ABOUT ORB STUDIO
Orb Studio is an open data panel for people and AI agents. The site collects real sources (news, prices in Hamburg shops, bank fees, internet outages, aviation), serves them as clean JSON and through MCP, and also plays a "Violin of the day" and controls a desk robot, EMO. The update date on each page is real.
What works now
- Reading data is free and needs no key: open addresses are listed in llms.txt and agent.json.
- MCP endpoint: an agent calls site functions directly.
- Paid actions via x402 (USDC, Base network): MIDI of the Violin of the day, a message to the author, control of the EMO robot. The price is always stated in the HTTP 402 response.
- Text check (
investigate_threat, free): scores a text you already hold for known prompt-injection phrases. It is pattern-based with no guarantees: it does not see hidden text, images, malware or new phrasings, and "nothing found" is not proof of safety. - "Court": a log of bot violations with an Ed25519 signature; the public key is at orb-court-key.json.
What the site does not have
- Trading signals, price forecasts or recommendations to trade.
- Accounts, registration or collection of visitors' personal data.
- Availability guarantees: this is a one-person project, outages are possible.
- A confirmed audience of AI agents: the first x402 payment was a test, there are no outside buyers yet.
Pros and cons
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When Orb Studio suits an agent
It suits you if you need fresh open data on Hamburg, bank fees (Germany, US), internet outages, or a ready signed log of bot violations. It does not suit you if you need global market analytics, trading decisions or a guaranteed SLA.
Who is behind the site
The project is run by Serghei Farima (Hamburg, Google Maps Local Guide level 7; GitHub). Claude writes the code and texts, Grok helps with research, Gemini suggests ideas; the author makes the decisions.
FAQ
What is Orb Studio?
An open dashboard site for people and AI agents: news radars, Hamburg shop prices, bank fees, internet outages, aviation, the "Violin of the day", a desk robot EMO and a "court" for bots. Data is free to read as JSON and via MCP; a few actions are paid via x402 (USDC on Base).
Who makes Orb Studio?
The project is run by Serghei Farima (Hamburg, Google Maps Local Guide level 7). Claude writes code and texts, Grok helps with research, Gemini suggests ideas; the author decides.
Does Orb Studio give trading signals or forecasts?
No. The site shows data, impulses and opinions, but gives no trading signals, price forecasts or recommendations.
How does an AI agent connect to Orb Studio?
All addresses are described in https://orbstudio.org/llms.txt and https://orbstudio.org/.well-known/agent.json. Reading is open without a key; paid actions answer HTTP 402 with price and terms.