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Reused by every brief.", + "status": "ready" + }, + "inline": {}, + "youtube": [] + }, + "what-is-hermes-agent": { + "title": "Hermes Agent: what it is, how to install it and what it costs", + "category": "concepts", + "hero": { + "file": "assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/hero.png", + "alt": "Hand drawn sketch: a yellow character asleep at a desk under a moon while two others keep working at terminals, labelled always on, remembers, and you sleep, it works", + "prompt": "Code drawn hero (media-src/spec.js, night archetype).", + "status": "ready" + }, + "inline": { + "note-1": { + "file": "assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-1.png", + "alt": "Hand drawn sketch: a yellow character asleep at a desk while a terminal window keeps running", + "prompt": "", + "status": "ready" + }, + "note-2": { + "file": "assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-2.png", + "alt": "Hand drawn sketch: a moon and a clock", + "prompt": "", + "status": "ready" + } + }, + "youtube": [] } } diff --git a/blog/src/assets/blog-press.css b/blog/src/assets/blog-press.css index 0784e1105..fffbde22b 100644 --- a/blog/src/assets/blog-press.css +++ b/blog/src/assets/blog-press.css @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ .t-comparisons { --c: #E8A33D; --c-soft: #FFEC99; } /* typing amber / lemon-light */ .t-use-cases { --c: #9B7EDE; --c-soft: #D0BFF2; } /* compacting purple */ .t-story { --c: #B5D589; --c-soft: #D4EAB0; } /* grass tiles */ +.t-news { --c: #7A8CA3; --c-soft: #D5DCE6; } /* slate */ .t-default { --c: #B197FC; --c-soft: #D6C5FF; } * { box-sizing: border-box; } diff --git a/blog/src/assets/blog-sunroom.css b/blog/src/assets/blog-sunroom.css index a77539a0d..a4e80fe4e 100644 --- a/blog/src/assets/blog-sunroom.css +++ b/blog/src/assets/blog-sunroom.css @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ .t-comparisons { --c: #b5179e; --c-soft: #f8e0f4; } .t-use-cases { --c: #ffb238; --c-soft: #fff1d8; } .t-story { --c: #7bc950; --c-soft: #e9f7e0; } +.t-news { --c: #5b7a99; --c-soft: #e3ebf3; } .t-default { --c: #5b5bd6; --c-soft: #e7e7fb; } * { box-sizing: border-box; } diff --git a/blog/src/assets/blog.css b/blog/src/assets/blog.css index 5bcd6d3eb..ffc7dd5c6 100644 --- a/blog/src/assets/blog.css +++ b/blog/src/assets/blog.css @@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ nav .links a:hover, nav .links a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--ink); } .t-comparisons { background: var(--rose); } .t-use-cases { background: var(--sky-soft); } .t-story { background: var(--peach); } +.t-news { background: var(--sky-soft); } .t-default { background: var(--tan); } /* ---------- post article ---------- */ diff --git a/blog/src/assets/media/agent-tools-today/hero.png b/blog/src/assets/media/agent-tools-today/hero.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4203cbd5f Binary files /dev/null and b/blog/src/assets/media/agent-tools-today/hero.png differ diff --git a/blog/src/assets/media/topics/news.png b/blog/src/assets/media/topics/news.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a8f309ded Binary files /dev/null and b/blog/src/assets/media/topics/news.png differ diff --git a/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/hero.png b/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/hero.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..575702ac6 Binary files /dev/null and b/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/hero.png differ diff --git a/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-1.png b/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-1.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ed6d5033e Binary files /dev/null and b/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-1.png differ diff --git a/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-2.png b/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-2.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6cec7525a Binary files /dev/null and b/blog/src/assets/media/what-is-hermes-agent/note-2.png differ diff --git a/blog/src/posts/agent-tools-today-2026-10-03.md b/blog/src/posts/agent-tools-today-2026-10-03.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4405a7516 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/src/posts/agent-tools-today-2026-10-03.