Health News Agent

This folder contains a no-code agent that is specialized in health and medical news. This agent has access to a health news document collection and web search tools to answer questions about medical research, public health, FDA approvals, and health policy.

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 Health News custom source and collection. See the News Custom Source example (use CATEGORY = 'health'). 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 will work. 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 Health News collection you created from the News Custom Source (with CATEGORY = 'health'). Use alias default. Enable agentic retrieval.

Environment Variables (optional)

No environment variables are required for this example.

Agent Card

Configure the agent card with the following skills:

skills:
  - name: Give Health news
    description: ""
    examples:
      - What are the most recent FDA approvals for oncology treatments
      - Summarize the latest findings on the benefits of intermittent fasting
      - What are the current CDC guidelines for the upcoming flu season
      - List new breakthroughs in Alzheimers disease research from this year
      - What are the top rated mental health apps according to clinical reviews

  - name: What's going on in the Health news world lately?
    description: ""
    examples:
      - What's going on in the Health news world lately?