OKX News & Sentiment

Crypto news aggregation and coin sentiment analysis for OKX. All commands are read-only and require API credentials (OAuth2.1).

Capabilities

Prerequisites

1. Install okx CLI:

   npm install -g @okx_ai/okx-trade-cli
   

2. Configure credentials in ~/.okx/config.toml
3. Verify setup:

   okx news latest --limit 3
   

OKX News does not support demo mode. Always use --profile live silently — don't mention it unless there's an error.

On "not available in demo" errors: the user's current profile is configured with demo/simulated credentials. Tell the user: "News module does not support demo mode. Please switch to a live profile." Guide them to either:

• Use --profile live if a live profile exists: okx --profile live news latest
• Or create one: okx config add-profile AK=<key> SK=<secret> PP=<passphrase> name=live

All commands support --json for raw JSON output.

Quickstart

# Latest news
okx news latest --limit 5

# Today's important news
okx news important --begin $(date -d 'today 00:00:00' +%s000 2>/dev/null || date -v0H -v0M -v0S +%s000)

# BTC news
okx news by-coin --coins BTC

# Search for SEC ETF news
okx news search --keyword "SEC ETF"

# BTC sentiment overview
okx news coin-sentiment --coins BTC

# Trending coins (hottest right now)
okx news sentiment-rank

Intent → Command Mapping

Browse News

Search News

Coin Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment Anomaly Detection (multi-coin)

These queries require a broad-then-deep approach: first scan all coins for anomalies, then deep-dive with news correlation. Follow the multi-phase workflow in references/workflows.md — do NOT just pick a few coins to analyze.

Source-Filtered News

Use --platform to filter by news source directly. Get available source names from okx news platforms first.

Important: When filtering by source, always use --importance low and a larger --limit (10-20) to maximize results, since individual sources typically have fewer articles than the aggregated feed. The --platform parameter accepts values from okx news platforms (e.g. blockbeats, odaily_flash, chaincatcher, techflowpost, bwe, 528btc, panews, wushou).

Cross-Skill Workflows

See references/workflows.md for multi-step scenarios (market overview, daily briefing, etc.) and full MCP tool → CLI mapping.

Command Reference

okx news latest

Get the latest crypto news sorted by time.

okx news latest [--coins BTC,ETH] [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>]
               [--importance high|low] [--platform <source>]
               [--detail-lvl brief|summary|full] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--after <cursor>] [--json]

okx news important

Get high-impact breaking news (reported by multiple sources).

okx news important [--coins BTC,ETH] [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>]
                  [--detail-lvl brief|summary|full]
                  [--lang zh-CN|en-US] [--limit 10] [--json]

okx news by-coin

Get news for specific coins.

okx news by-coin --coins <BTC,ETH,...>
               [--importance high|low] [--platform <source>]
               [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--json]

okx news search

Full-text keyword search with optional filters.

okx news search --keyword <text>
               [--coins BTC,ETH] [--importance high|low]
               [--platform <source>]
               [--sentiment bullish|bearish|neutral]
               [--sort-by latest|relevant]
               [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--after <cursor>] [--json]

okx news detail

Get full article content by ID.

okx news detail <id>                  # news ID from previous result
               [--lang zh-CN|en-US] [--json]

okx news by-sentiment

Browse news filtered by sentiment (no keyword needed).

okx news by-sentiment --sentiment <bullish|bearish|neutral>
               [--coins BTC,ETH] [--importance high|low]
               [--sort-by latest|relevant]
               [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--after <cursor>] [--json]

okx news platforms

List available news platforms. Use the returned values with --platform on latest, by-coin, or search commands to filter by source.

okx news platforms [--json]

okx news coin-sentiment

Get current sentiment snapshot for specific coins.

okx news coin-sentiment --coins <BTC,ETH,...>
               [--period 1h|4h|24h]  # aggregation granularity, default 24h
               [--json]

Returns: symbol, label (bullish/bearish/neutral/mixed), bullishRatio, bearishRatio, mentionCount.

okx news coin-trend

Get time-series sentiment trend for a coin. Note: uses positional arg (not --coins).

okx news coin-trend <coin>            # positional arg, e.g. BTC
               [--period 1h|4h|24h]  # aggregation granularity, default 1h
               [--points 24]          # trend data points, default 24
               [--json]

trendPoints guide: 1h period → use 24 (last 24h), 4h → use 6, 24h → use 7.

okx news sentiment-rank

Get coin ranking by social hotness or sentiment direction.

okx news sentiment-rank [--period 1h|4h|24h]
               [--sort-by hot|bullish|bearish]  # hot=by mentions (default), bullish, bearish
               [--limit 10]                     # max 50
               [--json]

MCP Tool Reference

Coin Symbol Normalization

The API only accepts standard uppercase ticker symbols (e.g. BTC, ETH, SOL). Users may refer to coins by full names, abbreviations, slang, or local-language nicknames. Always resolve these to the correct ticker before passing to any command. If the intended coin is ambiguous, ask the user to confirm before querying.

Empty Results & Web Search Fallback

OKX news data may be sparse for niche coins or highly specific keyword searches. When a command returns empty or insufficient results:

1. Retry with relaxed filters — remove --importance, broaden --begin/--end, or drop --coins to get general news
2. Use web search as a supplement — search the web for "<coin> news site:coindesk.com OR site:cointelegraph.com OR site:theblock.co" to gather additional context, then combine with any OKX results into a unified briefing
3. Be transparent — tell the user which results came from OKX API vs. web search so they can judge source credibility

This fallback is especially valuable for:

• Coins with low coverage (e.g. newly listed tokens)
• Highly specific keyword searches with no matches

Known Limitations

Source Coverage

Not all registered platforms in okx news platforms are actively producing articles. Based on recent evaluation, the consistently active sources are:

When a user asks for news from an inactive source, do NOT retry repeatedly or page through hundreds of articles looking for it. Instead, report that the source currently has no data and suggest alternatives (other active sources or web search).

Historical Search Limitations

okx news search and okx news by-coin primarily index recent articles (typically today and recent days). Searching with --begin/--end for dates more than ~7 days ago may return empty results even if articles existed at that time. This is an API indexing limitation, not a data absence.

For historical analysis, okx news coin-trend (sentiment trend data) is more reliable than article search — it retains time-series data for longer periods.

Edge Cases

• Pagination: use --after <cursor> to get next page; cursor comes from nextCursor in response
• Time parameters: --begin / --end are Unix epoch milliseconds
• Coins format: comma-separated uppercase symbols, e.g. BTC,ETH,SOL — never pass full names or aliases
• coin-trend --points: always pass explicitly; 1h→24, 4h→6, 24h→7
• Language: inferred from user's message — --lang zh-CN for Chinese, --lang en-US for English (default)
• sentiment-rank --sort-by: hot=by mention count (default), bullish=most bullish, bearish=most bearish