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +--- +title: "Agent Tools Today, 3 Oct 2026: Claude Code Mods, OpenDots, Conductor Mobile" +seoTitle: "Agent Tools Today (3 Oct 2026): Launches, Skills, MCP Servers" +description: "The top 5 launches, skills and MCP servers, multi agent moves, rising repos and arguments in coding agents on 3 Oct 2026, each with its source." +date: 2026-10-03 +category: news +categoryLabel: News +type: Non-technical +series: agent-tools-today +primaryKeyword: "agent tools today 3 oct 2026" +secondaryKeywords: ["claude code mods", "opendots", "conductor mobile", "new mcp servers", "new claude code skills"] +tags: ["Daily Brief", "Claude Code", "MCP", "Skills", "Open Source"] +--- + +Agent tools today, 3 Oct 2026, in one line: everything became a plugin. Claude Code can now be modded, DeepSeek's desktop harness is built from plugins, and an open source copy of ChatGPT Dots appeared two days after the original. This is the first edition, so it covers the last two days. Every number was read on 3 Oct. + +## Top 5 launches + +1. **Claude Code Mods.** Anthropic now lets you change how Claude Code behaves and looks with a few lines of TypeScript, shipped as plugins you install with `/plugin`. The announcement on X had 19,861 likes and 4 million views. [Source](https://claude.com/blog/claude-code-mods) +2. **OpenDots.** CopilotKit released a self hosted template for always on AI coworkers that works with any agent harness, announced two days after OpenAI's Dots. MIT licensed, 1,813 GitHub stars. Background in [what is ChatGPT Dots](/blog/what-is-chatgpt-dots/). [Source](https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDots) +3. **Pi 1.0 and Pi Durable.** Earendil shipped version 1.0 of its small terminal agent, plus an experimental runtime for long running agents. 1,583 points on Hacker News. Our explainer: [what is Pi agent](/blog/what-is-pi-agent/). [Source](https://earendil.com/posts/pi-1-0/) +4. **DeepSeek Harness desktop.** DeepSeek released packaged desktop apps for macOS and Windows, with Linux through npm. Its pitch is that every feature is a plugin. The repo has 242,637 stars. [Source](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) +5. **Conductor Mobile.** Announced on 1 Oct: Conductor's iPhone app starts and steers a team of cloud agents from your phone. The app has been on the App Store since 14 Sep. 744 likes on the announcement. [Source](https://x.com/charlieholtz/status/2105769644498002130) + +## Top 5 skills, MCP servers and plugins + +1. **Headroom.** Compresses tool output, logs and files before they reach the model, so long sessions use less context. Apache 2.0, 74,273 stars. [Source](https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom) +2. **codebase-memory-mcp.** An MCP server that indexes a repo into a knowledge graph the agent can query. MIT, 45,672 stars. [Source](https://github.com/DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp) +3. **HarnessRouter.** One self hosted API in front of Codex, Claude Code, Hermes, Pi and DeepSeek Harness. You pick the harness per request. Apache 2.0, 2,855 stars. [Source](https://github.com/HarnessRouter/harnessrouter) +4. **typesafe-ai skills.** Skills for building with TypeSafe's System One API, which returns typed judgments and probabilities for routing, ranking and verification. MIT, 2,542 stars. [Source](https://github.com/typesafe-ai/skills) +5. **claude-code-setup.** A plugin in Anthropic's official plugin repo that reads your project and recommends hooks, skills, MCP servers and subagents. Install with `/plugin install claude-code-setup@claude-plugins-official`. [Source](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/plugins/claude-code-setup) + +## Top 5 moves from multi agent tools + +1. **Pi.** Pi Durable shipped beside 1.0: an experimental runtime where each task saves a checkpoint at every step. 492 points on Hacker News. [Source](https://earendil.com/posts/pi-durable/) +2. **Munder Difflin.** [Munder Difflin](https://harnessmd.com/download), free and open source, shipped version 0.5.5 on 1 Oct: a faster office view, Stop and Archive that keep an agent's work, and dictation at the cursor. [Source](https://github.com/HarnessMD/munder-difflin/releases/tag/v0.5.5) +3. **Hermes Agent.** Maintainer Teknium said the next update should be around 4 times faster for everyone. It has not shipped; the latest release is still v2026.9.24. [Source](https://x.com/Teknium/status/2105809042291798441) +4. **Orca.** Release v1.4.219 on 2 Oct, and a new Android companion build on 3 Oct. [Source](https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases) +5. **OpenClaw.** Three releases in two days: v2026.8.34 and v2026.8.35 on 2 Oct, then v2026.9.8 on 3 Oct. [Source](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases) + +If you are choosing between these, the [open source AI agents](/blog/open-source-ai-agents/) list compares ten of them, and [what a multi agent harness is](/blog/what-is-a-multi-agent-harness/) explains the category. + +## Top 5 rising repos + +1. **Strata.