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Active DevelopmentDeveloper Tools · Agents2025 — present

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Scoped, auditable coding agent — small tools, explicit plans, reviewable steps.

Role · Lead engineer

Overview

A scoped coding agent built around small, composable tools and explicit task plans — designed to be reviewed, not trusted blindly.

Problem

Most coding agents are opaque, unbounded, and unreviewable. They don't fit the way real engineers work.

Solution

An agent with hard tool boundaries, persistent plans, and a UI that exposes every step before it runs.

Tech stack

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • LLM tool use
Engineering notes

What's shaping this build.

Design goals, philosophy, planned architecture, and where the project stands today. No fabricated benchmarks — only what's actually driving decisions.

Design goals
  • Every action reviewable before execution.
  • Small, single-purpose tools rather than a mega-tool.
  • Persistent plans that survive across sessions.
Philosophy

Agents should widen the engineer's leverage, not replace their judgment. The UI is the safety layer.

Planned architecture

TypeScript agent runtime; small typed tools; plans persisted as inspectable artifacts; a UI layer that gates side-effecting steps behind explicit confirmation.

Current stage

Tool contract and plan format under design.

Links

Repository and demo links will appear here once the project is ready for public review.