Business News Agent

This folder contains a no-code agent specialized in business and financial news. This agent has access to a business news document collection and web search tools to answer questions about markets, corporate news, mergers and acquisitions, and economic trends.

This agent is designed to be used as a sub-agent of the News Orchestrator, but can also be used as a standalone agent.

Note: Before configuring this agent, you must set up:

1. The News Search Tools MCP server.
2. A Business News custom source and collection. See the News Custom Source example (use CATEGORY = 'business'). Make sure to set up an automation to re-vectorize the collection on the source’s schedule.

Input to This Agent Experiment

Retrieval Settings - System Prompt

Any system prompt works. This is a no-code agent, so the LLM uses the agent card and tools to determine how to respond.

Tools

From the News Search Tools MCP server, add:

• search_nyt_headlines
• search_reddit
• search_internet
• search_yahoo_finance_news

Collections

Add the Business News collection that you created from the News Custom Source (with CATEGORY = 'business'). Use alias default. Enable agentic retrieval.

Environment Variables (optional)

No environment variables are required for this example.

Agent Card

The agent card is important when this agent is used as a sub-agent. It tells the orchestrator what this agent can do. Configure the agent card with the following skills:

skills:
  - name: Give business news
    description: >
      This agent has access to several up-to-date business news sources
      and can search for information on anything business related
    examples:
      - tell me about what's going on with tech companies
      - how is the strait of hormuz closure affecting the economy?
      - What is the current stock price of NVIDIA
      - How did the S&P 500 perform in the last trading session
      - List the latest merger and acquisition news in the fintech sector
      - What are the key takeaways from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting
      - Which retail companies reported earnings this morning

  - name: What's going on in the business news world lately?
    description: >
      This agent knows the latest business news and can give you an overview
      of the recent top stories
    examples:
      - What's going on in the business news world lately?