Model timeline connector

What it does

The connector gives an AI assistant read-only access to the same data as our model pages, image timeline and video timeline: every tracked release of a generative image or video model, with its release date, whether the weights are open, the licence, whether commercial use is allowed, how the model can be accessed and a coarse pricing tier.

It does not generate images or video, and it cannot change anything.

How to connect

Add a custom connector in your assistant and give it this URL. No account or sign-in is needed.

https://gen-ai.news/api/mcp

The server uses the Streamable HTTP transport.

Tools

• list_model_families

  Lists the model families we track, with company, modality, number of releases, latest release date and whether the line is discontinued.

  Inputs: modality, include_discontinued (both optional)

• search_model_releases

  Searches individual releases, newest first. Filters: text, modality, company, open or closed weights, commercial use, availability, pricing tier and release date range.

  Inputs: query, modality, company, weights, commercial_use, availability, pricing, released_after, released_before, limit (all optional)

• get_model_family

  Returns one family and its full release history, with licence, availability, pricing tier, spec notes and announcement links.

  Inputs: family_id (required)

All three tools are read-only.

Example prompts

• Which open-weight video models released this year allow commercial use?
• Show me the release history of Kling, with dates.
• What image models have come out in the last three months, and which can I self-host?

Limits of the data

• Pricing is a tier (free, freemium or paid). Per-image and per-second prices are not tracked.
• Licence and commercial-use fields are our reading of each vendor's terms at release. Check the vendor's current licence before relying on them.
• Spec notes are present for some releases only, and some release dates are marked approximate.

Privacy and support

The connector asks for no personal data and has no accounts. Requests are handled as described in our privacy policy. To report a wrong entry or a problem, use the contact form.