| name | card-news |
| description | Return material news about one major-US credit card from the last 3 months, including direct card changes, relevant issuer updates, and major approved-site coverage. Use when the user wants the latest card-specific developments. |
| argument-hint | ["card name"] |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
| allowed-tools | Read, Bash(curl -sS *) |
Card News
Goal
Return the last-3-month news view of one exact card variant in compact format.
Search Strategy: search-required
Fetch issuer newsroom + up to 5 secondary sources for recent coverage. Prefer Doctor of Credit, The Points Guy, One Mile at a Time, NerdWallet, and Bankrate. Run all searches in parallel.
Workflow
- Resolve the card using ../card-identity/SKILL.md. If ambiguous, return a numbered choice list and stop.
- Apply the 3-month lookback and inclusion rules from ../card-shared/recency-rules.md.
- Run one Brave Search API call (see
search_method in ../card-shared/source-policy.yaml):
curl -sS "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=CARD+NAME+news+changes+CURRENT_YEAR&count=10&freshness=p3m" -H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY"
The freshness=p3m parameter limits results to the past 3 months, matching the lookback window. If $BRAVE_API_KEY is not set, fall back to WebSearch.
- Fetch pages — pick up to 2 top article URLs (prefer doctorofcredit.com and thepointsguy.com) from the search results. Fetch in parallel:
curl -sS -L "URL" | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | tr -s '\n' | head -200
News snippets often lack dates and detail — the full article has the complete story and timeline.
- Follow ../card-shared/confidence-rules.md.
- Return compact markdown using the
card-news contract in ../card-shared/command-contracts.yaml.
- YAML is internal only — do not include it in user-facing output.
- Do not show a "Why It Matters" section.
Required Sections
## 📅 News Window## 📰 Recent Updates## 📝 Summary## 📋 Confidence Notes## 🔗 Sources — numbered list of URLs fetched, as markdown hyperlinks with short "Site - Topic" labels, e.g. [Doctor of Credit - Amex Gold Changes](https://...)
Omit ## Card Identity when the match is confident. Use a numbered list for recent updates with a short summary line per item.
