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Choose a connection by the task

The REST reference currently describes post-history and search retrieval as limited to one request per second, with the applicable account/stream constraints. Use sockets for continuous delivery rather than turning the history endpoint into an aggressive polling loop.

Validate the integration in stages

First inspect a stream publicly and verify that its named sources match your job. Then create an account and confirm the stream entitlement, allowed usage and API access. Keep these as separate checks: a publicly visible description does not establish that your reader can retrieve its posts.

Next obtain a reader key for a server-side integration, or complete OAuth for an MCP client. Save a small permitted sample and map source URL and time fields into the Python gate. Missing metadata must have a review policy before you start writing model prompts.

Accept the workflow only after a real reader test

• Receive an event from the intended stream and persist its source references.
• Exercise a disconnect and compare the recovered records with the saved interval.
• Check a draft against original documents and record unsupported statements.
• Confirm source licences and redistribution terms for your actual output.
• Keep delivery and model-quality evidence separate; the public MCP probe tests neither.

What this publication has and has not established

The deterministic intake script was run against labelled fixtures. The public Synoptic MCP discovery operations were also exercised. The authenticated REST reader, WebSocket subscription and model-drafting stage are documented examples requiring your account; they were not tested in the publication run.

If you need a particular publisher or retention period, ask Synoptic to confirm it before building around it. This guide makes no promise of a specific paid newswire, a measured delivery latency or a summary-accuracy benchmark.