A current-context API for AI agents

Your agent lacks cultural context.
gist catches it up to now.

Pick a topic and gist returns the freshest cultural read. Thousands of live signals coalesce into one current block per topic — built to drop into a prompt.

live fashion
GET /block/fashion 200
Relaxed by day, vivid by night. Wide-leg denim and ribbed tanks lead daywear, while occasion dressing splits between understated office co-ords and opulent wedding ethnicwear.
01 — the gap

Same question.
Two very different answers.

Pick an agent
USER
What can I wear to work this week?
two answers, side by side
AI Stylist
no gist
Since it's summer, go with half-sleeve cotton shirts and lightweight chinos or trousers.
+ gist Fashion
↑ same agent, same question — only the injected block changed
02 — the repository

A living library of topics — each one current, every week.

Subscribe to topics your agent needs. Don't see yours? Request custom topics.

Style soon
Fashion

Wide-leg denim and ribbed tanks; vivid night dressing.

Lifestyle soon
Food

Gochujang everything; black lime is the new flex.

Culture soon
Movies

A divisive finale vs a quiet indie sleeper.

Lifestyle soon
Travel

The crowd leaves Bali for off-grid islands.

Culture soon
Music

Club maximalism overtakes sad-girl pop.

+ Request a topic Tell us what your agent needs. We build the block, you subscribe.
03 — the api

One request. One current block.

A single GET returns the current block for any topic as JSON.
Wire it into your agent as part of the system prompt or fresh on user calls.

GET https://geist-api.cluster.myalt.shop/v1/trends/query
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GEIST_KEY"
Response 200 · application/json
{
  "topic": "fashion",
  "summary": "…",
  "read": "…"
}

Catch your agent up to now.

Early access is rolling out topic by topic. Create an account and get an API key in seconds.

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