Trace
100+ tech sources, 10 stories, 5 minutes.
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Description
100+ tech sources, 10 stories, 5 minutes. Every morning, free.
About Trace
What is Trace?
Trace is a free and open-source daily technology news brief founded by Tarat that aggregates over a hundred sources into summarized story cards.
What Trace does
The platform scans 100+ news sites and developer communities each morning, collapsing multi-source coverage of the same event into unified cards. It delivers five-minute morning briefings by email, provides a web feed and Chrome new tab extension, tracks trending repositories in Pulse, and offers read-only MCP agent access for assistants like Claude and Cursor.
Who Trace is for
For people who read tech news and want 10 stories in 5 minutes every morning without opening multiple sites.
How Trace works
Trace scans tech sources, clusters matching stories, and generates summaries with linked original sources. Readers consume the brief via daily morning email, web feed, Chrome new tab extension, or MCP tools.
Key features
- Coverage aggregation scanning over a hundred sources including TechCrunch, The Verge, Wired, and Hacker News.
- Story clustering collapsing duplicate reporting into single cards with all original sources attached.
- Daily email brief where readers pick topics and choose 5, 10, or 15 stories.
- Pulse dashboard tracking trending GitHub repositories with star counts and Hacker News discussions.
- Read-only MCP access allowing Claude, Cursor, and Hermes to pull the ranked feed.
- Multi-platform delivery across the web feed, Chrome new tab extension, and Android application.
Facts from yourtrace.online, checked 14 October 2026
- Free and open-source daily tech brief created by developer Tarat in January 2026.
- Aggregates reporting from over 100 technology sources and community platforms.
- Provides read-only MCP access for agents including Claude, Cursor, and Hermes.
- Available via daily email, web feed, Chrome new tab extension, and Android app.
Written from Trace's own website (Homepage, Features). The maker can claim this listing to edit it.
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Frequently asked questions
Which sources are monitored by Trace?
Trace scans 100+ sources every morning, including TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Wired, MIT Tech Review, Hacker News, Product Hunt, GitHub, and X.
How does story grouping work?
Identical stories reported across different outlets are grouped into a single card with short summaries, key takeaways, and links to all original sources.
Can AI agents query Trace news briefs?
Yes. Trace includes read-only MCP access, enabling AI agents such as Claude, Cursor, Codex, OpenClaw, and Hermes to pull the ranked feed.
Is Trace a paid subscription?
No. Trace is free for everyone and open source, with no paywall or paid tiers.