check_coverage
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Judge how widely and how independently a claim has been reported.
Answers "is this real?" rather than returning a list. Reports the number of
INDEPENDENT newsrooms — outlets that reported it themselves — separately
from the number of domains that carried it, which includes syndication. A
story on 200 domains from 3 newsrooms is one story reprinted, not 200
confirmations.
Because upstream clustering splits a story across languages, this totals the
likely variants of the same story and presents that total as an upper bound,
listing what was combined so the caller can check it is really one story.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| claim | string | yes | The claim or headline to check, phrased in the words a headline would use. Matched literally against headlines and summaries, not by meaning, so "atomic arsenal" will not find stories about nuclear weapons. |
| days_back | integer | no | How far back to look, in days. Defaults to 14. Clamped down to whatever the caller's plan allows, with a note saying so. |
| api_key | any | no | Optional NewsMCP API key for this call; forwarded upstream as x-api-key. Only one request may be in flight at a time, so never call in parallel. |
| response_format | string | no | markdown (default), text, or json. Pass the format the user asked for rather than reformatting afterwards. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"claim": {
"description": "The claim or headline to check, phrased in the words a headline would use. Matched literally against headlines and summaries, not by meaning, so \"atomic arsenal\" will not find stories about nuclear weapons.",
"type": "string"
},
"days_back": {
"default": 14,
"description": "How far back to look, in days. Defaults to 14. Clamped down to whatever the caller's plan allows, with a note saying so.",
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"api_key": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Optional NewsMCP API key for this call; forwarded upstream as x-api-key. Only one request may be in flight at a time, so never call in parallel."
},
"response_format": {
"default": "markdown",
"description": "markdown (default), text, or json. Pass the format the user asked for rather than reformatting afterwards.",
"enum": [
"text",
"markdown",
"json"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"claim"
],
"type": "object"
}