Automation stories
Automation — from shell scripts to AI agents — saves developers time and changes how work gets done. This topic covers workflow tools, RPA, CI automation, and the emerging category of autonomous AI systems.
HN builders share concrete setups and honest assessments of what is worth automating.
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RSS feed for AutomationA open-source AI-native coding agent
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Remarc – comment on anything on your screen and send it to your agent
remarc.app · 2 points · 0 comments
How to use Mu – Tools for Agents – with x402 payments
micro.mu · 2 points · 0 comments
Zuke – Code-first, strongly-typed build automation for Deno
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
SightDiff – before/after visual proof of what your AI agent changed
sightdiff.com · 5 points · 2 comments
ICE plans to equip agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks
bbc.com · 9 points · 2 comments
An agent engine with no SDK, just TOML and webhooks
substructure.ai · 2 points · 0 comments
MCP Memory – Fast Agent Memory Using Google's OKF and SQLite FTS5
github.com · 40 points · 19 comments
The Reasons Agentic Commerce Hasn't Taken Off Yet
authoryze.ai · 3 points · 9 comments
Delphi – Build your own AI trading agent in seconds
tradewithdelphi.com · 3 points · 0 comments
AI agents lie, cheat and steal. That is putting off users
economist.com · 164 points · 213 comments
Medical Startup Selling Prescription Kit for Nuclear Disaster
404media.co · 3 points · 1 comments
Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent
codewithbullet.com · 14 points · 7 comments
Agent Memory Leaderboard – first public results for AI memory systems
agentmemoryleaderboard.ai · 3 points · 1 comments
Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpfu
theverge.com · 10 points · 5 comments
Interspectr – automated interview prep generated from a job posting
interspectr.com · 2 points · 1 comments
Ballet – Workflow automation that writes integrations against any API
ballet.dev · 27 points · 4 comments
Use Dreams to create memories your AI agent can access
davenporter.substack.com · 4 points · 0 comments
The Wrong Defaults is why enterprise AI agents fail at adoption
imphan.substack.com · 6 points · 3 comments
DLLM: Minimal, clean coding agent built directly on llama.cpp without overhead
github.com · 9 points · 3 comments
Building Security Agents That Cannot Escape Their Trust Boundary
cynative.com · 8 points · 0 comments
Rust is the largest beneficiary (among programming languages) of coding agents
twitter.com · 6 points · 0 comments
HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript
en.andros.dev · 171 points · 116 comments
Tanchi – Open-source AI prospecting agent that only automates email
github.com · 2 points · 2 comments
CrewScore – coverage check for AI agent prompts (0.6.11)
crewscore.ai · 3 points · 0 comments
Dynobox – A test runner for AI agent skills and workflows
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
DosTips, Windows scripting knowledge trove, scraped to death
dostips.com · 47 points · 6 comments
/show-me: agent skill for compact visual representations
humanlayer.com · 12 points · 3 comments
OJCP – an open protocol for agent-consumable job data
ojcp.dev · 32 points · 10 comments
FEDERaiDE, a TUI harness with P2P multi-agent routing and built in IDE
federaide.rocklab.in · 2 points · 0 comments