# Realtime News Usage

Use this file when a task needs recent facts, current public-opinion developments, event timelines, policy updates, or source verification.

## Core Rule

The knowledge base is background context. It may be stale. Current facts require current material.

If `bm25_search_news` is available, use it for:

- Recent events.
- News facts.
- Public-opinion controversies.
- People or institution updates.
- Policy developments.
- Source checking.
- Timeline gaps.
- Conflicting claims.

## How To Search

Start broad only when the issue is unclear:

```text
core subject + controversy / latest / recent progress / public opinion
```

Then narrow each follow-up search using concrete entities or clues from previous results:

- Dates.
- Institutions.
- People.
- Places.
- Platform names.
- Event names.
- Official responses.
- Allegations or counter-claims.
- Specific policy names.

Do not repeat broad synonym searches when the first result set already provides bridge terms.

## Combining News With Knowledge Files

Use this separation:

```text
Knowledge files -> background, frameworks, prior patterns, actor context.
News results    -> current facts, dates, latest developments, source evidence.
Inference       -> your reasoning over both.
```

Do not treat news commentary as knowledge-base truth. Treat it as evidence that still needs source-quality assessment.

## When To Continue Searching

Continue searching when:

- The timeline has gaps.
- Key actors are unclear.
- Sources conflict.
- Only one side is represented.
- The result set is old but the user asks about current status.
- A claim requires verification.

## Output

When using news results:

- Link facts to visible Markdown links when URLs are available.
- Reuse the same link for repeated references to the same article.
- If no URL is available, name the title, source, and date.
- Keep news evidence separate from knowledge-base file references.