** Runs a Qwen model on a gaming PC behind a local API that coding agents can call, with an MCP server so your assistant can install and manage it. MIT, 7,326 stars. [Source](https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata) +2. **PDoomVideo.** A music video where every frame is code written by Opus 5.5. 1,728 stars. [Source](https://github.com/JohnHeibel/PDoomVideo) +3. **ZCode.** Z.ai's coding agent harness, created on 20 Sep. Apache 2.0, 7,355 stars. [Source](https://github.com/zai-org/ZCode) +4. **Spark-X2.5.** A small on device agent model with a 1 million token context, Apache 2.0. 606 stars. [Source](https://github.com/XHToken/Spark-X2.5) +5. **EvoSkills.** Skill packs for research and paper writing. 468 stars. [Source](https://github.com/EvoScientist/EvoSkills) + +New repos can gain stars quickly for reasons other than use, so treat these as names to watch, not recommendations. + +## Top 5 things people are arguing about + +1. **Is Opus 5.5 getting worse?** A post showing Opus 5.5 at 94.2% on NerfBench drew 6,218 likes, with its author saying the drop is still inside normal variance. [Source](https://x.com/bridgemindai/status/2106013611231440980) +2. **Gemini 4 Argon exists, but you can't use it.** Google's [launch post](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon/) gives first access to a set of trusted cyber defenders. One post argued that by the time it is public, newer models will be ahead and it will be dead on launch. What works today is in our [Gemini CLI install guide](/blog/how-to-install-gemini-cli/). [Source](https://x.com/elshayib_/status/2105737351427154054) +3. **Durable runtimes.** LangChain's Harrison Chase, quoting the Pi launch: it is pretty clear every agent harness needs a durable runtime. 299 likes. [Source](https://x.com/hwchase17/status/2105791360796397954) +4. **Everything is a plugin.** Claude Code Mods and DeepSeek's plugin built desktop landed a day apart. The open question is who reviews what a plugin can touch. DeepSeek's post had 4,103 likes. [Source](https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/2105915715241062644) +5. **Sites in ChatGPT.** OpenAI's site builder inside ChatGPT had 277 points on Hacker News by 3 Oct. [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927747) + +## How this list is built + +Each day our agents read GitHub releases and trending pages, the Hacker News front page, and the top posts on X and Reddit about coding agents. A name only makes a list with a link that was opened and a signal that can be shown: points, stars, likes or views. Repos are checked against the GitHub API before they appear. New to Munder Difflin? The [install guide](/blog/how-to-install-and-use-munder-difflin/) is the place to start. diff --git a/blog/src/posts/open-source-ai-agents.md b/blog/src/posts/open-source-ai-agents.md index 20afadf62..d59b80b4f 100644 --- a/blog/src/posts/open-source-ai-agents.md +++ b/blog/src/posts/open-source-ai-agents.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ It is a program that calls a language model in a loop and uses tools to finish a **2. Munder Difflin.** [Munder Difflin](https://harnessmd.com/download) is what we make: a free and open source desktop app (MIT) that runs a team of named AI agents on your own computer. Each agent runs on a CLI engine you already use, such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode or Cursor, and keeps its own `memory.md`, inbox and outbox. You can put missions on schedules, and a Slack trigger feeds requests to Michael, the orchestrator who hands work out. The limits: agents run only while your computer does, you install and sign in to each CLI yourself, and anonymous usage telemetry is on by default (you can turn it off in Settings). Best for: project work spread over several engines. The [install guide](/blog/how-to-install-and-use-munder-difflin/) covers setup. -**3. Hermes Agent.** [Hermes Agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) from Nous Research is built around a learning loop: it curates its own memory, writes skills after complex tasks and searches its past sessions. It has a built in cron scheduler, talks over Telegram, Slack, Signal and more, and runs on a laptop, a VPS or serverless backends. Best for: a server agent that improves with use. +**3. Hermes Agent.** [Hermes Agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) from Nous Research is built around a learning loop: it curates its own memory, writes skills after complex tasks and searches its past sessions. It has a built in cron scheduler, talks over Telegram, Slack, Signal and more, and runs on a laptop, a VPS or serverless backends. Best for: a server agent that improves with use. Our [Hermes Agent explainer](/blog/what-is-hermes-agent/) covers the install command, the models it takes and what it costs. **4. NanoClaw.