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AI architecture insights, solution play deep dives, and ecosystem updates from the FrootAI team.
Hosted MCP is live: federated tools at mcp.frootai.dev — without spawning a kernel
Point your IDE, agent, or copilot at https://mcp.frootai.dev/mcp and get federated access to Azure, GitHub, Playwright, MS Learn — without running the kernel locally. Four pricing tiers, 99.5 % SLA on Pro+, EU-only data residency enforced by Bicep.
Introducing the FAI Protocol — The package.json for AI Architectures
Just as package.json wires Node.js dependencies, fai-manifest.json wires AI primitives — agents, skills, hooks, and guardrails — into composable solution plays.
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17 postsHow to use FrootAI with Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Code
Install one rule pack and your AI coding assistant becomes a FrootAI expert — manifest validation, eval datasets, and Studio integration built into your workflow.
Quarterly Retro Letter — 2026 Q3: Phase 1, Honestly
The first Quarterly Retro Letter. What we set out to do, what actually happened (with real numbers), what we got right, what we got wrong, what we learned, and what we're committing to next quarter. Long-form, founder-only, unpolished on purpose.
Quarterly Town Hall — Q3 2026: Phase 1 in Review
The first quarterly community town hall — roadmap update, honest retro, Champions highlights, and 30 minutes of open Q&A. Watch the recording and read the full summary.
Monthly AMA — August 2026: Phase 1 Retro
Founder runs an honest Phase 1 retrospective — what worked, what didn't, and where we're heading next. Watch the recording and read the Q&A summary.
Monthly AMA — July 2026: Building in Public
Founder discusses Studio development, Cloud beta progress, and the community roadmap. Watch the recording and read the Q&A summary.
Lean Mode: the library that weighs less
Every FrootAI primitive now ships in two flavors — Full and Lean. Lean is byte-for-byte fidelity-verified: same capability, fewer tokens. The honest catch? The lossless floor only saves about half a percent. Here's why we ship the small number anyway.
Browser Screenshot to Bug Report: a cross-server MCP recipe
Turn a flaky browser repro into a triage-ready GitHub issue — automatically. Playwright + Markitdown + GitHub composed into one FrootAI play — about $3.00/mo at 100 runs.
RAG from a GitHub Repo: a cross-server MCP recipe
Point an agent at a GitHub repo and get a queryable RAG index in one run. GitHub + Markitdown + Azure AI Search composed into one FrootAI play — about $22.00/mo at 100 runs.
Firecrawl Research Pipeline: a cross-server MCP recipe
Crawl, search, and ground a research brief from a handful of seed URLs. Firecrawl + Tavily + Context7 composed into one FrootAI play — about $17.80/mo at 100 runs.
FrootAI MCP becomes a router — federate Azure, Playwright, GitHub from one connection
Today we're shipping the v6 lockstep release across all five surfaces — frootai-mcp, the CLI, the VS Code extension, the GitHub Action, and the Foundry agent — turning the FrootAI MCP server into a federation router. One install, one connection, every Tier-1 tool surface.
PDF to Research Deck: a cross-server MCP recipe
Convert a dense PDF into a grounded, cited research summary. Markitdown + Context7 + Tavily composed into one FrootAI play — about $5.40/mo at 100 runs.
Friday Letter #004 — One Month In
Week 4: one month since launch. Honest numbers, what worked, what didn't, and the plan for month 2.
Vector DB Comparison: a cross-server MCP recipe
Run the same corpus and queries across three vector DBs and let the numbers decide. Qdrant + ChromaDB + Pinecone composed into one FrootAI play — about $18.00/mo at 100 runs.
Friday Letter #003 — First Community PR
Week 3: we merged our first community pull request. Here's who, what, and why it matters.
Friday Letter #002 — First Office Hours Recap
Week 2: the first Office Hours happened, the first Tuesday Demo shipped, and the Monthly AMA thread is live. Here's your recap.
Monthly AMA — June 2026: How FrootAI Started
Founder answers top community questions on protocol origins, the first 100 plays, and what surprised us along the way. Watch the recording and read the Q&A summary.
Friday Letter #001 — The Very First One
The very first Friday Letter. This week: FrootAI launches, the FAI Protocol explained in 2 minutes, and your invitation to shape what comes next.
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