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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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