2/17/2026
Show HN: M-Courtyard – Fine-tune LLMs on your Mac with zero code
Zero-code desktop app for fine-tuning LLMs locally on Apple Silicon with full pipeline from documents to Ollama export.
2/17/2026
Ask HN: How do companies that use Cursor handle compliance?
Discussion of Cursor IDE compliance concerns in regulated industries; notes lack of HIPAA BAA and FedRAMP certification despite cloud routing.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Token Cost Guard – Track AI API Costs Locally (Python CLI)
Token Cost Guard is a Python CLI tool for tracking OpenAI and Anthropic API costs locally using SQLite, preventing unexpected billing.
2/17/2026
Show HN: ExoGen – Open-Source Local Stable Diffusion Client
Privacy-focused desktop app for local Stable Diffusion image generation with HuggingFace model support.
2/17/2026
DelegateOS: Cryptographic delegation tokens for multi-agent sys(DeepMind paper)
DeepMind's cryptographic delegation protocol for multi-agent systems with accountability chains and MCP integration.
2/17/2026
LLM-generated skills work, if you generate them afterwards
Research showing LLM-generated skills provide no benefit; models cannot reliably author procedural knowledge they consume.
2/17/2026
Manus AI launched 24/7 Agent via Telegram and got suspended
Manus AI launches persistent AI agents with Telegram integration; account suspended shortly after launch. Platform expansion planned via WhatsApp.
2/17/2026
Agent-evals: Overlap, boundary, and metacognitive scoring for coding agents
Evaluation framework for coding agents detecting overlap, boundary violations, and coverage gaps via static and live analysis.
2/17/2026
Show HN: The first financial intelligence MCP server live trading signals Claude
MCP server providing Claude real-time access to trading signals from Reddit, SEC filings, FDA approvals, and Congressional trades.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Forage – MCP server that lets AI agents find and install their own MCPs
MCP server enabling AI agents to discover, install, and learn new tools automatically without restarts or manual configuration.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Constrained DSL for Reliable LLM Decisions
Constrained DSL for generating reliable LLM decision logic with schema-driven prompts and deterministic execution for quantitative tasks.
2/17/2026
Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting from beyond the grave
Meta patent allowing LLM simulation of deceased users' social media activity for continued posting.
2/17/2026
Beating GPT-2 for less than $100 – Andrej Karpathy
Andrej Karpathy explores training language models competitive with GPT-2 for under $100, analyzing cost-effectiveness improvements since 2019.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Bulwark – Open-source governance layer for AI agents (Rust, MCP-native)
Open-source governance proxy in Rust for controlling AI agent access to tools, providing audit trails and content moderation via MCP.
2/17/2026
Why I Built Reader: Open-source web scraping for LLMs
Open-source web scraper optimized for LLM consumption, cleaning HTML noise for agent accessibility to web content.
2/17/2026
GrowthClaw, Distribution Infrastructure for OpenClaw
GrowthClaw is an open-source marketing operating system for agent-driven workflows, converting goals into task pipelines with human approval and evaluation.
2/17/2026
AI is destroying Open Source, and it's not even good yet
Opinion piece critiquing AI's impact on open source, discussing hallucinations, agent harassment, and OpenAI recruitment.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Tilth v0.4.1 – 29% cheaper Sonnet, 22% on Opus (benchmark: 114 runs)
Developer tool using ripgrep and tree-sitter for smart code reading by humans and AI agents, optimizing LLM costs through instruction tuning.
2/17/2026
Show HN: Andrej Karpathy's microgpt.py to C99 microgpt.c – 4,600x faster
C99 implementation of Karpathy's microgpt achieving 4,600x speedup through low-level optimization and SIMD vectorization.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Security-Risk Patterns in OpenClaw Skills
Static analysis scanner identifying security vulnerabilities in OpenClaw agent skill definitions, including prompt injection, hidden content via Unicode/CSS, and bidirectional text overrides.
2/16/2026
Show HN: ActorRise - Find the perfect monologue less than 20 seconds
ActorRise: AI-powered monologue search tool using Next.js and FastAPI. Scraped 172+ plays for 8,600+ monologue database with natural language search.
2/16/2026
Show HN: A simple CLI to stop copying repos for LLM reference
CLI tool that manages a system-wide cache of repositories for LLM reference, allowing developers to link commonly used repos to a .llm directory instead of maintaining duplicate copies.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Boxofrocks – Sandboxed Agentic-AI Friendly Simple GH Issues Extension
Boxofrocks: sandboxed extension for managing multiple parallel dev AI agents with GitHub Issues integration, simplifying task management and deployment.
2/16/2026
Show HN: WowAI.pet – Generate cinematic videos from blurry pet photos
Tool generating cinematic videos from blurry pet photos using generative AI.
