Pull and organize news from three sources into one database

Collects articles from three news services on a schedule and saves them in one consistent format.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; all paths must finish before it continues.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2) ยท Synchronisation (3)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceA record or sheetEvery pathWaits for allResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Research & Market IntelligenceGeneral Automation
Connects
NewsAPIMediastackCurrentsAPINocoDB

The problem it solves

Keeping up with news across multiple categories from more than one source means checking several places and copying results into some kind of tracker by hand. Each service also formats its results differently, making it hard to compare or search.

Who it fits

Content teams, researchers, or editorial operations that need a running, categorized feed of news.

How it works

  1. The system checks in on a set schedule
  2. It pulls the latest articles from each news service by category
  3. Each result is reshaped into one consistent format
  4. The normalized articles are saved into your database
  5. You end up with one searchable, up-to-date news feed
What you get

A categorized news feed always ready

You get one categorized, up-to-date feed of articles from three news sources, ready whenever you need to check the market.

What you get

A single, up-to-date database of categorized news articles.

What you need

API keys for the news services you use and a database account such as NocoDB.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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