can run the AskNews piece on your own infrastructure with your connections and your data staying in your environment.

Can my AI agent use AskNews as a tool?

Yes. Every piece you connect can be exposed over one Activepieces MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client can call AskNews actions as tools.

AskNews integration

AskNews piece allows you to search and retrieve enriched real-time and historical news articles using AskNews API.

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Actions: 8
Triggers: 1
Auth: API key
License: MIT, open source
Updated: September 2026

About the AskNews integration

Add the AskNews piece to a flow, connect your account once, and the rest of the builder can read from it and write to it. Because the piece is open source you can run it on our cloud or self-host it, and combine AskNews with 760+ other apps in the same flow.

Triggers

Start a flow the moment something happens in AskNews

Each trigger below can start a flow on its own, either instantly or on a schedule.

Alert for Query
Trigger when a new alert is created for a specific news query
6 fields

Actions

Everything Activepieces can do in AskNews

Drop any of these into a flow and fill in the fields. No code is required.

Search News
Search for enriched real-time news articles from the past 48 hours or historical archive
8 fields
Generate News Knowledge Graph
Build a custom mega-news-knowledge graph with fully disambiguated entities and relationships
10 fields
Get Article by ID
Retrieve a single article or multiple articles by their UUID(s)
1 field
Chat Completion
Get chat completions from a news-infused AI assistant powered by OpenAI API
10 fields
Search Stories (Narrative Clusters)
Filter and search for top news narratives and story clusters
5 fields
Create a Newsletter
Create an automated newsletter powered by news and AI
13 fields
Update a Newsletter
Update an existing automated newsletter
14 fields
Custom API Call
Make a custom API call to a specific endpoint
10 fields

Use AskNews in a flow

Connect AskNews once and every trigger and action above is yours to drop into the builder, alongside 760+ other apps. Free to start, on our cloud or your own servers.

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AskNews, answered.

Yes. Activepieces is open source and free to start, and the AskNews piece is included on every plan, from the free cloud tier to any self-hosted deployment.