investigation
Reconstruct how something actually unfolded and trace claims to their origin: who started it, when, where it first appeared, how it spread and mutated across platforms, what the underlying receipts say, and whether a circulating claim is real, exaggerated, misattributed, or fabricated. Use for 'who started this', 'what actually happened with', 'is this claim real', 'where did this rumour come from', tracing a quote, video, screenshot, or controversy to its first appearance, and fact-checking viral posts with a timeline.
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Pre-approved tools experimental
Experimental field. Support varies between clients, so this list is what the author declared, not what your client will enforce.
- rostra__search_web
- rostra__news_search
- rostra__news_breaking
- rostra__search_x
- rostra__search_reddit
- rostra__search_bluesky
- rostra__search_mastodon
- rostra__search_youtube
- rostra__search_hackernews
- rostra__fetch
- rostra__paginate
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