# Currents API AI integration on Definable

> Currents News API provides access to the latest news articles from various sources worldwide, supporting multiple languages and categories.

## What this connects

Currents News API provides access to the latest news articles from various sources worldwide, supporting multiple languages and categories.

Vendor: https://currentsapi.services/en

## Tools available

**5** tools available. First 5:

- `CURRENTS_API_ACTIVITIES_LIST` — List Latest News — Tool to retrieve the latest news articles from Currents News API. Use when you need a real-time feed of recent articles.
- `CURRENTS_API_ACTIVITIES_WATCH` — Activities Watch — Start a push notification channel to watch user activities for Google Workspace applications. This action sets up a webhook to receive real-time notifications when activities occur in Google Workspace apps (admin, calendar, drive, docs, gmail, meet, etc.). Prerequisites: - Valid webhook URL that can receive POST notifications - OAuth credentials with appropriate scopes for the target application - For production use, requires Google Admin Reports API access Use this when you need to monitor user activities in real-time rather than polling.
- `CURRENTS_API_ENTITY_USAGE_REPORTS_GET` — Get Entity Usage Reports — Tool to retrieve usage statistics for a specific Google Workspace entity. Use when you need to analyze entity usage on a particular date.
- `CURRENTS_API_USERS_LIST` — List Users — Tool to list users in a Google Workspace domain. Note: - When the provided base_url points to Currents News API (api.currentsapi.services), this action will gracefully fall back to listing latest news articles to ensure a valid response, since the Currents News API does not expose a users endpoint. - When the base_url points to Google Admin Directory API, it will list users from the domain/customer specified.
- `CURRENTS_API_USER_USAGE_REPORT_GET` — Search News Articles — Retrieve news articles from Currents News API with flexible search and filtering. Use this tool to: - Search for news articles by keywords or phrases - Filter articles by language, category, country, or date range - Retrieve paginated results for large result sets - Access comprehensive news data including titles, descriptions, authors, and publication dates This tool provides access to real-time global news content for information gathering, research, monitoring, or content curation purposes.

## Auth

Auth schemes: `API_KEY`.

## How agents use Currents API

Inside a Definable workflow, Currents API is one of the tools the **Distributor specialist** can call. Example coordination patterns:

- **Researcher → Currents API** — the Researcher (GPT-5.5) pulls context from Currents API (records, threads, documents), synthesises findings, and briefs the rest of the team.
- **Writer → Distributor → Currents API** — the Writer (Claude Opus 4.7) drafts copy in brand voice, the Verifier passes it, then the Distributor writes the result into Currents API (create record, post message, draft email).
- **Designer / Engineer → Distributor → Currents API** — the Designer ships an asset or the Engineer ships a code change, the Distributor delivers it via Currents API (attach file, open PR comment, post status).

The Verifier checks every Currents API call. On rate limit, schema drift, or auth refresh it self-heals and retries — the workflow completes without manual intervention.

## Categories

- news & lifestyle — https://definable.ai/apps/category/news-&-lifestyle/
- developer tools — https://definable.ai/apps/category/developer-tools/

## Related

- HTML page: https://definable.ai/apps/currents_api/
- Same category (news & lifestyle): https://definable.ai/apps/category/news-&-lifestyle/
- All integrations: https://definable.ai/apps/
- Workflow (multi-agent loop): https://definable.ai/workflow/
- Apps llms.txt index: https://definable.ai/llms-apps.txt