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✨ Try It Tonight Hacker News 17h ago HEAT 69

Claude-real-video - any LLM can watch a video

Claude-real-video lets any LLM watch a video, not just the fancy vision models.

👉 The take Paste a YouTube link into your favorite text-only LLM and watch it describe the action.
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💸 Save Money Hacker News 21h ago HEAT 66

Launch HN: Manufact (YC S25) – MCP Cloud

Manufact launches MCP Cloud, a managed service for the Model Context Protocol.

👉 The take Offload MCP server hosting so your agents talk to APIs without you touching infra.
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💸 Save Money The Japan Times 11h ago HEAT 64

A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf - The Japan Times

A cheap Chinese AI model is nipping at Anthropic and OpenAI's heels.

👉 The take Get near-Claude quality for a fraction of the API bill — switch and save.
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💸 Save Money Hacker News 12h ago HEAT 64

GLM-5.2: The Open-Source Chinese Model Challenging Claude at One-Fifth the Cost

GLM-5.2, an open-source Chinese model, claims Claude-level smarts at one-fifth the cost.

👉 The take Self-host it for pennies on the dollar vs. proprietary APIs.
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✨ Try It Tonight Hacker News 20h ago HEAT 64

Show HN: I built an MCP to allow Claude to pair-program with another Claude

Someone built an MCP so Claude can pair-program with another Claude — meta madness.

👉 The take Grab the MCP and watch two Claudes argue over your code's style.
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✨ Try It Tonight 🤗 Hugging Face trending HEAT 62

zai-org/GLM-5.2 (text-generation) — new on Hugging Face

GLM-5.2 drops on Hugging Face as a trending text-generation model.

👉 The take Download and run it locally to cut your inference costs dramatically.
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⚡ New & Relevant Hacker News 0h ago HEAT 60

Seismograph – open-source early warning for silent LLM API drift

Seismograph catches silent LLM API drift before your app turns into a dumpster fire.

👉 The take Set it up to monitor your AI endpoints and avoid surprise regressions.
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✨ Try It Tonight Hacker News 19h ago HEAT 60

Show HN: Search Console MCP – Talk to Google Search Console with Claude

Search Console MCP lets you chat with Google Search Console through Claude.

👉 The take Ask Claude why your site's traffic dropped and fix it without logging in.
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⚡ New & Relevant Hacker News 14h ago HEAT 58

Show HN: Declaw Arena – a CTF-style challenge to break an AI agent in a microVM

Declaw Arena is a CTF where you try to break an AI agent inside a microVM.

👉 The take Stress-test your own agents by throwing them into this cage match.
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✨ Try It Tonight Hacker News 22h ago HEAT 57

Show HN: Matrix, an open-source cloud computer for coding agents

Matrix is an open-source cloud computer built specifically for coding agents.

👉 The take Spin up a coding agent VM in minutes instead of wrestling with Docker.
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🌍 Big Picture Hacker News 23h ago HEAT 56

Comparing Fable and 10 other LLMs on refactoring a LangGraph god node

A benchmark compares Fable and 10 LLMs on refactoring a messy LangGraph node.

👉 The take See which model actually saves you time on real code cleanup tasks.
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✨ Try It Tonight Hacker News 23h ago HEAT 55

Show HN: I built an open-source alternative to Claude Cowork

Someone open-sourced an alternative to Claude's Cowork feature.

👉 The take Install it tonight and collaborate with a local AI without the subscription.
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💸 Save Money Hacker News 8h ago HEAT 53

Show HN: Dabs spawns dumb agents in boxes for free

Dabs spawns dumb agents in sandboxed boxes — for free, no strings attached.

👉 The take Test risky agent code in isolated boxes without burning credits.
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⚡ New & Relevant Hacker News 20h ago HEAT 52

Show HN: QUALITY.md – open format/specification, agent skill, and CLI

QUALITY.md is an open format to define agent skill levels and CLI usage.

👉 The take Describe your agent's capability once and have tools auto-adjust to it.
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✨ Try It Tonight Hacker News 18h ago HEAT 52

Show HN: Claude skills to make anti-AI slop UI

Claude skills that make your UI actively resist AI-generated slop.

👉 The take Add these to your site to keep bots from scraping your content clean.
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💸 Save Money Hacker News 14h ago HEAT 50

Show HN: Auto Learning Agents, a self-hosted AI agent platform on Elixir/OTP

Auto Learning Agents is a self-hosted AI agent platform built on Elixir/OTP.

👉 The take Deploy agents on your own hardware and avoid recurring cloud fees.
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🌍 Big Picture Hacker News 4h ago HEAT 49

Alibaba to ban Claude Code in workplace over alleged backdoor risks, source says

Alibaba bans Claude Code at work over alleged backdoor security risks.

👉 The take If your employer is nervous, switch to an open-source alternative now.
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🤖 Agent Watch Hacker News 19h ago HEAT 46

FleetView – a browser cockpit for running many Claude Code agents at once

FleetView gives you a browser cockpit to run multiple Claude Code agents at once.

👉 The take Manage a fleet of coding agents from one dashboard and boost your output.
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🌍 Big Picture TechCrunch AI 18h ago HEAT 46

Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung

Anthropic is reportedly talking to Samsung about a custom AI chip.

👉 The take If they ship, expect cheaper API calls — wait to lock in long-term contracts.
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🤖 Agent Watch Hacker News 22h ago HEAT 46

No LLM Code in Dependencies

A manifesto against shipping LLM code in your project dependencies.

👉 The take Audit your package.json for sneaky AI calls that balloon your bill.
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⚡ New & Relevant Hacker News 9h ago HEAT 45

OpenUI: Open Standard for Generative UI

OpenUI proposes an open standard for generative user interfaces.

👉 The take Swap out your UI prompt and have agents build new frontends instantly.
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🤖 Agent Watch Hacker News 4h ago HEAT 44

Action Preflight: consequence-aware admission for LLM agent actions

Action Preflight checks agent actions for consequences before they execute.

👉 The take Add a safety layer so your agents don't accidentally delete your prod DB.
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✨ Try It Tonight Hacker News 21h ago HEAT 42

Show HN: Enola-A deterministic architecture graph for developers and AI agents

Enola gives developers and AI agents a deterministic architecture graph.

👉 The take Feed this to Claude and watch it navigate your code without guessing.
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🌍 Big Picture Hacker News 2h ago HEAT 40

Claude Fable relaunch disappoints users with nerfed performance

Claude Fable's relaunch left users griping about nerfed performance.

👉 The take Hold off on upgrading; the old version might still work better for you.
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🤖 Agent Watch Hacker News 18h ago HEAT 35

Claude's AskUserQuestion: "No response after 60s – continued without an answer"

Claude's AskUserQuestion feature times out after 60s and proceeds without you.

👉 The take Don't step away mid-session or Claude will make decisions without your input.
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