insight_discovery_tool
Discover Insights
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List Santiment insights (analyst-written crypto articles) published in a
lookback window. Returns metadata only — id, title, tags, author, link,
published_at, prediction — never the article body.
## When to use
- The user asks what Santiment analysts have written or published recently.
- As step 1 of a two-step read: discover ids here, then pass them to
fetch_insights_tool for the full text.
## When not to use
- Full text of an insight — use
fetch_insights_tool(it needs ids, so call
this tool first).
- What the market is talking about right now — use
trending_stories_tool
(stories only) or combined_trends_tool (stories + trending words).
Insights are human-authored articles, not live social signal.
- Numeric metric timeseries for an asset — use
fetch_metric_data_tool. - Ranking or screening assets by a metric — use
assets_by_metric_tool.
## Parameters
time_period(optional, default"30d") — lookback window as
<integer><unit>, unit one of s, m, h, d, w, y
(e.g. "12h", "7d", "90d", "1y"). The window is always
now - time_period .. now; absolute dates and future ranges are not
supported. An unparsable value returns an error, not a default.
There is no tag, author, asset or full-text filter — filter the returned
list yourself.
## Behavior
- Read-only: no writes, no state change, nothing destructive.
- Requires an authenticated Santiment account (API key or OAuth token);
every call counts against the account plan's MCP rate limits.
- Returns only published, moderator-approved insights, newest first, hard
capped at 100 per call. A wide time_period can hit that cap and silently
omit the oldest insights — if total_count is 100, narrow the window and
call again.
## Response
JSON object:
{
"insights": [
{
"id": 1234, // integer, feed to fetch_insights_tool
"title": "...",
"tags": ["BTC", "bitcoin"], // asset tickers/slugs and topics
"link": "https://app.santiment.net/insights/read/1234",
"published_at": "2025-01-30T10:00:00Z",
"author": "username", // "Anonymous" when unset
"prediction": "semi_bullish" // heavy_bullish | semi_bullish |
// semi_bearish | heavy_bearish |
// none | unspecified | null
}
],
"time_period": "30d",
"total_count": 1,
"period_start": "2024-12-31T10:00:00Z",
"period_end": "2025-01-30T10:00:00Z"
}
An empty insights list with total_count: 0 means nothing was published in
the window — a valid result, not an error.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| time_period | string | no | Lookback window as <integer><unit>, unit one of s, m, h, d, w, y (e.g. '12h', '7d', '30d', '90d', '1y'). Insights published in `now - time_period` .. `now` are returned. Absolute dates and future ranges are not supported. Defaults to '30d'. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"time_period": {
"description": "Lookback window as <integer><unit>, unit one of s, m, h, d, w, y\n(e.g. '12h', '7d', '30d', '90d', '1y'). Insights published in\n`now - time_period` .. `now` are returned. Absolute dates and future\nranges are not supported. Defaults to '30d'.\n",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}