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Show HN: CLIs Are All You Need for Agents

https://github.com/caesarnine/binsmith
3•binalpatel•12h ago
Fun agent I've been playing with - the idea is it only has access to a bash tool, and it's directed to create CLIs for use (with additional direction to make the CLIs composable, follow the Unix philosophy, etc).

It persists these CLIs and knowledge about them get injected into the system prompt dynamically, so each time it runs it gets access to a larger and larger toolset of composable CLIs.

One interesting dynamic that's emerged from this is I've started using these CLIs myself since they're the same interface for the agent or for me, and it's turned into kind of non-chat channel to interact with the agent.

One example - I'll add tasks throughout the day myself using the `tasks` CLI it made, then when I interact with the agent it'll run `tasks list` and see everything I've added, or use it to prioritize/update things for me. Later on when I run `tasks list` myself I see all the updates/priorities it set.

AI Flatters with Fidelity

https://lucent.substack.com/p/ai-flatters-with-fidelity
1•surprisetalk•2m ago•0 comments

Lidify: Self-hosted, on-demand audio streaming platform like Spotify

https://github.com/Chevron7Locked/lidify
1•thunderbong•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Rank up your local business on Google Maps

https://www.mapclimb.com/
1•bagusfarisa•5m ago•0 comments

The world has too much oil – Will companies want Venezuela's?

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5668491/venezuela-oil-global-markets
3•geox•11m ago•0 comments

Elon Musk's Grok Has Friends in High Places: US Patent Office chief AI officer

https://jacobin.com/2026/01/grok-hayes-artificial-intelligence-deepfakes
1•wahnfrieden•12m ago•0 comments

Checks and Balances Are Dead

https://rall.com/2026/01/08/checks-and-balances-are-dead
4•SanjayMehta•12m ago•0 comments

M2.1: Multilingual and Multi-Task Coding with Strong Generalization

https://www.minimaxi.com/news/m21-multilingual-and-multi-task-coding-with-strong-general
1•gmays•15m ago•0 comments

Character.ai and Google agree to settle lawsuits over teen suicides

https://www.ft.com/content/ac518567-d901-4fae-86a3-eab54b12a81d
1•1vuio0pswjnm7•24m ago•0 comments

Demystifying Evals for AI Agents

https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/demystifying-evals-for-ai-agents
1•vinhnx•25m ago•0 comments

Best Practices for Coding with Agents

https://cursor.com/blog/agent-best-practices
1•vinhnx•26m ago•0 comments

Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in MI

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/microsoft-behind-controversial-data-center-in-michigan-township.html
4•1vuio0pswjnm7•28m ago•0 comments

A man powers his home for 8 years using 1,000 recycled laptop batteries

https://scienceclock.com/a-man-powers-his-home-for-8-years-using-1000-recycled-laptop-batteries/
2•ashishgupta2209•30m ago•0 comments

OLED Not for Me

https://nuxx.net/blog/2026/01/09/oled-not-for-me/
2•c0nsumer•30m ago•1 comments

Discover Forgotten Subscriptions

https://www.dropsubs.com/
1•insomnie•32m ago•1 comments

Dymaxion Chronofile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_Chronofile
1•treetalker•32m ago•1 comments

High Agency Engineering

https://edtw.in/high-agency-engineering/
1•Eong•35m ago•0 comments

Lies Screenwriters Tell Themselves About AI

https://elliotgrove.substack.com/p/7-lies-screenwriters-tell-themselves
2•matthewsinclair•42m ago•1 comments

Show HN: JavaScript interpreter that pauses and explains code for learners

https://www.codesteps.dev/learn-javascript/editor?s=p6klVe
1•maujood•50m ago•0 comments

Spec-Driven Development with AI

https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/generative-ai/spec-driven-development-with-ai-get-started-with-a-ne...
2•ekosz•53m ago•0 comments

AI Is Intensifying a 'Collapse' of Trust Online, Experts Say

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/experts-warn-collapse-trust-online-ai-deepfakes-venezuela-...
4•m463•58m ago•2 comments

Public Money Public Code

https://publiccode.eu/en/
2•pabs3•58m ago•0 comments

Autofocusing Smart Glasses with Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

https://hothardware.com/news/autofocusing-smart-glasses-with-eye-tracking-tech-could-make-bifocal...
2•WaitWaitWha•1h ago•0 comments

2. Title: Show HN: First Modern Nvidia Driver for IBM POWER8 via OCuLink

https://github.com/Scottcjn/nvidia-power8-patches
1•AutoJanitor•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Base44-style builder for data workflows (DuckDB-powered)

https://www.gptbeyond.com/try
1•vibecoding101•1h ago•0 comments

An mRNA Shot Turned Back the Clock in Mice

https://singularityhub.com/2026/01/08/aging-weakens-immunity-an-mrna-shot-turned-back-the-clock-i...
1•WaitWaitWha•1h ago•1 comments

It's Your Job to Keep Your Secrets

https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/its-your-job-to-keep-your-secrets
1•paulpauper•1h ago•0 comments

The Permanent Emergency

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-permanent-emergency
1•paulpauper•1h ago•0 comments

How I Learned to Love Reading

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/how-i-learned-to-love-reading
1•paulpauper•1h ago•0 comments

MIT Whirlwind I: A High-Speed Electronic Digital Computer (1951)

https://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/40245/MC665_r12_R-209.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
1•stmw•1h ago•1 comments

Freelance Contract Management Software

https://www.plotform.cc/
1•abdullah9•1h ago•1 comments