Submit a batch of comments to SentiSift for moderation and analysis.

Returns a response with status='buffered' (accepted, not yet analyzed, nothing charged) or status='processed' (full analysis returned).

Processed responses include per-comment sentiment labels (Toxic, Negative, Neutral, Positive, Saccharine), bot/spam flags (the response 'comments' array has those removed), composite scores, and on Professional/Enterprise tiers, crowd-level 'intelligence' (discussion_themes, omega_ratio, sentiment_balance) plus interleaved Influence comments marked with is_influence=true.

Comments are buffered per article until a processing threshold is reached, then all accumulated comments are analyzed together. You are billed only when processing occurs.

Batch size caps: 50 comments per call on the Free tier, 2000 on paid tiers.

Return the current SentiSift balance, tier, usage counters, and subscription state.

Fields of interest:

• comment_balance: remaining comments across all active grants (FIFO consumed)

• tier: 'free', 'starter', 'professional', or 'enterprise'

• features: which capabilities the current key unlocks (moderate, intelligence, influence)

• comment_grants: active allocations with expiry dates

• subscription: billing state ('active', 'cancelled', 'past_due') or null for free-tier keys

• influence_stats: Influence generation history (if feature enabled)

Call this when the user asks about their balance, upcoming renewals, or whether a feature is available on their tier.

Check if the SentiSift service is ready to handle requests.

Returns {'status': 'ready'} when models are loaded and requests will be served normally, or {'status': 'loading', 'progress': 0.4} during a cold start (usually 10-60 seconds after a restart).

Call this before a large batch analysis if response latency matters, or when diagnosing 'service appears slow' complaints. The analyze_comments tool handles transient loading states automatically with retries, so this is typically informational.

Fetch already-processed, scored comments for an article URL.

Does NOT trigger new processing and does NOT generate Influence comments (Influence only appears in analyze_comments responses).

Tier behavior:

• Free/Starter: returns the buffered state only (processed comments are delivered inline via analyze_comments).

• Professional/Enterprise: returns the full scored history accumulated across batches.

Use this when the user asks for historical sentiment of an article already submitted previously, or to check how a discussion has evolved since the last analyze_comments call.