Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for building AI agents and MCP servers on Universal API.
Tutorials, product updates, and insights on AI agents, MCP servers, and the future of API orchestration.
June 11, 2026 ยท Tutorial
Put an AI agent behind a real phone number: two-way SMS with built-in STOP/HELP compliance, per-sender mute so a human can seamlessly take over a conversation, and one Twilio number that handles both voice calls and texts.
June 11, 2026 ยท Tutorial
Set up AI agents that run automatically โ daily reports, weekly summaries, hourly monitoring. Rate and cron expressions, timezone support, auto-pause on failures, and no servers to manage.
June 11, 2026 ยท Guide
Publish your MCP server, set per-invocation or monthly subscription pricing, connect Stripe, and earn revenue every time someone uses your tools. Includes realistic earnings scenarios and pricing strategy tips.
June 11, 2026 ยท Product Update
Every MCP server now gets immutable version history with one-click rollback and runtime version pinning (?v=N). Plus authors can now offer monthly subscription pricing with free trials โ active subscribers skip per-invocation author fees entirely.
June 11, 2026 ยท Product Update
Every UAPI MCP server now works as a Claude custom connector โ OAuth 2.1 with Dynamic Client Registration and PKCE, no client IDs or secrets needed. Plus what changed for existing integrations (spoiler: bearer tokens are unchanged, anonymous access is retired).
April 22, 2026 ยท Tutorial
Get real-time stock quotes, options chains, and market data on your website or in your app โ four ways to integrate using the Massive (Polygon.io) MCP server, from a one-line HTML embed to building your own custom MCP server. Includes BYO API key support for multi-tenant apps.
April 13, 2026 ยท Gallery
A curated gallery of 18 working MCP servers โ from web search and Google Suite to Stripe payments and Cloudflare management โ each live and ready to connect to Claude, Cursor, or your own agent.
April 13, 2026 ยท Architecture
Compare three ways to add web browsing to AI agents โ API-based search (Doc-Hound), managed headless browser (AgentCore Browser), and DIY Chromium on Lambda. Code examples, pricing, and when to use each.
April 6, 2026 ยท Tutorial
Your AI agent picks up the phone and calls your leads, collects survey responses, or books appointments โ powered by Amazon Nova Sonic and Twilio. Set it up in 10 minutes with Universal API's outbound calling API.
April 2, 2026 ยท Security
A concise overview of how UniversalAPI protects your API keys, isolates your code execution, and keeps your data private โ from encrypted credential storage to hardware-level tenant isolation. Understand the full security architecture in 5 minutes.
Updated April 2, 2026 ยท Architecture
The full technical deep dive into our security architecture. Walk through the actual implementation โ from the moment a request hits our API Gateway to sandbox execution, Firecracker tenant isolation, log sanitization, and GDPR-compliant account deletion.
March 19, 2026 ยท Tutorial
Your Strands agent is smart, but it can't do much without tools. Here's how to give it web search, document analysis, Google Suite, and more โ with a single connection to Universal API's MCP server marketplace. Two methods: creation-time wiring and runtime dynamic connections.
March 16, 2026 ยท Tutorial
Upload contracts, research papers, or financial reports โ then ask questions in plain English. Your AI agent searches across your documents and the web to give you answers with citations. Here's how to build one on Universal API.
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