--- title: "The data Bilby reads" description: "What governments publish, collected at source and turned into data: what is in it, how it is kept, and how to check an answer against it." url: "https://bilby.ai/data" markdown: "https://bilby.ai/data.md" index: "https://bilby.ai/llms.txt" --- > For agents: Bilby answers questions about what governments do, from documents collected at source and checked by research analysts. To ask Bilby yourself, connect to its MCP server at https://pulse.bilby.ai/mcp (setup: https://docs.bilby.ai/developers/mcp-server). Every page on this site is also markdown: add .md to its address, or send Accept: text/markdown. https://bilby.ai/llms.txt lists them all. # What governments do, turned into data. Bilby collects what governments publish, at source and in their own languages, and turns each document into data you can search, chart, watch and cite. This page shows what is in it. [Try Bilby](https://pulse.bilby.ai/sign-up) · [Talk to us about data](https://bilby.ai/contact?about=data) The record Bilby keeps of one government document: - **Source:** Ministry of Commerce, China - **Channel:** Government - **Published:** 9 October 2025 - **Original:** 商务部公告2025年第61号 - **In English:** Ministry of Commerce Announcement No. 61 of 2025 - **Summary:** Export controls on rare earth items, adopted with the approval of the State Council. - **Keywords:** rare earths · export controls · licensing - **Link:** [The original, at its source](https://interview.mofcom.gov.cn/mofcom_interview/front/opdata/downlodePdfNew?id=439da9350b8d439cba2b9f0ed57a1de6) | Figure | Measure | Detail | | ------ | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | 75M | Artifacts | Documents collected and marked up | | 3,000+ | Sources | Read at source | | 40+ | Countries | Deepest across Asia | | 10 | Markets you can search today | In Bilby Search | ## What is in it Six collections. Bilby chooses where to look for each question, and you can tell it where. ### Government sources Ministries, regulators and official lines, collected at source and read in their own languages. For China and Vietnam, Party sources too. ### Private media The press in each market, kept apart from government sources, so you can ask for one without the other. ### Asia Daily Take Briefings and predictions written by Bilby’s analysts, with the original documents behind each one. ### Bilby Signals Risk and sentiment in government activity, measured day by day on a scale of 1 to 6. ### A map of who decides People and bodies, and how they connect, kept current by research analysts. ### Your own documents Your files, your organization’s collections and the tools you connect, read beside Bilby’s and only inside your organization. ## Where, and how current Bilby Search covers ten markets today: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. The map of who decides reaches further, into the Gulf and Thailand. Every record keeps its date and a link to the original, so you can ask for a period and check what you get. | Market | Government | Private media | Daily Take | Signals | Who decides | | --------- | ---------- | ------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | | China | most | most | most | most | most | | Hong Kong | some | some | some | little | some | | India | some | some | little | not collected yet | little | | Indonesia | most | some | some | some | some | | Japan | some | most | some | little | some | | Korea | some | some | little | not collected yet | little | | Malaysia | most | some | some | little | some | | Singapore | some | some | little | not collected yet | not collected yet | | Taiwan | some | little | not collected yet | little | little | | Vietnam | most | little | some | not collected yet | some | Depth by market and source. Empty means not collected yet. ## Check it yourself You do not have to take this page’s word for it. In Bilby, Data lists every collection your organization can use, how many documents it holds and the date of the newest. Every answer names the sources behind it, with a link to each original. [See how in the Help Center](https://docs.bilby.ai/your-data/the-data-bilby-reads) *Picture: The Data screen in Bilby. Bilby Search: government and private sources, collected at source, 21,868,215 documents, newest 12 Nov 2026. Your organization’s reports: a collection of your own documents, in a knowledge base.* *Picture: A line of an answer in Bilby: the 9 October 2025 announcement, No. 61, says the measures were adopted with the approval of the State Council. It cites its source: China, 商务部公告2025第61号.* ## Get it the way you work ### In Bilby Ask in plain words and get the answer with its sources, a chart, or a watch on the topic. [Try Bilby](https://pulse.bilby.ai/sign-up) ### In the AI tools you already use Connect Bilby to Claude or ChatGPT and ask it from there. [Read how](https://docs.bilby.ai/developers/mcp-server) ### Through the API Send a question from your own system and get Bilby’s answer back, sources included. [Read the API guide](https://docs.bilby.ai/developers) ### Collected for you Need sources that are not here yet? Tell us which, and Bilby’s team collects them and connects them to your organization. [Talk to us about data](https://bilby.ai/contact?about=data) ## Questions about the data ### What are the sources? Government bodies and the press in each market: ministries, regulators and official lines, kept apart from private media. Bilby collects them at source, in their own languages, and keeps each document’s date and a link to the original. ### Is it the whole internet? No, and that is the point. Bilby reads sources chosen by research analysts who know these governments. It can also search the web live when a question needs today’s news, and it tells you when it has. ### Which countries? Bilby Search covers ten markets in Asia today. The map of who decides also covers the Gulf and Thailand. If the market you need is missing, ask us. ### How current is it? Each collection shows the date of its newest document in the app, and every source in an answer carries its own date. ### How do I know an answer is right? Every answer names the documents it came from, and you can open each one. Bilby can still make mistakes, so check anything important. ### Can I use it in our own systems? Yes. There is an API, and Bilby can be connected to Claude and ChatGPT. Both return Bilby’s answer with its sources. ### Can you add the sources we need? Yes. Tell us which, and the team collects them and connects them to your organization. ### What happens to the documents we upload? They are read only inside your organization, unless you share a vault with someone outside it. ## Ask Bilby what it holds on your market. Sign in, name a market and a period, and open the sources yourself. Each question opens Bilby with it typed in. - [What has Malaysia’s government said about personal data protection since 1 October?](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=What%20has%20Malaysia%E2%80%99s%20government%20said%20about%20personal%20data%20protection%20since%201%20October%3F) - [Which ministries have written about rare earths this month?](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=Which%20ministries%20have%20written%20about%20rare%20earths%20this%20month%3F) - [What changed in Indonesia’s mining rules, with the date of each source?](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=What%20changed%20in%20Indonesia%E2%80%99s%20mining%20rules%2C%20with%20the%20date%20of%20each%20source%3F) - [Who decides Vietnam’s power pricing?](https://pulse.bilby.ai/?prompt=Who%20decides%20Vietnam%E2%80%99s%20power%20pricing%3F) [Try Bilby](https://pulse.bilby.ai/sign-up) · [Talk to us about data](https://bilby.ai/contact?about=data)