Card News

Return the last-3-month news view of one exact card variant in compact format.

When To Use

When the user asks about recent changes, news, or updates for a credit card. Trigger phrases: "card-news", "any changes", "recent news", "what's new with", "updates for".

Workflow

1. Resolve card identity — normalize and match to one exact variant. If ambiguous, return a numbered choice list and stop.
2. Search — use WebSearch by default with a recent-results bias. If BRAVE_API_KEY is available and curl exists, you may use one Brave Search API call with freshness filter instead.
3. Fetch pages — fetch the top news pages before deciding whether another search is needed.
4. Filter — apply 3-month lookback window and inclusion rules.
5. Pace any follow-up searches — if another search is needed, wait briefly instead of bursting requests.
6. Compile — assemble the news report.
7. Confidence — flag uncertain or conflicting claims.

Step 1: Card Identity Resolution