- name
- ai-news-feed
- description
- Query the AI News Feed API for real-time AI/ML news from 57+ curated Twitter/X accounts. Use when the user asks about AI news, trending AI topics, what's happening in AI/ML, or wants to build news-powered features. Provides pre-enriched bilingual (EN/ZH) summaries, importance scores, and topic tags via REST API hosted on RapidAPI.
AI News Feed API
Query pre-aggregated, LLM-enriched AI/ML news from 57+ Twitter/X accounts. Data is updated every 2 hours.
API Access & Setup
Before making any API call, check if the user has a RapidAPI key configured. If not, guide them through these steps:
- Sign up / Log in at <https://rapidapi.com> (free)
- Subscribe to the API at <https://rapidapi.com/jiachenfred/api/twitter-ai-news-feed> (free tier available, no credit card needed)
- After subscribing, go to the API's Endpoints tab on RapidAPI — the
X-RapidAPI-Keywill be auto-filled in the code snippets on the right side. Copy it. - Store the key for future use (e.g. in an environment variable
RAPIDAPI_KEY)
All requests must include these headers:
X-RapidAPI-Key: <user's own key from step 3>
X-RapidAPI-Host: twitter-ai-news-feed.p.rapidapi.comBase URL: https://twitter-ai-news-feed.p.rapidapi.com
Response format: All endpoints return JSON. See references/api-spec.md for full response schemas.
Endpoints
Get Feed — GET /v1/feed
Latest posts sorted by recency.
| Param | Type | Default | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
lang | en \ | zh | en | Response language |
limit | 1-100 | 20 | Number of posts | |
offset | int | 0 | Pagination | |
tags | string | — | Comma-separated filter: paper, model_release, funding, product_launch, opinion, tutorial, benchmark, open_source, regulation, industry | |
min_importance | 1-10 | — | Minimum importance score | |
since | unix ts | — | Posts after this timestamp |
Example: GET /v1/feed?lang=zh&limit=5&tags=model_release,paper&min_importance=7
Get Trending — GET /v1/feed/trending
Top posts ranked by importance within a time window.
| Param | Type | Default | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
lang | en \ | zh | en | Response language |
limit | 1-50 | 10 | Number of posts | |
hours | 1-168 | 24 | Time window (168 = 7 days) |
Example: GET /v1/feed/trending?lang=zh&hours=48&limit=10
Get Accounts — GET /v1/accounts
List all 57+ monitored accounts.
| Param | Type | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
category | official \ | researcher \ | media \ | kol | Filter by category |
Get Account Posts — GET /v1/accounts/{handle}/posts
Posts from a specific account (e.g. /v1/accounts/karpathy/posts).
| Param | Type | Default | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
lang | en \ | zh | en | Response language |
limit | 1-100 | 20 | Number of posts | |
offset | int | 0 | Pagination |
Get Tags — GET /v1/tags
All tags with post counts. No parameters.
Health Check — GET /health
Returns {"status": "ok", "timestamp": "..."}.
Key Response Fields
Each post in the response contains:
content— Original tweet textsummary— One-line LLM summary (language followslangparam)description— Detailed 2-4 sentence LLM analysis (language followslangparam)tags— Array of topic tagsimportance— Score 1-10 (composite of LLM analysis + engagement metrics)metrics—{likes, retweets, replies, views}tweetUrl— Link to original tweettweetedAt— ISO 8601 publish time (UTC, convert to user's local timezone before displaying)account—{handle, name, category}
For complete JSON schemas, see references/api-spec.md.
Making Requests
Example curl (replace YOUR_KEY with the user's RapidAPI key):
curl "https://twitter-ai-news-feed.p.rapidapi.com/v1/feed/trending?lang=zh&limit=5" \
-H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "X-RapidAPI-Host: twitter-ai-news-feed.p.rapidapi.com"Common Use Cases
- Get today's top AI news in Chinese:
GET /v1/feed/trending?lang=zh&hours=24&limit=10 - Find new model releases:
GET /v1/feed?tags=model_release&min_importance=5 - Track a specific researcher:
GET /v1/accounts/karpathy/posts?lang=zh - Get funding news only:
GET /v1/feed?tags=funding&min_importance=6 - Weekly digest:
GET /v1/feed/trending?hours=168&limit=20&lang=en
Monitored Account Categories
- Official (23): OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI, Meta AI, NVIDIA, Hugging Face, Mistral, xAI, Stability AI, Runway, Perplexity, ElevenLabs, Cursor, Replit, etc.
- Researcher (13): Karpathy, Yann LeCun, Andrew Ng, Jeff Dean, Ilya Sutskever, Jim Fan, Demis Hassabis, Jeremy Howard, etc.
- KOL (12): Swyx, Simon Willison, Logan Kilpatrick, Emad Mostaque, Linus Ekenstam, etc.
- Media (9): MIT Tech Review, WIRED, The Verge, AI Breakfast, Ben's Bites, The Rundown AI, etc.