agent-data — real-time data for AI agents

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What you see

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You

Scan r/SaaS for what founders are posting about right now — I want themes for our marketing.

You2:14 PM

What your agent sees

1

SearchQueued

$ agent-data search

"reddit posts by subreddit"

matched social.feed ·

1 endpoint

2

Read the docsQueued

// social.feed · params

{

"source": "reddit", // required

"subreddit": "r/SaaS", // required

"limit": 12 // optional

}

3

Get structured dataQueued

// response

{

"subreddit": "r/SaaS",

"sort": "new",

"returned": 12,

"top": { "theme": "scope creep", "posts": 3 }

}

Works with your favorite agents

Why agent-data

Most websites were designed for humans, not agents

Browser automation is slow and flaky

  • 01Every step requires a screenshot before the agent can decide what to do next.
  • 02Each screenshot and DOM dump burns thousands of tokens.
  • 03One layout change, modal, captcha, or blocked request and the whole run breaks.

Search and scraping return pages, not answers

  • 01Results are links and snippets — homepages, blogs, best-of-lists — not actionable data.
  • 02Live data and recurring jobs require new scraping sessions every time, increasing costs and reducing reliability.
  • 03When data sits behind dynamic UIs, the agent can still be left guessing.

agent-data is purpose built for agents

Agents discover tools at runtime

A smart, embeddings-based search sits on top of every endpoint. Your agent finds the right tool the moment it needs it — instead of carrying dozens of tool schemas in context at all times.

search"round trip flight"

/v1/flights0.94

/v1/reservations0.41

Token-efficient structured results

Responses are structured JSON by default — built for tight token budgets, with cursor pagination where it counts. No HTML, no screenshots, no cleanup step.

{

"offers": [

{ "carrier": "AS",

"price": 259 }

],

"next_cursor":

"eyJvIjoxfQ"

}

An ergonomic surface for agents

Every endpoint ships docs and parameter descriptions written for agents as first-class users.

GET /v1/flights

originIATA code — e.g. "SFO"

dateISO 8601 departure date

max_stops0 = nonstop only

Benchmark

Agents work better with agent-data

One flight-search task. Three ways to get web data. Five runs each, measured end to end.

Read the full report

Median input tokens per run · lower is better

Endpoints

Live data sources, one structured API

Flight Information

Live flight status and position, airport operational conditions and weather, and point-to-point fare search.

Restaurant Availability

Real-time restaurant availability and reservations, cuisine and location matching, and direct booking links.

AI Blog Aggregation

Normalized blog posts, tags, and source metadata from leading AI research labs and tech companies.

Social Media

Live posts, comment threads, and linked article content across social media platforms.

Job Postings

Live job search with on-demand full job detail — titles, companies, locations, posting dates, and the full description text for any posting.

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