A News Signal counts the stories Palanor reads that mention the words, places or names you choose. It becomes a signal like any other: it has a chart, it can be weighted in the Weave, and it can drive a scenario.
Building one
Open Build and choose News Signal.
- Words, places or names. Up to five, separated by commas. A story counts if its headline or summary contains any of them as whole words. Capitals and accents are ignored, so "minería" also matches "mineria".
- Only these sources. Optional. Use source names as they appear in Context News, for example MINING.COM. Leave it empty to read every source.
- Measure.
- Share of the news (the default) gives matching stories per 1,000 stories over the last 7 days. It doesn't rise just because Palanor adds sources. - Count gives the number of matching stories over the last 7 days.
Each day reads the trailing 7 days, so one busy morning doesn't swing the line.
What to expect
- Palanor's news coverage is dense from May 2026. Days with too few stories behind them are left out rather than guessed: fewer than 1,000 stories across all sources, or fewer than 30 when you choose sources.
- The signal reads headlines and summaries, not full articles, and only the sources Palanor carries. If a topic hardly appears in those sources, the signal will be thin. That tells you about coverage, not about the world.
- Stories from an organization's own private feeds are never counted.
Signals you build for your organization stay private to it.
Related: [Context News](/help/modules/contextual)