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 AutomationSageling - a local AI agent for Mac, Qwen 3.5 9B in-process via MLX
sageling.ai · 2 points · 1 comments
Covenant – A governance framework for multi-agent AI systems
github.com · 2 points · 1 comments
NetworkManager Works to Enforce AI Policy by Tricking AI Agents to Add a Canary
phoronix.com · 4 points · 0 comments
A no_std memory engine that stops an LLM agent citing its own output
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Webmcp-react v1.0.0 (React hooks for agents to use WebMCP)
github.com · 3 points · 2 comments
What if AI did the prompting – and humans did the thinking?
antiagent.site · 3 points · 1 comments
Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
collusion.wiki · 853 points · 582 comments
OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout
reuters.com · 86 points · 69 comments
Hugging Face open-sources Funes, a local-first memory layer for coding agents
huggingface.co · 11 points · 1 comments
Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools
agentconnect.md · 96 points · 66 comments
Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find out
armature.tech · 292 points · 147 comments
How do you gate an autonomous coding agent's shell access?
2 points · 1 comments
GPT-6 Astra makes major gains in the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index
artificialanalysis.ai · 26 points · 16 comments
Devbar – Point at what to change. Leave a comment. Your agent ships it
devbar.sh · 5 points · 5 comments
Arrested for a Late Manuscript: Seicho Matsumoto's 'Tokyo Express'
millersbookreview.com · 23 points · 6 comments
Bridle: hand your agent's context to a coworker's agent
bridle.network · 6 points · 0 comments
Radia – agent coordination with leases, permissions and provenance
radia.sh · 2 points · 0 comments
Launch HN: Mireye (YC S26) – Infrastructure for Physical World AI Agents
17 points · 0 comments
A Context Registry for AI coding agents
context.apimatic.io · 8 points · 1 comments
Ardent, a code-first agent for non-engineering work
ardent.ai · 10 points · 2 comments
Instantly get the transcript from the agent that wrote any line of code
github.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Keydris - Check what an agent is allowed to do before it runs
keydris.com · 4 points · 0 comments
VT Code – My attempt at building a coding-agent harness
github.com · 3 points · 1 comments
Openvurp – A wallet of AI agents that use tools and consult each other
github.com · 3 points · 1 comments
Oconee Runtime – Policy enforcement for browser AI and coding agents
oconeeruntime.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Play Hide and Seek vs. a Self-Improving Agent Using WebMCP
lightcone-webmcp.netlify.app · 6 points · 0 comments
Claude for Commerce Agents
claude.com · 61 points · 60 comments
Z: Local-first search layer for humans and agents
github.com · 8 points · 2 comments
AI Agents and the Refactoring That Never Happens
rosenfeld.page · 40 points · 46 comments
AQ – A multiplayer workspace for coding agents on your own cloud
aq.dev · 2 points · 0 comments