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Google Search & News Triggers

Category: Polling

What it does: Fires based on Google search results (polling). Use to run workflows when new or updated results match a query (e.g. monitor brand mentions or keywords).

Inputs

  • Search Query (required) — The search query string (e.g. “Decoder AI platform”, “site:example.com”).
  • Language (optional) — Language of results (e.g. en, es). Affects which results are returned.
  • Region (optional) — Region/country for results (e.g. us, uk). Affects ranking and local results.
  • Number of Results (optional) — Maximum number of results to return per run (e.g. 10, 20).

Outputs

A list of search results so you can process titles, URLs, and snippets in later steps (e.g. summarize, filter, or post to Slack).

Output schema

  • results (array) — List of result objects. Each item typically includes:
    • title — Page title.
    • url — Page URL.
    • snippet — Short text excerpt from the page.
    • position — Rank/position in the result list (1-based), if exposed.

Google News

What it does: Fires based on Google News results (polling). Use to monitor news for a topic or brand.

Inputs

  • Search Query (required) — The news search query (e.g. “AI regulation”, “Acme Corp”).
  • Language (optional) — Language of news articles.
  • Region (optional) — Region for news sources.
  • Category (optional) — News category (e.g. Business, Technology) if the product supports it.

Outputs

A list of news items with title, URL, source, and date so you can summarize or alert on new coverage.

Output schema

  • results / items (array) — List of news items. Each typically includes:
    • title — Article headline.
    • url — Article URL.
    • source — Publication or source name.
    • publishedDate — Publication date (ISO or string).
    • snippet — Short excerpt (if available).
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