# News Verification & Information Intelligence API

> Trace original sources, cluster syndication, extract and match claims, build event timelines, and flag contradictions from supplied articles or public RSS—without treating repeats as independent confirmation.

- Product: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence
- Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs
- OpenAPI: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/openapi.json
- Contact: support@brainiac.software (https://www.brainiac.software/contact)

## Operations

- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/original-source-trace — $0.05 USDC — Trace original news sources: Cluster similar articles and identify the earliest published item. Later reprints are not treated as independent confirmation. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-original-source-trace
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/syndication-cluster — $0.04 USDC — Cluster syndicated news articles: Group near-duplicate titles and bodies into syndication clusters without counting repeats as confirmation. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-syndication-cluster
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/claim-extract — $0.04 USDC — Extract news claims: Extract claim-like sentences and quotes from supplied article text using local heuristics. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-claim-extract
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/claim-source-match — $0.05 USDC — Match claims to sources: Match supplied or extracted claims to articles by text overlap. Multiple outlets repeating a claim are not independent confirmation. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-claim-source-match
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/event-timeline-build — $0.04 USDC — Build news event timeline: Order supplied events or dated articles into a timeline without inventing missing dates. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-event-timeline-build
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/correction-history-detect — $0.03 USDC — Detect news correction history: Flag correction, update, and retraction wording or updatedAt changes in supplied articles. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-correction-history-detect
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/source-independence-analyze — $0.04 USDC — Analyze news source independence: Count distinct outlets and mark syndicated/similar copies as non-independent. Repeats are never claimed as confirmation. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-source-independence-analyze
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/contradiction-detect — $0.05 USDC — Detect news claim contradictions: Find affirming vs negating overlapping claims, and label near-duplicate repeats without treating them as confirmation. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-contradiction-detect
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/country-event-monitor — $0.04 USDC — Monitor country news events: Filter supplied articles and events by country into a dated monitor list. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-country-event-monitor
- POST /api/v1/news-intelligence/verification-evidence-report — $0.08 USDC — Build news verification evidence report: Aggregate source tracing, syndication, claims, contradictions, corrections, and independence findings. Repeats are never independent confirmation. Docs: https://www.brainiac.software/api/news-intelligence/docs#news-intelligence-verification-evidence-report