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Access curated AI intelligence programmatically. Build Slack bots, dashboards, internal tools, and workflows with our free REST API.

Completely free, no sign-up or API key needed

Just call the endpoint directly. Rate limit is 30 requests/minute per IP. Need higher limits? Contact us.

Quick Start

Fetch the latest AI stories — no authentication, no key, just call it:

curl "https://frontofai.com/api/briefing/v1/stories?limit=10&min_impact=7"

Returns up to 10 high-impact (7+) AI stories as JSON.

Endpoints

GET/api/briefing/v1/stories

Retrieve a list of AI news stories with filtering and pagination.

Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
limitnumber20Number of stories to return (max 100)
offsetnumber0Number of stories to skip
categorystring-Filter by category slug
min_impactnumber0Minimum impact score (1-10)
sortstringimpactSort order: impact, latest, oldest

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "uuid",
      "title": "Story Title",
      "summary_short": "Brief summary...",
      "summary_manager": "Executive summary...",
      "it_impact_score": 8,
      "source_name": "TechCrunch",
      "source_url": "https://...",
      "published_at": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z",
      "category_details": [
        { "slug": "security-riskwatch", "name": "Security & Risk" }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 150,
    "limit": 20,
    "offset": 0,
    "hasMore": true
  }
}

Categories

Available category slugs for filtering:

security-riskwatch

Security & Risk

model-releases

Model Releases

tools-repos

Tools & Repos

cloud-enterprise

Cloud & Enterprise

governance-regulation

Governance

breakthroughs

Breakthroughs

opinion-insight

Opinion & Insight

Rate Limits

Request Limits

  • Free: 30 requests per minute
  • Pro: 100 requests per minute
  • Enterprise: Custom limits

Rate limit headers are included in every response:

X-RateLimit-Remaining: 29
X-RateLimit-Reset: 2024-01-15T10:01:00Z

Authentication

No Authentication Required

The API is open and free to use. No API key, no sign-up, no headers needed. Rate limiting is by IP address (30 req/min). For higher limits contact us.

# No auth headers needed — just call the endpoint
curl "https://frontofai.com/api/briefing/v1/stories?category=security-riskwatch&min_impact=6"

Example Use Cases

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Slack Bot

Post critical AI alerts (score 8+) to your #ai-news channel daily

📧

Weekly Digest Email

Build a custom digest that emails your team every Monday

📊

Internal Dashboard

Embed AI intelligence into your internal tooling or intranet

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Security Monitoring

Alert on new security-riskwatch stories for your CISO team

RSS Feeds

RSS/api/feed— General feed, up to 50 items
https://frontofai.com/api/feed?min_impact=6&limit=20
RSS/api/feed/linkedin— LinkedIn auto-post feed

Optimised for LinkedIn scheduling tools (Buffer, Zapier, etc.). Max 5 high-impact stories (score ≥ 7), updated every 12 hours. Descriptions include hashtags and CTAs ready for LinkedIn.

https://frontofai.com/api/feed/linkedin

Paste this URL into Buffer, Zapier, or LinkedIn's RSS auto-publish feature.

Need Higher Rate Limits?

The free tier covers most use cases. For dedicated API access, webhook push (instead of poll), or SLA guarantees, reach out.

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