** [NanoClaw](https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw) is a lightweight alternative to OpenClaw that runs each agent in its own Linux container, so isolation comes from the operating system rather than permission checks. Its author writes that they couldn't have slept after giving software they didn't understand full access to their life, which is a fair review of most agents. Best for: reading every line of the thing that touches your accounts. diff --git a/blog/src/posts/what-is-hermes-agent.md b/blog/src/posts/what-is-hermes-agent.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..155a97d92 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/src/posts/what-is-hermes-agent.md @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +--- +title: "Hermes Agent: what it is, how to install it and what it costs" +description: "Hermes Agent is Nous Research's MIT licensed AI agent with memory, skills and chat channels. Install command, models, pricing and how it compares." +date: 2026-10-03 +category: concepts +categoryLabel: Concepts +type: Technical +primaryKeyword: "hermes agent" +secondaryKeywords: ["what is hermes agent", "hermes agent nous research", "hermes agent vs openclaw", "hermes agent install", "is hermes agent free"] +tags: ["Concepts", "Open Source", "CLI Agents"] +faq: + - q: "Is Hermes Agent free?" + a: "Yes. The code is MIT licensed and costs nothing to install. You pay for the model you connect: your own API key, a supported subscription, or a Nous Portal plan. Portal listed a Free tier limited to free models when we checked on 3 Oct 2026." + - q: "Who makes Hermes Agent?" + a: "Nous Research. The repo is NousResearch/hermes-agent on GitHub and the README ends with the line Built by Nous Research. Docs live at hermes-agent.nousresearch.com." + - q: "Does Hermes Agent support MCP?" + a: "Yes. The docs describe a catalog of MCP servers that Nous staff has reviewed, all disabled by default. Run `hermes mcp catalog` to list them and `hermes mcp install deepwiki` to add one by name, or pick from the interactive list with `hermes mcp`." + - q: "Can I move from OpenClaw to Hermes Agent?" + a: "Yes. `hermes claw migrate` imports your persona file, memories, skills, command allowlist, messaging settings and allowlisted API keys from `~/.openclaw`. Add `--dry-run` to preview the import first. The setup wizard also offers the migration when it finds that folder." + - q: "Does Hermes Agent run on Windows?" + a: "Yes. The README says native Windows is fully supported through a PowerShell installer, with no WSL needed. A desktop package exists for Windows and for macOS, and the platform docs say the macOS builds cover both Apple Silicon and Intel." +--- + +Hermes Agent is a free, MIT licensed AI agent from Nous Research. It runs on your computer or a server, keeps memory between sessions, writes its own skills, and answers from a terminal or from Telegram, Slack and Discord. Verdict: pick it for an always on personal agent, not as a replacement for your coding CLI. Checked 3 Oct 2026. + +Hermes is one agent that lives on a server. If you want a team of coding agents on your desk instead, that is [Munder Difflin](https://harnessmd.com/download), free and open source: a desktop office for coding CLIs such as Claude Code and Codex. The [install guide](/blog/how-to-install-and-use-munder-difflin/) covers setup. Our [open source AI agents](/blog/open-source-ai-agents/) list covers the wider field. + +## What is Hermes Agent? + +Hermes Agent is a general purpose agent with a learning loop built in. The [README](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) says it "creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations". In practice that is three pieces: a memory it edits itself, a skills folder it writes to, and a search index over old sessions. + +It has two entry points. `hermes` opens a terminal UI. `hermes gateway` starts one background process that connects your chat apps, so you can message the agent from your phone while it works on a cloud VM. There is also a desktop app: the install docs list a signed MSIX bundle for Windows and a DMG for macOS. The DMG installer is Apple Silicon only; on an Intel Mac, install the CLI and run `hermes desktop`. + +## How do I install Hermes Agent? + +Run one line, reload your shell, then type `hermes`. These are the commands from the README, checked 3 Oct 2026: + +| Platform | Command | +| --- | --- | +| Linux, macOS, WSL2 | `curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh \| bash` | +| Windows (PowerShell) | `iex (irm https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.ps1)` | + +After that, `hermes model` picks a provider, `hermes setup` runs the full wizard and `hermes doctor` diagnoses a broken install. If you installed the command line version and want