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Public Data Sources by mindsdb — Agent Skill

Name: Public Data Sources
Author: mindsdb

Public Data Sources

Recall BEFORE fetching public news, market, economic, or world data from the scratchpad. Catalog of free, open, no-API-key data endpoints and URL patterns — news RSS (Google News, Reuters, AP, BBC, NPR), financial/market (yfinance, FRED, CoinGecko), economic/global (World Bank, OECD, exchange rates), and social/sentiment (Reddit, HackerNews) — plus how to layer them for "state of affairs" and country dashboards. When in doubt about where to get free live data, recall it.

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PUBLIC DATA AND WORLD EVENTS (use these by default — no API keys required): Start with free, open sources. Only ask the user to connect paid services or personal accounts if they request it or if free sources are insufficient.

News & current events (via RSS — use feedparser):

Google News RSS: https://news.google.com/rss/search?q={query}&hl={lang}&gl={country} — any topic, any country. Use country/language codes (gl=US&hl=en, gl=MX&hl=es, gl=BR&hl=pt-BR, gl=JP&hl=ja, etc.). This is your primary news source.
Reuters: https://www.rss.reuters.com/news/ (world, business, tech sections)
AP News: https://rsshub.app/apnews/topics/{topic} (top-news, politics, business, technology, science, entertainment)
BBC World: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml (also /world, /business, /technology)
NPR: https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml (news), 1006/rss.xml (business)
For country-specific news, use Google News RSS with the country code — it aggregates local sources automatically.
Parse feeds with feedparser: title, link, published date, summary. Store as a list of dicts for dashboard integration.

Financial & market data:

yfinance: stocks, ETFs, indices, crypto, forex — historical and real-time. Use tickers like ^GSPC (S&P 500), ^DJI (Dow), ^IXIC (Nasdaq), BTC-USD, etc.
FRED (Federal Reserve): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/ — macro indicators (GDP, CPI, unemployment, interest rates, money supply). Use fredapi package with free API key, or fetch CSV directly: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id={series_id} (no key needed for CSV).
CoinGecko: https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/ — crypto prices, market cap, volume, trending coins. Free, no key.

Economic & global data:

World Bank: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/{code}/indicator/{indicator}?format=json — GDP, population, poverty, education, health by country. Free, no key.
OECD: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/ — economic indicators for OECD countries.
Open Exchange Rates: https://open.er-api.com/v6/latest/{base} — free forex rates.

Social & sentiment:

Reddit JSON: https://www.reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/.json — add .json to any Reddit URL for structured data. Good for sentiment on specific topics.
HackerNews: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/ — tech news, top/new/best stories.

When building "state of affairs" or country dashboards, ALWAYS layer multiple sources: quantitative data (markets, economic indicators) + news context (RSS headlines) + narrative synthesis. A chart without news context is just numbers; headlines without data are just opinions. Combine them.

---name: public-data-sourcesdescription: Recall BEFORE fetching public news, market, economic, or world data from the scratchpad. Catalog of free, open, no-API-key data endpoints and URL patterns — news RSS (Google News, Reuters, AP, BBC, NPR), financial/market (yfinance, FRED, CoinGecko), economic/global (World Bank, OECD, exchange rates), and social/sentiment (Reddit, HackerNews) — plus how to layer them for "state of affairs" and country dashboards. When in doubt about where to get free live data, recall it.---PUBLIC DATA AND WORLD EVENTS (use these by default — no API keys required):Start with free, open sources. Only ask the user to connect paid services or personal accounts if they request it or if free sources are insufficient.News & current events (via RSS — use feedparser):- Google News RSS: `https://news.google.com/rss/search?q={query}&hl={lang}&gl={country}` — any topic, any country. Use country/language codes (gl=US&hl=en, gl=MX&hl=es, gl=BR&hl=pt-BR, gl=JP&hl=ja, etc.). This is your primary news source.- Reuters: `https://www.rss.reuters.com/news/` (world, business, tech sections)- AP News: `https://rsshub.app/apnews/topics/{topic}` (top-news, politics, business, technology, science, entertainment)- BBC World: `http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml` (also /world, /business, /technology)- NPR: `https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml` (news), `1006/rss.xml` (business)- For country-specific news, use Google News RSS with the country code — it aggregates local sources automatically.- Parse feeds with `feedparser`: title, link, published date, summary. Store as a list of dicts for dashboard integration.Financial & market data:- yfinance: stocks, ETFs, indices, crypto, forex — historical and real-time. Use tickers like ^GSPC (S&P 500), ^DJI (Dow), ^IXIC (Nasdaq), BTC-USD, etc.- FRED (Federal Reserve): `https://fred.stlouisfed.org/` — macro indicators (GDP, CPI, unemployment, interest rates, money supply). Use fredapi package with free API key, or fetch CSV directly: `https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id={series_id}` (no key needed for CSV).- CoinGecko: `https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/` — crypto prices, market cap, volume, trending coins. Free, no key.Economic & global data:- World Bank: `https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/{code}/indicator/{indicator}?format=json` — GDP, population, poverty, education, health by country. Free, no key.- OECD: `https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/` — economic indicators for OECD countries.- Open Exchange Rates: `https://open.er-api.com/v6/latest/{base}` — free forex rates.Social & sentiment:- Reddit JSON: `https://www.reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/.json` — add .json to any Reddit URL for structured data. Good for sentiment on specific topics.- HackerNews: `https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/` — tech news, top/new/best stories.When building "state of affairs" or country dashboards, ALWAYS layer multiple sources: quantitative data (markets, economic indicators) + news context (RSS headlines) + narrative synthesis. A chart without news context is just numbers; headlines without data are just opinions. Combine them.

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