# Arloop — The Autoresearch Loop
> Permanent, decentralized deep research. Every query builds on the last.

Arloop is a permanent research library powered by Strue's decentralized infrastructure and stored on Arweave. Research reports are permanently stored with full provenance. Research compounds over time: every new query checks existing findings before starting.

## API (via Strue)

Base URL: https://api.strue.com

### Run a research loop
POST /v1/research
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

Request body:
- query (string, required): The research question
- depth (string): "quick", "standard", or "deep" (default: "standard")
- publish (boolean): Whether to publish to Arloop library (default: false)
- storage (string): "arweave" for permanent storage

Response: { job_id, status, query, depth, created_at }

### Check research status
GET /v1/research/{job_id}
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Response: { job_id, status, progress_pct, phases_completed, report, sources, arweave_url }

### Search published research (free, no auth)
GET /v1/loop/search?q=QUERY&limit=10

Response: { results: [...], query, count }

### Recent research (free, no auth)
GET /v1/loop/recent?limit=20

Response: { entries: [...], count }

### Read a research entry (free, no auth)
GET /v1/loop/r/{entry_id}

Response: { id, query, topics, depth, report, arweave_url, ... }

### Index stats (free, no auth)
GET /v1/loop/stats

Response: { total_reports, total_sources, total_topics }

## Signup
POST /v1/register with { email, password }
Returns an API key with 5,000 free credits.

## More info
- Website: https://arloop.org
- API docs: https://strue.com/docs.html
- MCP server: https://arloop.org/mcp
- agents.json: https://arloop.org/agents.json