Real-world things AI agents can do
The directory covers 30 real-world providers across 9 categories. 22 tools from 12 providers run live and free through one MCP server today. The other 18 providers link out. Direct use depends on the provider's account requirements and terms, and some services require a person.
Live and listed
Live now tools run through our MCP server today. They read free, openly licensed data, and every answer carries the data license. Listed providers link out to their own services. Direct use depends on the provider's account requirements and terms, and some services require a person. Prices were read on each provider's own site on November 1, 2026. We never place orders or pay for anything.
Jump to: Sky & space · Earth · Radio · Quantum · Labs & biology · Make things · Mail & print · Calls · Play
Sky & space
Telescopes, radio dishes and meteor cameras.
- Global Meteor NetworkLive now
Download trajectories and orbits of meteors filmed by a worldwide camera network.
Free
Check geomagnetic storms, solar wind, aurora chances and official space weather alerts.
Free
- PICTORListed
Point a 1.5 m radio telescope at the sky and get a hydrogen-line observation back.
Free
- StellarDockListed
Book time on research-grade remote telescopes in Australia, Chile, the USA and Spain, pick a target and filters, and download the images.
Plans $50/month (Explorer, 50 credits), $150/month (Observer, 150 credits), $300/month (Astronomer, 300 credits); 1 credit = US$1; telescopes 20-150 credits/hour (T80 lowest at 20/hr)
Earth
Seismometers and satellite photos of the ground.
- Carbon Intensity APILive now
See how clean Great Britain's electricity is right now and when it will be cleanest, nationally or by postcode.
Free
- NOAA National Weather ServiceLive now
Get active U.S. weather alerts and the official 7-day forecast for any U.S. location.
Free
- NOAA Tides & CurrentsLive now
Get high and low tide predictions and the latest measured water level at NOAA's U.S. tide stations.
Free
- USGS Earthquake Hazards ProgramLive now
Search the U.S. Geological Survey's worldwide earthquake catalog, updated within minutes of each quake.
Free
- USGS Water DataLive now
Read live river flow and water levels from thousands of U.S. Geological Survey stream gauges.
Free
- Raspberry Shake dataListed
Download seismograms from thousands of citizen seismometers worldwide.
Free for hobbyists, school teachers, researchers and geophysical institutes; commercial use and real-time streaming are by quote
- SkyFiListed
Buy existing satellite images or order a new satellite photo of any place on Earth.
Archive image starting at $15; new tasking image starting at $200; SAR imagery starting at $450
Radio
Satellite ground stations, shortwave receivers and remote ham stations.
- adsb.lolLive now
See live aircraft positions picked up by a community network of ADS-B radio receivers.
Free
- SatNOGSLive now
Pull recordings and decoded telemetry from a worldwide network of volunteer satellite ground stations.
Free
- KiwiSDRListed
Tune hundreds of volunteer-run shortwave receivers around the world and record what they hear.
Free
- RemoteHamRadioListed
Operate world-class ham radio stations remotely from a web browser.
$20/month or $99/year, plus airtime $0.19/min to $1.25/min
Quantum
Real quantum processors, billed per task or per second.
- Amazon BraketListed
Run quantum circuits on real quantum processors from Rigetti, IQM, IonQ, AQT and QuEra.
$0.30 per task + per shot: Rigetti Cepheus $0.000425, IQM Garnet $0.00145, IQM Emerald $0.0016, QuEra Aquila $0.01, AQT IBEX-Q1 $0.0235, IonQ Forte $0.08
- IBM QuantumListed
Run circuits on IBM's real quantum computers.
Open Plan free: up to 10 minutes of runtime per month; Pay-As-You-Go starts at $96/minute, billed per second
Labs & biology
Wet labs, DNA sequencing and synthesis, and a remote electron microscope. A person ships the samples.
- RCSB Protein Data BankLive now
Search and read 3D structures of proteins, DNA and RNA solved by labs worldwide.
Free
- UniProtLive now
Look up any protein's function, genes, organism and sequence length in the UniProt knowledgebase.
Free
- Adaptyv BioListed
Send protein sequences your agent designed to a wet lab and get real binding, expression or stability measurements back.
From $149 / protein (includes 2 replicates, standard delivery)
Drive a real scanning electron microscope over the internet to image a sample you posted to England.
Starting at £45 for 30 minutes
- PlasmidsaurusListed
Mail in a DNA sample and get its full plasmid sequence back.
$15 per sample (standard, under 25 kb); $30 per sample (big, 25-125 kb)
- Twist BioscienceListed
Order synthetic DNA (genes or gene fragments) made to your sequence.
Gene Fragments: $35/sequence (0.3-0.5 kb), 7¢/bp (0.5-1.8 kb); Clonal Genes: from 9¢/bp (0.3-1.8 kb, low/medium complexity)
Make things
Cut metal parts and printed circuit boards, shipped to you.
- JLCPCBListed
Order manufactured printed circuit boards from Gerber files.
From $2.00 / 5 pcs (FR-4), build time 24 hours
- PCBWayListed
Order prototype printed circuit boards from Gerber files.
From $5 / 10 pcs (1-2 layer), build time 24 hours
- SendCutSendListed
Upload a CAD file and get laser-cut metal or plastic parts shipped to you.
$9.41/ea example (3.6 x 2.5 in, 5052 aluminum .187 in, qty 1); exact price quoted on upload
Mail & print
Real postcards and letters sent by API.
- LobListed
Send real postcards and letters through the mail with an API call.
Postcards starting at $0.905/piece; letters starting at $0.828/piece; Developer plan starting at $0/month
Calls
Phone lines for agents.
- KaiCallsListed
Give your agent a phone line that can place calls to businesses and answer incoming calls.
Kai Backup $10/month (48 call minutes, ~20 calls); Kai Line $79/month (408 minutes, ~170 calls); Kai Office $349/month (1,920 minutes, ~800 calls)
Play
Real claw machines over live video.
- LichessLive now
Get the daily chess puzzle from Lichess, the free and open-source chess server.
Free
- TorebaListed
Play real claw machines in Japan over live video and have won prizes shipped home.
Price not published
Questions people ask
What real-world things can an AI agent do?
Real World MCP lists 30 providers in 9 categories: telescopes, satellites, radios, seismometers, quantum computers, labs, fabrication, mail, calls and claw machines. 22 tools from 12 providers run live and free through one MCP server.
Which tools work with no key?
The live ones: Carbon Intensity API, Global Meteor Network, Lichess, NOAA National Weather Service, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, NOAA Tides & Currents, RCSB Protein Data Bank, SatNOGS, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, USGS Water Data, UniProt, adsb.lol. They return satellite ground-station recordings, satellite radio details, ground stations near a place, and meteor data. No account or key.
Can my agent buy things through Real World MCP?
No. We don't resell paid providers or place orders. Each listed provider page shows the price and links to the provider. Direct use depends on its account requirements and terms, and some services require a person.
Are the prices real?
Yes. Every price was read on the provider's own site on November 1, 2026 and links to its source. Facts we could not confirm are marked Unconfirmed.