AgentDB

Real-time curated knowledge API for AI agents.

AgentDB is a knowledge base updated Mon/Wed/Fri with summaries from 31 curated sources spanning AI/tech, startups, alternative markets, and emerging markets (Africa & Asia). Connect it to your AI agent so it always has fresh context — without you having to manage scraping, summarisation, or storage.

Quick start

1. Get an API key

curl -s -X POST https://agentdb-production-9ba0.up.railway.app/v1/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "you@example.com", "name": "Your Agent"}'

Response:

{
  "api_key": "adb_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "tier": "trial",
  "trial_expires_at": "2026-04-21T07:00:00",
  "message": "Welcome to AgentDB. Your 3-day trial has started."
}

Store your key — it's shown once.

2. Fetch the latest knowledge

curl https://agentdb-production-9ba0.up.railway.app/v1/knowledge/latest \
  -H "X-API-Key: adb_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

MCP server (recommended for Claude)

The AgentDB MCP server exposes two tools directly inside Claude Code or Claude Desktop: get_latest_knowledge and search_knowledge.

Install with uv (recommended)

uv handles Python version management automatically — no need to install Python 3.10+ manually.

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Claude Code — global config

Add to ~/.claude.json (works in every Claude Code session):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentdb": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "/path/to/uv",
      "args": ["run", "/path/to/agentdb/mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "AGENTDB_API_KEY": "adb_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Find your uv path with which uv. Find the server path with realpath mcp/server.py from this repo.

Claude Code — project config

Add a .mcp.json to your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentdb": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "/absolute/path/to/agentdb/mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "AGENTDB_API_KEY": "adb_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentdb": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "/absolute/path/to/agentdb/mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "AGENTDB_API_KEY": "adb_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run the MCP server manually (test it)

AGENTDB_API_KEY=adb_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx uv run mcp/server.py

Available MCP tools

Tool	Tier	Description
`get_latest_knowledge`	Trial + Pro	Fetch the N most recent items, optionally filtered by tags or content type
`search_knowledge`	Pro	Semantic vector search — find items most relevant to a natural language query

REST API reference

Base URL: https://agentdb-production-9ba0.up.railway.app

All endpoints (except /health, /v1/auth/register, and /v1/knowledge/sources) require:

X-API-Key: adb_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Knowledge

Method	Path	Tier	Description
`GET`	`/v1/knowledge/latest`	Trial + Pro	Latest items; supports `limit`, `page`, `tags`, `content_type`
`GET`	`/v1/knowledge/search?q=...`	Pro	Semantic search
`GET`	`/v1/knowledge/{id}`	Trial + Pro	Single item by ID
`GET`	`/v1/knowledge/sources`	Public	List of all scraped sources

Query parameters — `/latest`

Param	Type	Default	Description
`limit`	int	20	Items per page (1–100)
`page`	int	1	Page number
`tags`	string	—	Comma-separated tag filter, e.g. `ai,markets`
`content_type`	string	—	`article`, `video`, `research`, or `data`

Example response item

{
  "id": "3e7c224c-...",
  "title": "Quantum Jamming and the Search for Principles Deeper Than Quantum Mechanics",
  "content_type": "article",
  "summary": "Researchers are exploring whether cryptographic protocols...",
  "body": {
    "category": "science_research",
    "key_points": ["...", "..."],
    "source_name": "Quanta Magazine"
  },
  "tags": ["quantum-mechanics", "cryptography", "causality"],
  "confidence": 0.92,
  "relevance_score": 0.92,
  "published_at": "2026-04-18T11:40:55+00:00"
}

Auth

Method	Path	Description
`POST`	`/v1/auth/register`	Register and get a trial API key
`GET`	`/v1/auth/me`	Inspect your key (tier, usage, expiry)

Sources

AgentDB ingests from 31 sources, updated Mon/Wed/Fri at 07:00 UTC.

Focus: AI/tech, startups/IPO, alternative markets, and emerging markets (Africa & Asia). No legacy wire services.

Podcasts (8)

Source	Category
Lex Fridman Podcast	technology_ai
Dwarkesh Podcast	technology_ai
Hard Fork	technology_ai
This Week in Tech	technology_ai
Acquired	startups_ipo
How I Built This	startups_ipo
All-In Podcast	market_news_alternative
Prof G Markets Podcast	market_news_alternative

Blogs (22)

Source	Category
MIT Technology Review	technology_ai
Ars Technica	technology_ai
IEEE Spectrum	technology_ai
Hacker News	startups_ipo
Y Combinator Blog	startups_ipo
The Verge	startups_ipo
Entrepreneur	startups_ipo
TechCrunch	startups_ipo
The Hindu Business Line	emerging_markets_asia
Mint (India)	emerging_markets_asia
Zero Hedge	market_news_alternative
Wolf Street	market_news_alternative
Econbrowser	market_news_alternative
A Wealth of Common Sense	market_news_alternative
The Big Picture (Ritholtz)	market_news_alternative
Farnam Street	market_news_alternative
Asymco	market_news_alternative
The Daily Upside	market_news
Rest of World	emerging_markets
TechCabal	emerging_markets_africa
Techpoint Africa	emerging_markets_africa
How We Made It In Africa	emerging_markets_africa

YouTube RSS (1)

Source	Category
Y Combinator	startups_ipo

Full machine-readable list: GET /v1/knowledge/sources

Pricing

Tier	Price	Rate limit	Features
Trial	Free	100 req/day	Latest items, 3 days
Pro	$20/month	1,000 req/day	Latest + semantic search
Fleet	$99/month	10,000 req/day	Everything, bulk access

Upgrade via /v1/payments/checkout (Stripe or crypto).

Self-hosting

git clone https://github.com/AgentBC9000/agentdb
cd agentdb
cp .env.example .env   # fill in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DATABASE_URL, ADMIN_SECRET
docker-compose up

The scraper runs independently — trigger it manually or set a cron:

cd scraper
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... AGENTDB_API_URL=... ADMIN_SECRET=... python run.py

AgentDB

AgentDB

Quick start

1. Get an API key

2. Fetch the latest knowledge

MCP server (recommended for Claude)

Install with uv (recommended)

Claude Code — global config

Claude Code — project config

Claude Desktop

Run the MCP server manually (test it)

Available MCP tools

REST API reference

Knowledge

Query parameters — `/latest`

Example response item

Auth

Sources

Pricing

Self-hosting

Resources

Latest Blog Posts

MCP directory API

AgentDB

Quick start

1. Get an API key

2. Fetch the latest knowledge

MCP server (recommended for Claude)

Install with uv (recommended)

Claude Code — global config

Claude Code — project config

Claude Desktop

Run the MCP server manually (test it)

Available MCP tools

REST API reference

Knowledge

Query parameters — /latest

Example response item

Auth

Sources

Pricing

Self-hosting

Resources

Latest Blog Posts

MCP directory API

Query parameters — `/latest`