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Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.
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The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.
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OpenClaw became one of the fastest-growing projects in GitHub history, and a small group of maintainers had to build, scale, and secure it in public. Sit down with creator Peter Steinberger and the maintainers behind the project as they talk through what actually happened, what broke, and what it takes to secure a project the whole internet suddenly depends on.
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Python is a dynamically typed programming language.
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Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
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The agent that grows with you
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A modern formatting library
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Game Engines
Frameworks for building games across multiple platforms.
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Git X-Modules
Git X-Modules is a server-side app that syncs your project directories with other repositories. Think of it as a server-side alternative to Git Submodules. Check out the website or watch video for more details!
Use Cases
- Combine multiple projects and components into a single repository for cross-project development
- Include parts of other projects into yours
- Share common assets across multiple projects
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38 editorial diagram types for Claude Code, Codex, and Pi. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No shadows. No Mermaid slop.
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The open source coding agent.
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🌊 The original agent meta-harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory, self-learning intelligence, RAG integration, and native Claude Code / Codex / Hermes and many more Integrated
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Agent skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text
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A list of tools that are open-source, in-browser, and require no-signups!
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Claude Code toolkit - agents, commands, skills, rules, and hooks for productive AI-assisted development
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Open source inference server that runs the best local models for your hardware, plugged into the agent you already use. Works with Pi, OpenCode, Hermes, OpenClaw, Codex, Claude Code, Oh My Pi, and Cline.
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A single archive of public exploit PoCs and vulnerability research writeups. At the time I post these, none have been reported. Feel free to report them yourself and take credit for the CVE if handed out lulz. Please do not abuse these. I do this so to allure people into the field, and I've always found this is the most efficient way.
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Codeac.io
Codeac is an Automated Code Review Tool that monitors your technical debt. It helps you improve your code quality and teaches best practices to your developers to save time during Code Reviews.
