Open-Source Data Connector for AI Agents, SurfSense, Released

SurfSense is an open-source research platform that enables AI agents to fetch real-time data from various web platforms such as Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, and Amazon.

Instead of traditional scraping methods or costly API calls, it provides dedicated endpoints optimized for each platform, returning data in structured JSON format. Its key features are as follows:

• Diverse data sources: Broad connector support for Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Amazon, Google Maps, Google Search, and more
• Agent-friendly interface: Supports not only REST API but also an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, allowing immediate use as a tool in Claude, Cursor, and others
• Flexible deployment model: Offers both a pay-as-you-go API option and a free self-hosting option that users can install directly on their own infrastructure
• Structured output: Designed to provide posts, comments, captions, reviews, and more in a clean format so agents can use them directly without separate parsing logic.