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AI agents today: October 21, 2026
On October 21, 2026, DartzDabz's daily crawl of 2,202 agent tools found 43 new tools and 16 trust-score moves of 10 points or more. Today's signal: 760 of 1,337 scored MCP servers required auth (Oct 21, 2026). No dated news item passed our source rule today. Every item below links its source or directory page.
Today's page refreshes with each daily build (latest Oct 21, 2026, 6:38 AM ET) and freezes when the day ends. Source: DartzDabz daily crawl of the official MCP Registry, Smithery, Coinbase's x402 Bazaar and Circle's agent marketplace.
Which new agent tools showed up on October 21, 2026?
Our crawl picked up 43 agent tools we hadn't checked before. The highest-scored on their first check:
| Tool | Type | Price | First score |
|---|---|---|---|
| api-xpay.com quote | x402 API | $0.005 per call | 100/100 |
| api-xpay.com uuid | x402 API | $0.005 per call | 100/100 |
| ausca.com analyze-document | x402 API | $0.3 per call | 100/100 |
| squeezeos-api.onrender.com read-markdown | x402 API | $0.001 per call | 100/100 |
| api.stocktrends.com history | x402 API | $0.0075 per call | 100/100 |
| extract.tollkit.dev extract | x402 API | $0.01 per call | 100/100 |
| oracle.cyberwarex.com verdict | x402 API | $0.01 per call | 100/100 |
| horizonpulse.dev funding | x402 API | $0.003 per call | 100/100 |
| horizonpulse.dev gas | x402 API | $0.002 per call | 100/100 |
| api.solgiery.com bytes | x402 API | $0.007 per call | 100/100 |
Showing 10 of 43. Browse the agent tool directory for all of them.
Which agent tools moved most in trust score?
The biggest drop was x402-seller-a5et.onrender.com intel, down 65 points to 35/100; the biggest gain was readx.sh trends, up 96 to 96/100.
| Tool | Change | Score |
|---|---|---|
| readx.sh trends | +96 | 0 → 96 |
| Maxwell Directory (x402 + MCP) | +69 | 12 → 81 |
| agentbit.app search | +65 | 35 → 100 |
| x402-seller-a5et.onrender.com intel | -65 | 100 → 35 |
| Kijito | +34 | 36 → 70 |
Scores are point-in-time checks; a big drop often means a server was down or locked when we checked.
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What is today's AI agent trend signal?
MCP servers behind OAuth: 760 of 1,337 scored MCP servers required auth (Oct 21, 2026). Read the trend page for the tools behind it.
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