# AskFRED

> AskFRED is the registration and results platform for Olympic-style fencing
> tournaments in North America. Tournament organizers post events, fencers
> register and pay, and results are published after each competition.

Tournament, event, and result data is available through two read-only
programmatic interfaces. Fetching HTML pages is rate limited for automated
clients; these return structured data and are built for that use.

Both take a bearer token in the `Authorization` header — an AskFRED API token
from account settings, or an OAuth 2.0 access token. Both are read-only: no
tool or endpoint can register, pay, message, or modify anything.

## Programmatic access

- [MCP server](https://www.askfred.net/developers/mcp): a remote Model Context
  Protocol server at `https://www.askfred.net/mcp`, Streamable HTTP, POST only.
  Search tournaments, list events, and read the signed-in fencer's own
  registrations and bouts. Currently in beta.
- [REST API](https://www.askfred.net/developers/api): the same read surface
  over HTTP at `https://www.askfred.net/api/v1`.

## Site

- [Tournament search](https://www.askfred.net/tournaments): upcoming and past
  tournaments, filterable by date, weapon, and location.
- [Results](https://www.askfred.net/results): published tournament results.
- [Clubs](https://www.askfred.net/clubs): directory of fencing clubs.
- [Guides](https://www.askfred.net/guides): how registration, ratings, and
  seeding work in North American fencing.

## Optional

- [About](https://www.askfred.net/about): what AskFRED is and who runs it.
- [News](https://www.askfred.net/news): announcements and release notes.