Tide Launches Sui Explorer With Plain-English Data and Agent Tools

Tide launched its public Sui explorer and developer data platform on Wednesday, combining human-readable transaction pages with APIs and tools built for AI agents. The service is live at tide.ad, with a keyless tier for trying its application programming interface and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

Tide says it has indexed more than 6.4 billion transactions and 36 billion object versions on its own infrastructure, covering Sui's history since genesis. Tide's launch announcement also claims sub-second search. Those scale and speed figures are Tide's own claims, not independently verified network measurements.

From explorer to data layer

The public site offers conventional explorer functions such as searching by name, SuiNS name, address, transaction digest, object ID, coin type or checkpoint. Its differentiator is how the results are presented: Tide decodes transactions into sentences rather than leaving users to interpret raw inputs and object changes. Wallet pages add asset positions, transaction histories and information about an address's first funder.

For developers, Tide documents REST and JSON-RPC endpoints alongside WebSocket and server-sent event streams. Its API supports asset lookups, parsed transactions, historical balances and object versions. Responses include an asOf checkpoint so applications can identify the chain state behind an answer.

The service has a free tier, but it is not entirely free. Tide's documentation sets keyless usage at two requests per second and 1,000 credits per day per IP address. A free API key raises the allowance to 5 million credits per month and expands access to SQL queries; Tide also lists paid plans with higher limits, though it says subscriptions are coming soon.

Tools for agents

Tide's MCP server can connect to compatible clients without an API key at the basic tier. Its tools cover transaction explanations, wallet profiles, token information, fund tracing and historical balances. They also let an agent construct unsigned transactions for swaps, staking and lending, or simulate and explain a transaction before a wallet signs it.

Tide says its tools never sign or submit transactions and never hold private keys. The wallet or agent remains responsible for signing and broadcasting any transaction. Its documentation notes that a transaction flagged with a caution verdict is still returned, and tells users to read the findings first.

Why it matters for Sui

Explorers such as Suiscan and SuiVision already provide ways to inspect Sui activity. Tide is aiming at the layer above that: a single set of decoded records, delivered through a consumer explorer, programmable APIs and an agent interface. That could reduce the work for wallets, analytics products and agents that would otherwise need to assemble raw chain data from several sources.

Tide has not publicly identified its founding team or announced funding in its launch materials. SuiWire did not find an endorsement from the official Sui Network, Mysten Labs or Sui Foundation accounts at publication time.