niche_intelligence_query
Intelligence query
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Niche (nicheangle.com) research and analysis: answer an analyst-shaped question over fresh-scanned sources and get an intelligence answer as the deliverable, not a single post. Use for: 'the 10 biggest developments in X this week', 'what's emerging before it goes mainstream', 'where is investment activity rising', 'find 3 non-obvious narratives to publish on LinkedIn'. The answer is the ranked slate plus engine-grounded narratives or patterns: every narrative cites real slate stories and is fact-verified by a second pass (no source, no narrative). This uses the same engine as the Niche web app, so both surfaces return the identical grounded answer; do not synthesize your own narratives over the slate, present these.
Non-blocking: returns a session_id immediately (under 2s). Poll niche_session_state every ~3-5s. At status == cp1_awaiting_story the ranked slate (stories[]) is ready; present it right away. Synthesis runs concurrently and usually lands 20-90s after the slate (hard cap ~2 min); if you requested it, call niche_session_state(wait:30, wait_until:'synthesis') and repeat until synthesis_pending == false (usually 1-3 calls); don't give up early, you'll always get synthesis[] or a synthesis_shortfall_note. With synthesis:'none', synthesis stays null and synthesis_pending is false at cp1, so stop there. To turn a narrative into a post, pick its supporting story id and call niche_angle_propose; no new scan needed. BRAND: omit brand_id and a single/default brand binds automatically; on a MULTI-brand account you'll get brand_choice_required with brand_options[] (the query still runs). Ask the user which brand before drafting. Pass brand_id to bind one, or 'none' for unbranded.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| subject | string | yes | The subject/space to investigate (2-200 chars). Specific is better. |
| count | integer | no | How many developments / narratives to return (3-15). Default ~5-10. |
| window | string | no | Recency window: '24h' | 'week' | 'month' | 'quarter' | 'year'. 'this week' maps to 'week'. Overrides the niche's default recency. A strong bias by default; pair with recency_strict for a hard cutoff. |
| recency_strict | boolean | no | When true, `window` is a hard cutoff (out-of-window sources dropped before clustering) so 'nothing older than yesterday' is exact. Default false (bias only). Strict returns fewer, higher-confidence stories; use when precision matters more than breadth. |
| source_quality | string | no | Source-quality filter (niche-relative). 'strict' drops uncorroborated single-source silos that aren't primary/official or a niche authority, for high-trust answers only. 'balanced' (default) down-weights weak sources without dropping. 'broad' surfaces everything (incl. low-coverage emerging clusters), authority as a tiebreaker only. |
| lens | string | no | Ranking posture. 'mainstream' (default) = authority-weighted. 'emerging' = inverts saturation to surface low-coverage, pre-mainstream signal. 'investment' = lifts stories carrying funding/raise/round/term-sheet markers. |
| synthesis | string | no | 'narratives' = N non-obvious publishable threads across the slate. 'patterns' = the named movement (pairs with lens:'investment'). 'none' (default) = ranked slate only, no synthesis. |
| platform | string | no | Optional publish target (linkedin / x / instagram) that shapes each narrative's publish_hook. |
| target_outputs | array | no | Optional. The draft cells produced if you later draft a narrative into content (same cell list as niche_signal_scan, e.g. ['linkedin:image_post', 'x:thread']). Without this, a draft defaults to a single 'long_form_article'. Set it when you know the surfaces you want, so niche_draft_create yields them directly instead of needing niche_add_output after. |
| brand_id | string | no | Binds this brand's voice, colors, offer, and CTA to the piece. Omit to use your default brand; on a multi-brand account pass the slug explicitly so a post about one product is not bound to another brand's identity. niche_whoami lists your brands. |
| idempotency_key | string | no | Optional. Stable key so a retry reuses the original run instead of billing a second; an identical query fired while one is still running is auto-deduped regardless. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"subject": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The subject/space to investigate (2-200 chars). Specific is better.",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 200
},
"count": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "How many developments / narratives to return (3-15). Default ~5-10.",
"minimum": 3,
"maximum": 15
},
"window": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Recency window: '24h' | 'week' | 'month' | 'quarter' | 'year'. 'this week' maps to 'week'. Overrides the niche's default recency. A strong bias by default; pair with recency_strict for a hard cutoff."
},
"recency_strict": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When true, `window` is a hard cutoff (out-of-window sources dropped before clustering) so 'nothing older than yesterday' is exact. Default false (bias only). Strict returns fewer, higher-confidence stories; use when precision matters more than breadth."
},
"source_quality": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"strict",
"balanced",
"broad"
],
"default": "balanced",
"description": "Source-quality filter (niche-relative). 'strict' drops uncorroborated single-source silos that aren't primary/official or a niche authority, for high-trust answers only. 'balanced' (default) down-weights weak sources without dropping. 'broad' surfaces everything (incl. low-coverage emerging clusters), authority as a tiebreaker only."
},
"lens": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"mainstream",
"emerging",
"investment"
],
"description": "Ranking posture. 'mainstream' (default) = authority-weighted. 'emerging' = inverts saturation to surface low-coverage, pre-mainstream signal. 'investment' = lifts stories carrying funding/raise/round/term-sheet markers."
},
"synthesis": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"none",
"narratives",
"patterns"
],
"description": "'narratives' = N non-obvious publishable threads across the slate. 'patterns' = the named movement (pairs with lens:'investment'). 'none' (default) = ranked slate only, no synthesis."
},
"platform": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional publish target (linkedin / x / instagram) that shapes each narrative's publish_hook."
},
"target_outputs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Optional. The draft cells produced if you later draft a narrative into content (same cell list as niche_signal_scan, e.g. ['linkedin:image_post', 'x:thread']). Without this, a draft defaults to a single 'long_form_article'. Set it when you know the surfaces you want, so niche_draft_create yields them directly instead of needing niche_add_output after."
},
"brand_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Binds this brand's voice, colors, offer, and CTA to the piece. Omit to use your default brand; on a multi-brand account pass the slug explicitly so a post about one product is not bound to another brand's identity. niche_whoami lists your brands."
},
"idempotency_key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional. Stable key so a retry reuses the original run instead of billing a second; an identical query fired while one is still running is auto-deduped regardless."
}
},
"required": [
"subject"
]
}