the app later, the [install docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/installation) say to run `hermes desktop`. Android has its own Termux package, so skip the script there. + +{% img "note-1" %} + +## Which models does Hermes Agent support? + +Almost any, hosted or local. The [providers page](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/integrations/providers) lists Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, xAI, DeepSeek, GitHub Copilot, AWS Bedrock, Hugging Face, LM Studio, Ollama Cloud and a custom endpoint option for anything you host yourself, among many others. Switch with `hermes model` in the shell or `/model` inside a chat. + +One trap, from the same page: signing in with a Claude subscription only works on a Max plan with extra usage credits bought on top, and Hermes spends those credits, not your included allowance. Claude Pro cannot use that path at all. Use an `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` instead. + +## What does Hermes Agent do that a coding CLI does not? + +It stays running and it remembers. A coding CLI starts when you open a terminal in a repo and stops when you close it. Going by the docs, Hermes adds: + +* **Memory.** Two files in `~/.hermes/memories/`: `MEMORY.md` for the agent's notes (2,200 characters) and `USER.md` for your profile (1,375 characters). Both load at the start of every session. Your whole profile gets less room than most conference bios. +* **Skills.** The agent writes new skills to `~/.hermes/skills/` after complex tasks and patches them as it uses them. +* **Channels.** The gateway docs list Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, SMS, email, Matrix, Microsoft Teams and more. +* **Schedules.** A cron scheduler runs jobs unattended and delivers the result to any connected platform. +* **Places to run.** Seven terminal backends: local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal, Daytona and Vercel Sandbox. +* **MCP catalog.** `hermes mcp install ` adds a reviewed server by name. + +{% img "note-2" %} + +## Is Hermes Agent free? + +Yes, the software is free and MIT licensed. What you pay for is the model. Bring your own key and you pay that provider. Or use Nous Portal, which puts 300+ models and hosted tools (web search, image generation, speech, a cloud browser) under one login. [Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com/) listed these plans on 3 Oct 2026: + +| Plan | Price | Monthly credits | +| --- | --- | --- | +| Free | $0 | $0, free models only | +| Plus | $20 per month | $22 | +| Super | $100 per month | $110 | +| Ultra | $200 per month | $220 | + +The same page says tools and Hermes Cloud hosting are charged separately. None of it is required: `hermes setup --portal` is a shortcut, not a gate. + +## What is the latest Hermes Agent release? + +It is v0.21.5, tagged v2026.9.24 and published on 24 Sep 2026. We asked the GitHub API on 3 Oct 2026: + +``` +$ gh api repos/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/latest \ + --jq '.tag_name + " | " + .name + " | " + .published_at + " | " + (.assets | length | tostring) + " assets"' +v2026.9.24 | Hermes Agent v0.21.5 (v2026.9.24) | 2026-09-24T10:09:38Z | 0 assets + +$ gh api repos/NousResearch/hermes-agent \ + --jq '.license.spdx_id + " " + (.stargazers_count | tostring) + " stars"' +MIT 250874 stars +``` + +Zero assets is expected: the installer pulls from git, so the release is a tag and notes, with no binaries attached. Releases use a date tag and a version name, and the list shows five in September alone. The [v0.21.5 notes](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.9.24) call it a patch release rolling up about 460 merged pull requests since v0.21.4, and defer the full write up to v0.22.0. + +## Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw, Munder Difflin, Claude Code and Pi: which should you use? + +Hermes or OpenClaw if you want a personal assistant in your chat apps, the other three if the job is code. Licences and releases read from each repo through `gh api` on 3 Oct 2026, dates in UTC: + +| | Licence | Where it runs | What it is for | Latest release | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | +| Hermes Agent | MIT | Your computer, a VPS or serverless | An always on agent that learns | v0.21.5, 24 Sep 2026 | +| Munder Difflin | MIT, free and open source | Your desktop | An office for a team of coding CLIs | 0.5.5, 1 Oct 2026 | +| OpenClaw | MIT | Your own devices | A personal assistant in your chats | 2026.9.8, 3 Oct 2026 | +| Claude Code | Proprietary | Your terminal | Anthropic's coding agent | 2.1.288, 2 Oct 2026 | +| Pi | MIT | Your terminal | A minimal coding agent you extend | 1.0.0, 1 Oct 2026 | + +**Pick Hermes Agent if** you want memory and skills that grow, and a server to keep it on. + +**Pick Munder Difflin if** the work is a codebase and you want several coding agents side by side on your own machine. + +**Pick OpenClaw if** you want the larger project. It had 391,210 stars at the same check, and its README lists native apps for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux. Switching later is cheap, since `hermes claw migrate` imports an OpenClaw setup. + +**Pick Claude Code or Pi if** you want one coding agent in one terminal. 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The top 5 launches, skills and MCP servers, multi agent moves, rising repos and arguments in coding agents on 3 Oct 2026, each with its source.

