News Sentiment Engine (Free)

Collect and analyze AI/tech news from multiple sources with Claude-powered sentiment analysis. Open source lite version.

When to Use

• Use when preparing a concise AI or technology news briefing from multiple RSS sources.
• Use when you need ranked article summaries with sentiment, tags, and impact scoring.
• Use when monitoring industry changes across product launches, policy moves, and infrastructure shifts.
• Use when deduplicating overlapping coverage before writing a daily or weekly briefing.

What it does

• Collects news from 4+ RSS feeds (TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica, Hacker News)
• Deduplicates articles across sources
• Ranks by importance (industry impact, technology trends, policy changes)
• Generates structured briefing with sentiment tags
• Outputs formatted briefing card

Usage

Collect latest AI/tech news from RSS feeds.
Rank top 5 by importance to the tech industry.
For each: summary (2-3 sentences), sentiment (positive/negative/neutral),
impact score (1-5), industry tags, one-sentence commentary.
Output as a structured briefing card.
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Example Output

AI/Tech News Briefing — 2026-05-13

1. OpenAI announces GPT-5 with 2M context window
   Source: TechCrunch | Impact: 5/5
   Tags: #AI #LLM #OpenAI
   Sentiment: Positive

   Summary: OpenAI unveiled GPT-5 with a 2M token context window and
   improved reasoning. Enterprise pricing starts at $0.03/1k tokens.

   Commentary: Direct competitive pressure on Anthropic Claude 3.5.
   Enterprise deals may shift in H2 2026.

2. EU AI Act enforcement begins for high-risk systems
   Source: The Verge | Impact: 4/5
   Tags: #Regulation #EU #Compliance
   Sentiment: Neutral
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Output Format

For each article: - Title + source + publish date - Summary (2-3 sentences) - Industry tags: [AI, Semiconductor, Cloud, etc.] - Sentiment: Positive/Negative/Neutral - Impact score: 1-5 - Commentary: 1-sentence industry perspective

Setup

The optional setup below clones and runs a third-party Node project from tellmefrankie/news-engine. Review and pin that repository yourself before running it, and do not expose API keys to an unreviewed checkout.

git clone https://github.com/tellmefrankie/news-engine
cd news-engine
pnpm install
cp .env.example .env
# Requires: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
pnpm dev -- --collect-only
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No paid APIs required for free tier. Anthropic API key only.

Limitations

• RSS feeds can lag, disappear, throttle, or duplicate syndicated coverage.
• Sentiment and impact scores are briefing aids, not authoritative market or policy analysis.
• The example setup runs third-party code; review the repository and environment variables before use.
• Outputs should be cross-checked against original article sources before publication or investment use.

Pro Version

Free tier covers news collection and basic analysis.

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Author

Core module from a production news analysis engine processing 50+ articles daily since 2026.