# ByteTrail

> ByteTrail tracks AI research, news, open-source developer tools and startup funding, updated through the day. Everything is public and free to read without an account.

## For agents

- [MCP server](https://bytetrail.space/mcp): read-only, streamable HTTP, no sign-in. Tools: search, latest_papers, get_paper, latest_news, trending, funding_rounds, company, dev_tools, get_tool.
- [How to connect](https://bytetrail.space/agents): setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients.
- [REST API](https://bytetrail.space/api/v1/docs): the same data as JSON ([OpenAPI spec](https://bytetrail.space/api/v1/openapi.json)). Up to 120 requests a minute per address.

## Sections

- [Today](https://bytetrail.space/today): the day's papers, stories and rising tools.
- [Research](https://bytetrail.space/research): new arXiv papers by field.
- [News](https://bytetrail.space/news): posts from AI labs, universities, news sites, engineering blogs and newsletters.
- [Stacks](https://bytetrail.space/stacks): AI developer tools by downloads, stars and growth.
- [Market](https://bytetrail.space/market): funding rounds of AI and developer-tool startups, with sources. Rounds from Recent Funding (https://recentfunding.com) should be credited to them.