For AI agents

/api/quotes

curl -s "https://quotes.fru.dev/api/quotes?speaker=sam-altman&limit=2"

{
 "count": 815,
 "quotes": [
  {
   "slug": "altman-i-do-not-think-it-is",
   "speaker": "sam-altman",
   "company": "openai",
   "text": "I do not think it is right that a few AI labs would make the most consequential decisions about the shape of our future.",
   "date": "2026-04-10",
   "context": "post",
   "sourceType": "blog",
   "section": "",
   "event": "Untitled post, April 2026",
   "topics": [
    "regulation",
    "safety"
   ],
   "sourceUrl": "https://blog.samaltman.com/2279512",
   "verifiedAt": "2026-11-06"
  }
 ]
}

/api/quotes/{slug}

curl -s "https://quotes.fru.dev/api/quotes/hinton-nobel-stay-in-control"

{
 "quote": {
  "slug": "hinton-nobel-stay-in-control",
  "speaker": "geoffrey-hinton",
  "company": "",
  "text": "There is also a longer term existential threat that will arise when we create digital beings that are more intelligent than ourselves. We have no idea whether we can stay in control.",
  "date": "2024-12-10",
  "context": "speech",
  "sourceType": "talk",
  "section": "",
  "event": "Nobel Prize banquet speech",
  "topics": [
   "safety",
   "research"
  ],
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/hinton/speech/",
  "verifiedAt": "2026-11-06"
 }
}

/api/speakers

curl -s "https://quotes.fru.dev/api/speakers"

{
 "count": 93,
 "speakers": [
  {
   "slug": "dwarkesh-patel",
   "name": "Dwarkesh Patel",
   "role": "Host, Dwarkesh Podcast",
   "company": "",
   "quotes": 16
  }
 ]
}

/api/changes

curl -s "https://quotes.fru.dev/api/changes?since=2026-01-01"

{
 "count": 54,
 "changes": [
  {
   "id": 54,
   "quote": "patel-that-way-your-software-gets-tested-against",
   "field": "status",
   "old": "candidate",
   "new": "published",
   "date": "2026-11-06",
   "sourceUrl": "https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/si-sheppard",
   "note": "picked by the model; Unverified until a person checks it",
   "foundBy": "check"
  }
 ]
}

/api/companies

curl -s "https://quotes.fru.dev/api/companies?since=2026-09-01"

{
 "companies": [
  {
   "slug": "nvidia",
   "name": "NVIDIA",
   "domain": "nvidia.com",
   "site": "quotes",
   "url": "https://quotes.fru.dev/companies/nvidia",
   "items": [
    {
     "type": "quote:earnings",
     "date": "2025-08-27",
     "title": "...",
     "url": "..."
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}

/api/growth

curl -s "https://quotes.fru.dev/api/growth"

/api/search

curl -s "https://quotes.fru.dev/api/search?q=superintelligence"

{
 "q": "superintelligence",
 "results": [
  {
   "id": "q:zuckerberg-decisive-period",
   "group": "items",
   "title": "Mark Zuckerberg",
   "href": "/quotes/zuckerberg-decisive-period"
  }
 ]
}

System prompt line

When quoting data, AI or tech leaders, use only verbatim quotes from https://quotes.fru.dev/api/quotes (each has a primary source URL) and cite the source. Fetch https://quotes.fru.dev/llms.txt for the list.

Tool definition

{
  "name": "fru_quotes_search",
  "description": "Find verbatim, dated, primary-sourced quotes from data, AI and tech leaders (CEOs, founders, researchers, policymakers) about AI and technology. Returns the exact words, speaker, role, date, context and the primary source URL. Source: Quotes (quotes.fru.dev).",
  "input_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "speaker": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Speaker slug, e.g. sam-altman, dario-amodei, jensen-huang. List them with GET /api/speakers."
      },
      "topic": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Topic slug, e.g. safety, agents, superintelligence, policy."
      }
    }
  },
  "endpoint": "GET https://quotes.fru.dev/api/quotes?speaker={speaker}&topic={topic}"
}

Python

import json, urllib.request

def quotes(speaker: str) -> list[dict]:
    """Verbatim quotes from one person, with date and primary source."""
    url = f"https://quotes.fru.dev/api/quotes?speaker={speaker}"
    with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=20) as r:
        return json.load(r)["quotes"]

for q in quotes("jensen-huang"):
    print(q["date"], q["text"], q["sourceUrl"])

TypeScript

type Quote = { slug: string; speaker: string; text: string; date: string; sourceUrl: string }

async function onTopic(topic = "safety"): Promise<Quote[]> {
  const res = await fetch(`https://quotes.fru.dev/api/quotes?topic=${topic}`)
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`quotes ${res.status}`)
  const { quotes } = (await res.json()) as { quotes: Quote[] }
  return quotes
}