Perigon

What It Is

Perigon is a real-time news intelligence platform that provides developers, teams, and AI agents with structured, machine-ready access to global news and web data. It monitors over 220,000 sources worldwide and delivers enriched, searchable news content through production-ready APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration.

Who It's For

Perigon serves developers building news-powered applications, enterprises managing brand monitoring and risk compliance, AI researchers training models on current events, and teams requiring automated media intelligence. Whether you're building an AI agent, powering a news application, or tracking industry developments, Perigon provides the infrastructure for real-time information access.

Key Features & Capabilities

• Real-Time News API: Access 50,000+ articles per hour with average 6-minute publish-to-live latency and sub-200ms API response times
• Signals System: Set monitoring criteria once and continuously receive organized, relevant information as the world changes—no manual updates needed
• Rich Entity Tracking: Monitor 90k companies, 833k people, and track mentions with precision filtering
• MCP Integration: Drop Perigon directly into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client with zero SDK setup required
• Structured Data: Clean, enriched news data optimized for applications, agents, models, and workflows
• Advanced Search: Query with complex filters, sort by relevance or date, and build custom data feeds

Use Cases & Workflows

Perigon powers media monitoring dashboards that track brand mentions across global publications, compliance systems that flag regulatory changes in real-time, automated briefing services that deliver custom-tuned digests, and AI agents that reason over current events. Development teams use the APIs to build news-powered features, while analysts use Signals to detect emerging trends and track competitive intelligence.

Integration & Access

The platform offers REST APIs with comprehensive documentation, GraphQL API support, MCP playground for testing agent integrations, and tools including an API sandbox, source explorer, and query copilot. Authentication uses API keys with configurable access controls.

What Sets It Apart

Perigon combines breadth (220k sources), speed (6-minute latency), and structure (clean, enriched data) in a single platform designed specifically for programmatic access. Unlike traditional news aggregators, it's built for developers and AI systems, with contextual intelligence that automatically organizes information and maintains relevance as the world evolves.