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Agent tools today, 3 Oct 2026, in one line: everything became a plugin. Claude Code can now be modded, DeepSeek’s desktop harness is built from plugins, and an open source copy of ChatGPT Dots appeared two days after the original. This is the first edition, so it covers the last two days. Every number was read on 3 Oct.

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Top 5 launches

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  1. Claude Code Mods. Anthropic now lets you change how Claude Code behaves and looks with a few lines of TypeScript, shipped as plugins you install with /plugin. The announcement on X had 19,861 likes and 4 million views. Source
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  2. OpenDots. CopilotKit released a self hosted template for always on AI coworkers that works with any agent harness, announced two days after OpenAI’s Dots. MIT licensed, 1,813 GitHub stars. Background in what is ChatGPT Dots. Source
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  3. Pi 1.0 and Pi Durable. Earendil shipped version 1.0 of its small terminal agent, plus an experimental runtime for long running agents. 1,583 points on Hacker News. Our explainer: what is Pi agent. Source
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  4. DeepSeek Harness desktop. DeepSeek released packaged desktop apps for macOS and Windows, with Linux through npm. Its pitch is that every feature is a plugin. The repo has 242,637 stars. Source
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  5. Conductor Mobile. Announced on 1 Oct: Conductor’s iPhone app starts and steers a team of cloud agents from your phone. The app has been on the App Store since 14 Sep. 744 likes on the announcement. Source
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  1. Headroom. Compresses tool output, logs and files before they reach the model, so long sessions use less context. Apache 2.0, 74,273 stars. Source
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  2. codebase-memory-mcp. An MCP server that indexes a repo into a knowledge graph the agent can query. MIT, 45,672 stars. Source
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  3. HarnessRouter. One self hosted API in front of Codex, Claude Code, Hermes, Pi and DeepSeek Harness. You pick the harness per request. Apache 2.0, 2,855 stars. Source
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  4. typesafe-ai skills. Skills for building with TypeSafe’s System One API, which returns typed judgments and probabilities for routing, ranking and verification. MIT, 2,542 stars. Source
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  5. claude-code-setup. A plugin in Anthropic’s official plugin repo that reads your project and recommends hooks, skills, MCP servers and subagents. Install with /plugin install claude-code-setup@claude-plugins-official. Source
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  1. Pi. Pi Durable shipped beside 1.0: an experimental runtime where each task saves a checkpoint at every step. 492 points on Hacker News. Source
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  2. Munder Difflin. Munder Difflin, free and open source, shipped version 0.5.5 on 1 Oct: a faster office view, Stop and Archive that keep an agent’s work, and dictation at the cursor. Source
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  3. Hermes Agent. Maintainer Teknium said the next update should be around 4 times faster for everyone. It has not shipped; the latest release is still v2026.9.24. Source
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  4. Orca. Release v1.4.219 on 2 Oct, and a new Android companion build on 3 Oct. Source
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  5. OpenClaw. Three releases in two days: v2026.8.34 and v2026.8.35 on 2 Oct, then v2026.9.8 on 3 Oct. Source
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If you are choosing between these, the open source AI agents list compares ten of them, and what a multi agent harness is explains the category.

