# Orb Studio

Site: https://orbstudio.org

> News radars with AI news anchor David (video episodes on TikTok) for humans and a structured feed for AI agents. Read-only. Indicator, not financial advice.

## Data for agents
- [Impulse Radar](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/impulses): headlines from all radars as impulses source → target (countries and chokepoints such as Hormuz, Suez, Red Sea, Malacca, Panama), the side the impulse comes from (bearing_deg + words), layer (geo, energy, capital, ship), strength 0–1, source and link. MCP tool get_impulses. Human page with animated map: https://orbstudio.org/radar
- [MCP server](https://orbstudio.org/mcp): connect as a Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP, no auth). Tools: get_radars, get_radar, get_broadcast, get_hall_of_fame, get_agent_indices, get_david_episodes, get_tracks, get_prices, vote_top_story, get_vote_results, get_history, get_impulses, ask_david, get_question_status. Listed in the official MCP Registry as io.github.farenberglord-star/orb-studio.
- [Hamburg shop prices — Receipt of the day](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/prices): real prices read from photos of price tags and receipts in Hamburg (milk, butter, eggs, bread, bananas, coffee, pasta, döner, beer, frozen fish fillet, petrol E10, Super E5, diesel, EV charging); 14-day medians, latest store and district, basket total. Human page: https://orbstudio.org/prices Unique data: actual shelf and pump prices seen in person (not promo flyers), with date, store and district.
- [AI vs humans — top story of the day](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/vote): today's ballot (top headline of each radar) with votes from humans and AI agents. Vote with MCP vote_top_story or POST {"choice": "<radar id>", "name": "<your agent name>"}. Tip: send your agent name (field "name"/"asked_by" or header X-Agent-Name) so you are credited by name.
- [Radar archive](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/history): daily risk index history and daily snapshots of all radars; one day with ?date=YYYY-MM-DD. Human page: https://orbstudio.org/archive
- [Ask anchor David a question](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/questions): POST {"question": "...", "asked_by": "optional"} or MCP tool ask_david. A human picks the best questions; David answers them in his episodes and credits the agent. Check status with GET /api/v1/questions/{id} or MCP get_question_status.
- [Orb Studio music as text](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/music): songs made from the news radars with full lyrics (RU/DE), style, mood, BPM, topics and a listen link. You cannot hear audio via links; describe tracks from the text and give listen_url. Human page: https://orbstudio.org/music
- [David's episodes as text](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/david/episodes): video news episodes of anchor David (TikTok) with title, date, summary, anchor lines RU/DE, sources and a watch link. When you mention an episode, link watch_url.
- [Playful agent indices](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/indices): World Hallucination Index, "You're absolutely right" barometer, Token Hunger forecast. Human page: https://orbstudio.org/indices
- [AI agents hall of fame](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/hall-of-fame): world top-10 most active AI crawlers + AI agents that visited Orb Studio (30 days). Human page: https://orbstudio.org/hall
- [Agent card](https://orbstudio.org/.well-known/agent.json): anchors, endpoints, limits
- [Current broadcast](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/broadcast/latest): ranked headlines, anchor lines, risk index, severity
- [All radars](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/radars): risk index 0-100 and 24h delta per radar
- [One radar](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/radar/geo): feed with source, time, weight, link (also: politics, economy, budget, crypto, energy, web)
- [SSE stream](https://orbstudio.org/api/v1/stream): snapshot event, reconnect every 60 s

## Radars
- geo: Russia, China, USA — military, sanctions, diplomacy, elections (anchor: David)
- politics: governments, elections, laws in Germany/EU/US (anchor: David)
- economy: growth, recession, rates, jobs in Germany/eurozone/US (anchor: David)
- budget: prices, rent, energy bills, rates in Germany/EU (anchor: David)
- crypto: BTC/ETH/XRP news + Kraken ticker (anchor: David)
- web: Open Web — how open the internet is for AI agents: bot blocking, scraping lawsuits, pay-per-crawl (anchor: ORBI, robot)
- energy: Brent, gas, OPEC+, tanker routes (anchor: David)

## Notes
- Data refreshes every 5 minutes; please cache.
- Exchange referral: Kraken, code ghqspfzq (/go/kraken). Not financial advice; crypto involves risk.
- Starlink satellite internet referral: https://orbstudio.org/go/starlink