2/16/2026
Route every OpenClaw request to the cheapest Claude model that can handle it
Node.js proxy routing OpenClaw requests to cheapest compatible Claude model. Cost optimization for LLM applications.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Babylog – baby tracker built with OpenClaw from a hospital room
Baby tracker application built entirely using OpenClaw AI coding agent, demonstrating practical LLM agent application for task automation.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Design Inspiration for LLMs
Tool providing design inspiration for LLMs using crowd-sourced production website references to improve consistency and reduce generic AI-generated designs.
2/16/2026
An attempt to make MicroVMs more accessible (SmolVM – Python SDK)
SmolVM: open-source secure microVM runtime for AI agents to execute untrusted code with hardware isolation. Python SDK available.
2/16/2026
Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern from Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt
Analysis of cognitive debt as an alternative framework to technical debt, focusing on human understanding requirements in agentic AI systems.
2/16/2026
Show HN: You Shouldn't Need a Security Degree to Pick an AI Agent Host
Security scoring framework for evaluating AI agent hosting providers, addressing API key handling, data protection, and unauthorized action risks.
2/16/2026
Make your codebase agent ready
Guide on structuring codebases for AI agents using progressive disclosure pattern to incrementally discover context, improving agent effectiveness.
2/16/2026
Nightshift: Use your leftover CC/Codex tokens overnight for maintenance PRs
Nightshift: Automated tool using spare Claude/Codex tokens to generate maintenance PRs finding dead code, doc drift, and security issues overnight.
2/16/2026
Dutch Government Claude Plugins
Marketplace for Claude Code plugins developed by Dutch government teams, organized by EUPL licensing.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Vocalinux // 100% offline voice typing for Linux
Vocalinux: Privacy-focused Linux dictation tool using local speech recognition (Whisper/VOSK) with GPU acceleration, no network required.
2/16/2026
The Economics of LLM Inference
Analysis of LLM inference computational and economic costs. Technical examination of inference economics and optimization.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue
FreeFlow: Open source macOS app for local speech-to-text using free AI models instead of paid subscriptions.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Your binary is no longer safe
LLM-based binary reverse engineering and decompilation using automated feedback loops. Demonstrates LLM applications with differential property testing.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Scrappy – Open-source browser scraper written in Go
Scrappy: open-source Go HTTP service for browser scraping with warm Chrome pool. Includes MCP server and CLI for agent workflows.
2/16/2026
Show HN: VoteShip – Feature request platform built for AI agents
VoteShip: feature request platform with AI agents as first-class users. Integrates via MCP protocol and REST API for coding agents.
2/16/2026
Show HN: PicoGPT v2 – GPT in <40 lines of vanilla JS running from a QR code
PicoGPT v2: minimal GPT implementation in <40 lines minified JavaScript running in browser via QR code with no dependencies.
2/16/2026
Show HN: RuneScapeCN (open source) – UI kit with authentic OSRS styling
RuneScapeCN: open-source UI kit with OSRS styling. React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Radix, Vite.
2/16/2026
Show HN: SafeClaw – Sleep-by-default AI assistant with runtime tool permissions
TypeScript prototype of secure dormant AI assistant with permission controls and audit logging. Security-focused AI agent framework.
2/16/2026
Show HN: I built a multi-agent Think Tank that calls out my bad decisions
Multi-agent system using three specialized agents plus synthesis layer for decision analysis. Practical AI agents application for data insights.
2/16/2026
Show HN: ViewLint – Lint UI, Not Code
Developer tool that provides UI linting and validation for AI-generated interfaces. Addresses feedback loop gap for LLM UI generation.
2/16/2026
Show HN: Skillaudit.sh – A minimalist security auditor for LLM skill definitions
Security auditing tool for LLM skill definitions, identifying vulnerabilities in autonomous agent capability specifications.
2/16/2026
Ask HN: What are the biggest limitations of agentic AI in real-world workflows?
Discussion of real production limitations of agentic AI including reliability, tool integration, cost, and observability challenges.
2/16/2026
Show HN: SkillForge – Turn screen recordings into AI agent skills (SKILL.md)
Tool converting screen recordings into reusable AI agent skills for task automation.
2/16/2026
Dewdrops – Turn your Git repo into a single Markdown file for LLMs
Tool to convert Git repositories into single Markdown files optimized for LLM processing and context windows.
2/16/2026
AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects
AI agent successfully submits pull requests to major open source projects.
2/16/2026
Show HN: NadirClaw – Open-source LLM router with 10ms classification
Dewdrops: converts Git repositories to single Markdown file optimized for LLM context windows. Developer tool for prompt engineering.