Aligned News

aid: aligned-news
name: Aligned News
description: >-
  Aligned News is an AI-native intelligence and news platform that synthesizes AI-powered briefings from 63 curated X
  lists tracking 100,000+ accounts in AI, tech, and science, and publishes Stories, Signals, Reports, and Bundles via
  web, REST API, and a downloadable MCP server for AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
created: '2026-05-06'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aligned-news/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - AI
  - News
  - Intelligence
  - MCP
  - Signals
url-source: https://alignednews.com/
apis:
  - aid: aligned-news:aligned-news
    name: Aligned News
    description: >-
      Consumer-facing AI news intelligence platform delivering Stories, Signals, Reports, and Bundles synthesized from
      63 curated X lists tracking 100,000+ accounts across AI, technology, and science.
    humanURL: https://alignednews.com/
    tags:
      - AI
      - News
      - Intelligence
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://alignednews.com/how-it-works
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://alignednews.com/pricing
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://alignednews.com/getting-started
  - aid: aligned-news:aligned-news-rest-api
    name: Aligned News REST API
    description: >-
      Read-only REST API for Aligned News content. Lets developers and AI agents fetch Stories, Signals, Reports,
      Bundles, the section-grouped news feed, and run full-text search across all content. All endpoints require an API
      key passed as Authorization Bearer alnw_... and are reserved for Pro subscribers.
    humanURL: https://alignednews.com/developers
    baseURL: https://alignednews.com/v1
    tags:
      - AI
      - News
      - Intelligence
      - REST
      - Signals
      - Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://alignednews.com/developers
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://alignednews.com/account
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://alignednews.com/pricing
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aligned-news/refs/heads/main/openapi/aligned-news-openapi.yml
      - type: Plans
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aligned-news/refs/heads/main/plans/aligned-news-plans-pricing.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aligned-news/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/aligned-news-rate-limits.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aligned-news/refs/heads/main/finops/aligned-news-finops.yml
  - aid: aligned-news:aligned-news-mcp-server
    name: Aligned News MCP Server
    description: >-
      Reference Model Context Protocol server distributed as a single TypeScript file (mcp-server.ts) that proxies the
      Aligned News REST API to MCP-compatible AI tools like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf. Exposes
      search_news, get_stories, get_story, get_signals, get_signal, get_reports, get_report, and get_sections tools,
      plus an aligned://news-feed resource. Authenticates with a user-provided ALIGNED_API_KEY (Bearer alnw_...).
    humanURL: https://alignednews.com/developers
    baseURL: https://alignednews.com/v1
    tags:
      - AI
      - MCP
      - Agents
      - Tooling
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://alignednews.com/developers
      - type: Source Code
        url: https://alignednews.com/mcp-server.ts
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://alignednews.com/account
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  - FN: Aligned News
    url: https://alignednews.com/
common:
  - url: https://alignednews.com/
    type: Website
  - url: https://alignednews.com/how-it-works
    type: How It Works
  - url: https://alignednews.com/getting-started
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://alignednews.com/pricing
    type: Pricing
  - url: https://alignednews.com/developers
    type: Developers
  - url: https://alignednews.com/account
    type: SignUp
  - url: https://alignednews.com/sitemap.xml
    type: Sitemap
  - url: https://alignednews.com/robots.txt
    type: Robots TXT
  - url: https://alignednews.com/research
    type: Research
  - url: https://alignednews.com/signals
    type: Signals
  - url: https://alignednews.com/reports
    type: Reports
  - url: https://alignednews.com/bundles
    type: Bundles
  - url: https://alignednews.com/ai
    type: AI
  - url: https://alignednews.com/mcp-server.ts
    type: MCP Server
  - url: https://github.com/Aligned-news
    type: GitHub Org
  - type: Features
    data:
      - AI-powered intelligence from 63 curated X lists
      - Tracks 100,000+ accounts across AI, technology, and science
      - Stories surface breaking AI news with full body content
      - Signals provide early pattern detection with badges (bullish, caution, critical, signal, interview, vc, action)
      - Reports deliver trend deep-dives and summaries
      - Bundles group related stories around themes
      - Section-organized news feed across all topics
      - Full-text Search across stories, signals, and reports
      - REST API gated behind Pro tier with Bearer alnw_ API keys
      - Downloadable single-file MCP server for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf
      - Free tier exposes headlines, summaries, signal badges, and report summaries only
      - Pro tier unlocks full content + API access
      - Enterprise tier adds team access, priority support, and custom analysis
      - Built on Fly.io (edge), Supabase (data), Clerk (auth and billing), Stripe (payments)
    sources:
      - https://alignednews.com/
      - https://alignednews.com/developers
      - https://alignednews.com/pricing
      - https://alignednews.com/mcp-server.ts
    updated: '2026-05-06'