frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Show HN: Toolbase – Build reliable AI teammates by example, not instruction

2•David1238•1y ago
Hey HN, we’re David and Ethan, co-founders of Toolbase.

Toolbase is an AI agent and workflow builder that helps you quickly create production-grade AI automations — batteries included.

Try it without registering here: https://gettoolbase.com/

------- The dev cycle in Toolbase -------

1. Define a rough goal.

2. Connect any API or MCP server (we have thousands, or bring your own).

3. Teach the AI what valid input and output examples look like (these later become your unit tests!).

4. Let Toolbase generate the perfect prompt, code, workflow, or agent.

5. Deploy your project as an API, MCP server, or chat interface!

Coding optional. Sharing encouraged.

Note: If you’re familiar with Cursor/Windsurf and the core concepts behind frameworks like Mastra (which Toolbase runs on), you already know how to use Toolbase. You retain the flexibility of coding but avoid boilerplate and plumbing tasks (integration, validation, context mapping, testing, etc.) unless you explicitly choose to do them.

------- Demo -------

https://www.loom.com/share/540c61b2c5634996b088ebbb16989cf0?...

This simple agent validates company billing addresses in our CRM (Pipedrive) by researching them through Tavily search. If there’s an address mismatch, it asks a human to pick the right one via email (watch on 2x speed):

Output email for the example shown in the demo: https://gettoolbase.com/assets/demo-screenshot.png

Producing code and more deterministic workflows follows a similar process.

------- Why another agent/workflow builder? -------

We started building Toolbase out of frustration with existing frameworks, especially for production use, and the lack of IDE support for MLOps artifacts, such as prompts, golden data, workflows, and evaluations. Since much of the code for agentic systems can be dynamically generated and validated using these artifacts, they often become even more important than the code itself.

After speaking with other builders, we also realized that manually coding workflows, experimenting with prompts through trial-and-error, and setting up infrastructure/integrations all took far more time than they should. Tools like Cursor and Windsurf help, but extracting meaning from AI-generated code is slow. Chatbots whipping up arcane code potions in tinted chat windows, which is the other end of the spectrum, demos really well but isn’t maintainable at all (sorry, vibe-coding). So we went with something in the middle: an AI-assiststed visual builder with full code fallback.

------- What do you think? -------

We’re excited for any feedback, thoughts, or questions from the HN community.

Let us know what you think in the comments!

- David & Ethan

Comments

David1238•1y ago
If you want to jump straight to trying it, you can preview it here:

https://gettoolbase.com

Try clicking the play button at the bottom right of workflow pane that appears next to the big blue text.

Clicking each node after you submit your query shows you its results for the run.

Full-screening the experience (icon on the top right) and expanding a node (same icon within a step of the workflow) lets you train that prompt in the same way we did in the demo.

The first node (“User Intent Extractor”) is purposefully vague so you can train it yourself!

SpaceX and Tesla Explore Merger

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/business/elon-musk-spacex-tesla-merger.html
1•forthwall•45s ago•0 comments

Show HN: Number Uno Repository of the Day Starlark

https://github.com/flisk-sh/flisk
1•alexdykyi•3m ago•0 comments

Automattic begins layoffs following board upheaval and executive departures

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/automattic-begins-layoffs-following-board-upheaval-and-executiv...
2•ValentineC•5m ago•0 comments

AWS rates PHP RCE as Important so Amazon Linux 2023 patch may take 20 days

https://github.com/amazonlinux/amazon-linux-2023/issues/1148
3•hayd•6m ago•1 comments

Design with an Elephant. Review with a Goldfish

https://egm.dev/
1•mfrw•7m ago•0 comments

UK government accepts 27 new "antisemitism" recommendations

https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2112923461664260180
1•newspaper1•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I made anagrams slightly challenging

https://www.quizingo.app/anagrams
1•coder97•10m ago•0 comments

CleanFrame: A quieter home screen for Samsung The Frame

https://github.com/nthnclrk/CleanFrame
1•ingve•10m ago•0 comments

Android testers wanted: help us unlock Vardum on Google Play

https://tryvardum.app/
1•veil-im•11m ago•1 comments

Bugra Akdemir on the XERJ Corpus Hub

https://hub.xerj.org/contributors/BugraAkdemir
1•bugraakdemir37•13m ago•0 comments

She Was the DEA's Premier Crypto Detective

https://www.wired.com/story/the-deas-premier-crypto-detective-clues-led-straight-to-her-own-family/
1•Anon84•15m ago•0 comments

Model winter sunlight and shadows on any Oregon property using Lidar

https://www.oregonelevationtools.com
1•dango2506•18m ago•1 comments

Is Wikipedia the 'Last Best Place on the Internet'?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/books/review/the-last-best-place-on-the-internet-richard-cooke...
1•cainxinth•18m ago•0 comments

Auracast – Your Own Radio Station Wherever You Are

https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/
1•bookofjoe•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A shared 3D Zoo in the browser where everyone sees the same animals

https://zooki.world
3•kagen•20m ago•1 comments

PHP 7.4 backport packages for older Ubuntu / Debian distros

https://github.com/Niek/php7
2•NiekvdMaas•23m ago•0 comments

Tesla posts surprise positive cash flow on lower-than-expected AI spending

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tesla-revenue-beats-estimates-deliveries-rebound-e...
4•baal80spam•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built an app to stop doomscrolling while waiting for Codex to finish

https://www.lightscroll.app/
1•juanferreras•27m ago•0 comments

Brain v2 – A minimal and extensible agent server for building agent applications

https://github.com/aexhq/brain
1•weilueluo•30m ago•0 comments

AI Is Anti-Punk

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/21/ai-is-anti-punk/
2•cdrnsf•31m ago•0 comments

How Witten Used Quantum Field Theory to Understand Knots

https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/how-witten-used-quantum-field-theory-105
1•paulpauper•31m ago•0 comments

France's OVHcloud plans frontier AI models to become Europe's second LLM player

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/frances-ovhcloud-plans-frontier-ai-models-become-europ...
3•maelito•31m ago•0 comments

Faster, smaller Bloom filters in Parquet

https://pydantic.dev/articles/bloom-filter-folding-parquet-logfire
1•gazpacho•32m ago•0 comments

AMA – "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within", milestone in CGI, is 25 years old

4•kaveh808•33m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Overdesigned Simple Solitaire

https://defaultsolitaire.app/
2•fsloth•34m ago•0 comments

Krillion Solver TUI

https://github.com/owenHochwald/krillion-solver
1•owenHochwald•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: MCP for Dubbing Video and Audio Files from ChatGPT, by Kapwing

https://chatgpt.com/plugins/kapwing
1•jenthoven•38m ago•0 comments

I built a neural network using DOOM games

https://github.com/mottopanikeiku/doomformer
2•falperc•39m ago•0 comments

Clinical and genetic correlates of a circadian subtype of depression in study

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/clinical-and-ge...
1•richardboegli•40m ago•0 comments

Skills Are Software

https://jm.sv/skills-are-software
1•handfuloflight•40m ago•0 comments