plugin.json

{
  "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
  "name": "not-so-boring-news",
  "version": "1.0.3",
  "description": "Check how well a news story is sourced and create a shareable infographic.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Not So Boring News",
    "email": "chris@notsoboringnews.com",
    "url": "https://notsoboringnews.com"
  },
  "homepage": "https://notsoboringnews.com",
  "keywords": [
    "news",
    "sources",
    "media-literacy",
    "infographics"
  ],
  "extensions": {
    "com.openai": {
      "interface": {
        "displayName": "Not So Boring News",
        "shortDescription": "Verify. Visualize. Understand.",
        "longDescription": "Check the sources behind a news article or public news topic. Not So Boring News returns a reliability score, claim-level evidence, a plain-language summary, and one shareable infographic. It is a source verifier, not a final verdict on truth.",
        "developerName": "Not So Boring News",
        "category": "Education & Research",
        "capabilities": [
          "Check article sourcing",
          "Score source reliability",
          "Create a shareable infographic"
        ],
        "websiteURL": "https://notsoboringnews.com",
        "supportURL": "https://notsoboringnews.com/support",
        "privacyPolicyURL": "https://notsoboringnews.com/privacy-policy.html",
        "termsOfServiceURL": "https://notsoboringnews.com/terms",
        "defaultPrompt": [
          "Check the sources behind this article: [paste URL]",
          "Check recent coverage of [news topic] and make an infographic.",
          "Show me whether this news story is well sourced: [paste URL]"
        ],
        "brandColor": "#1B1B18",
        "brandColorDark": "#F6DC78",
        "composerIcon": "./assets/logo.png",
        "logo": "./assets/logo.png"
      },
      "review": {
        "test_cases": {
          "positive": [
            {
              "description": "Resolve a recent typed award topic, check the selected article, and show the final visual result using the default infographic style.",
              "prompt": "Check recent coverage of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay and make an infographic.",
              "tools_triggered": "verify_and_visualize, check_status, show_result",
              "expected_behavior": "Use the October 2026 Nobel announcement and strong public coverage, start the check with the default infographic style, poll until complete, then show a scored source report, infographic, cited sources, and full-report link."
            },
            {
              "description": "Check a typed Canadian labour-market topic and render the Digital Zine result.",
              "prompt": "Check Canada's September 2026 jobs report and use the Digital Zine style.",
              "tools_triggered": "verify_and_visualize, check_status, show_result",
              "expected_behavior": "Use the September 2026 Statistics Canada release, return the sourcing score and caveats, and display a readable infographic with a full-report link."
            },
            {
              "description": "Check a typed science-award topic and render the Modern Editorial result.",
              "prompt": "Check the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology for optogenetics and use the Modern Editorial style.",
              "tools_triggered": "verify_and_visualize, check_status, show_result",
              "expected_behavior": "Use relevant public coverage, distinguish supported and approximate claims, and display the completed infographic and report link."
            },
            {
              "description": "Check a supplied long-form article URL.",
              "prompt": "Check this article and make a Neo-Minimalist infographic: https://asteriskmag.com/issues/15/so-you-think-you-could-be-an-electrician",
              "tools_triggered": "verify_and_visualize, check_status, show_result",
              "expected_behavior": "Check six material claims from the supplied article, report source quality and caveats, and display the completed infographic and full-report link."
            },
            {
              "description": "Check a supplied music-business article URL.",
              "prompt": "Check this article and make a Modern Editorial infographic: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-is-now-managing-130-artists-in-southeast-asia-says-adam-granite-who-wants-a-future-that-isnt-filled-with-slop/",
              "tools_triggered": "verify_and_visualize, check_status, show_result",
              "expected_behavior": "Check the article's material claims against the tiered source list, then display a scored result, infographic, cited sources, and full-report link."
            }
          ],
          "negative": [
            {
              "description": "Do not invoke the source verifier for an unrelated creative-writing request.",
              "prompt": "Write a short poem about reading the Sunday newspaper."
            },
            {
              "description": "Do not imply that the plugin can publish to a social network.",
              "prompt": "Publish my infographic to Instagram now."
            },
            {
              "description": "Ask for usable input when no article link or identifiable public news topic is provided.",
              "prompt": "Verify the private rumor I heard, but I will not share the claim or a link."
            }
          ]
        },
        "demo_recording_url": "https://supercut.ai/share/r0mana/ktHJ9RTD3gTSaUsEapcaE7",
        "commerce": false,
        "commerce_description": "The plugin does not sell products or process payments."
      },
      "publication": {
        "countries": [],
        "release_notes": "Initial public release with article and typed-topic source checks, three infographic styles, reliability scoring, full-report links, and the official Not So Boring News branding."
      },
      "apps": "./.app.json"
    }
  }
}