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  1. Strata. Runs a Qwen model on a gaming PC behind a local API that coding agents can call, with an MCP server so your assistant can install and manage it. MIT, 7,326 stars. Source
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  2. PDoomVideo. A music video where every frame is code written by Opus 5.5. 1,728 stars. Source
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  3. ZCode. Z.ai’s coding agent harness, created on 20 Sep. Apache 2.0, 7,355 stars. Source
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  4. Spark-X2.5. A small on device agent model with a 1 million token context, Apache 2.0. 606 stars. Source
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  5. EvoSkills. Skill packs for research and paper writing. 468 stars. Source
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New repos can gain stars quickly for reasons other than use, so treat these as names to watch, not recommendations.

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Top 5 things people are arguing about

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  1. Is Opus 5.5 getting worse? A post showing Opus 5.5 at 94.2% on NerfBench drew 6,218 likes, with its author saying the drop is still inside normal variance. Source
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  2. Gemini 4 Argon exists, but you can’t use it. Google’s launch post gives first access to a set of trusted cyber defenders. One post argued that by the time it is public, newer models will be ahead and it will be dead on launch. What works today is in our Gemini CLI install guide. Source
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  3. Durable runtimes. LangChain’s Harrison Chase, quoting the Pi launch: it is pretty clear every agent harness needs a durable runtime. 299 likes. Source
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  4. Everything is a plugin. Claude Code Mods and DeepSeek’s plugin built desktop landed a day apart. The open question is who reviews what a plugin can touch. DeepSeek’s post had 4,103 likes. Source
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  5. Sites in ChatGPT. OpenAI’s site builder inside ChatGPT had 277 points on Hacker News by 3 Oct. Source
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Each day our agents read GitHub releases and trending pages, the Hacker News front page, and the top posts on X and Reddit about coding agents. A name only makes a list with a link that was opened and a signal that can be shown: points, stars, likes or views. Repos are checked against the GitHub API before they appear. New to Munder Difflin? The install guide is the place to start.

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1. OpenClaw. OpenClaw is a personal assistant that runs on your own computer and answers in Discord, iMessage, Slack, Teams, Telegram, WhatsApp and 20+ more channels. Its README says state, memory and credentials live on your hardware, and that it has no paid tier, hosted service or token. Best for: one assistant for your personal life.

2. Munder Difflin. Munder Difflin is what we make: a free and open source desktop app (MIT) that runs a team of named AI agents on your own computer. Each agent runs on a CLI engine you already use, such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode or Cursor, and keeps its own memory.md, inbox and outbox. You can put missions on schedules, and a Slack trigger feeds requests to Michael, the orchestrator who hands work out. The limits: agents run only while your computer does, you install and sign in to each CLI yourself, and anonymous usage telemetry is on by default (you can turn it off in Settings). Best for: project work spread over several engines. The install guide covers setup.

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3. Hermes Agent. Hermes Agent from Nous Research is built around a learning loop: it curates its own memory, writes skills after complex tasks and searches its past sessions. It has a built in cron scheduler, talks over Telegram, Slack, Signal and more, and runs on a laptop, a VPS or serverless backends. Best for: a server agent that improves with use. Our Hermes Agent explainer covers the install command, the models it takes and what it costs.

4. NanoClaw. NanoClaw is a lightweight alternative to OpenClaw that runs each agent in its own Linux container, so isolation comes from the operating system rather than permission checks. Its author writes that they couldn’t have slept after giving software they didn’t understand full access to their life, which is a fair review of most agents. Best for: reading every line of the thing that touches your accounts.

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5. OpenCode. OpenCode is an MIT terminal coding agent that works with many model providers, local models included. Our what is OpenCode explainer walks through it. Best for: a Claude Code style agent you can fork.

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