Trace Daily
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The most important tech and AI stories of the day in a 5-minute brief, grouped, summed up and sent every morning.
100+ sources read every morning
Tech and AI news in five minutes a day
We read over 100 sources each morning and bring you what matters, with a link to every source.
How we
do it
Scan
We check newsrooms, company blogs and research labs for you.
Group
We fold every outlet’s take on a story into one.
Summarise
We sum each one up in a few lines, sources attached.
Read what you want, how you want
Read it in your inbox, scroll it in the feed, catch it in every new tab, or ask your AI about it.
Topics
Follow the topics you care about
Open the feed on just what you follow: AI, robotics, startups, markets, tech, design, or the day’s best articles.
Pick topics for your email too
New Tab
Catch up every time you open a tab
The Chrome extension puts today’s ranked stories in every new tab, so you are caught up before you start typing.
Free on the Chrome Web Store
AI Agents
Ask your AI what happened today
Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients can read the same ranked feed and answer questions about today’s news. Read-only, and free for everyone.
Questions, answered
Is Trace really free?
Yes. Trace is free for everyone and open source. Every story, Pulse, the full archive, bookmarks, and agent access are included. There are no tiers and nothing to upgrade to.
What do I get in the morning email?
Ten stories by default, each with a short summary and links to the original reporting. You can change that: pick your topics, choose 5, 10, or 15 stories, and read them as summaries, headlines only, or with images. A live preview shows what your email will look like.
Where does Trace get its news?
Trace scans over a hundred sources each morning: established tech publications, company announcements, research teams, Hacker News, Reddit, Product Hunt, GitHub, and X. When several outlets cover the same event, the story shows every source, so you can verify anything in one tap.
How is this different from a news aggregator?
Aggregators hand you a firehose and make ranking your job. Trace groups the coverage of each event into one story, ranks the stories, and summarises them. You open it, read it, and are caught up in about five minutes.
Can I read past editions?
Yes. Every daily edition is saved in a public archive at /brief, and each edition has its own link at /brief/YYYY-MM-DD that you can share.
What is Pulse?
Pulse is the builders’ radar next to your feed: markets, trending GitHub repos with star counts, and Top articles: the best links from Hacker News, Lobsters and design. It is included for everyone.
Is there an app?
Trace is web-first, with a Chrome extension that puts the ranked feed in every new tab and an Android app on Google Play. The daily email is the easiest way to start.
Does Trace work with Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw or Hermes?
Yes. Agent Access is read-only MCP access included for everyone, so Claude, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, or Hermes can pull the same ranked feed you read. The agent can never post, delete, or change anything.
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