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github.com
Free
Repository
Coding & Developer Tools

Jane Street Agent Skills

An open GitHub repository from Jane Street with agent skills for AI coding assistants, including a Socratic tutor skill, published with a license and contribution guide.

#agents#open-source#github
github.comAdded Nov 11, 20260 opens
deepmind.google
Free
Article
AI & Tech News
ContextVendor researchPromotional

Introducing AlphaProof Code: a breakthrough in verifying complex software at depth

Google DeepMind describes an agentic framework powered by Gemini Carbon for formal verification of Signal protocol code in Lean, with human experts reviewing specifications. The article is free to read; the achievement is company-reported, and conflicting line counts in its body and metadata should not be treated as an independently verified measure.

#ai#formal-verification#coding
deepmind.googleAdded Nov 11, 20260 opens
gonzoml.substack.com
Free
Article
AI & Future of Work
Context

Nobody here writes code by hand any more

Published
2026-11-04

Grigory Sapunov describes how AI has changed his coding, research, company administration, reading and schedule. This is a personal account of AI-assisted work, not a representative study of software jobs.

#role-change#coding#ai-at-work
gonzoml.substack.comAdded Nov 7, 20260 opens
martinalderson.com
Free
Article
AI & Assistive Tools

Making agents fast

Martin Alderson applies web performance principles to AI agent workflows, covering time to first token, prompt caching and other factors that affect how fast agents complete tasks.

#ai-agent#performance#coding
martinalderson.comAdded Oct 30, 20260 opens
huggingface.co
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash — model card and weights

MiniMax’s public model card and downloadable weights for a multimodal mixture-of-experts model supporting text, image, and video inputs. The company describes coding, agent workflows, computer use, and cybersecurity applications and a context window up to one million tokens; its benchmark results are company-reported. Noncommercial use is free under the MiniMax Community License. Commercial use requires attribution and notice, with prior authorization above the license’s revenue threshold; running the model requires suitable computing hardware.

#ai-models#open-weight#multimodal
huggingface.coAdded Oct 23, 20260 opens
recursive.com
Free
Article
AI & Assistive Tools

Introducing Recursive Flint

Recursive introduces Flint, a mixture-of-experts coding model with 40 billion total parameters and 2.5 billion active per token, built to run on local hardware. Benchmark results are the company's own claims.

#local models#coding#mixture of experts
recursive.comAdded Oct 22, 20260 opens
blog.picheta.me
Free
Article
Technology & Ethics

I built a programming language that LLMs can’t use

Dominik Picheta describes KillSwitch, an esoteric programming language designed to challenge language models and coding agents, and discusses testing models against it.

#coding#ai#programming
blog.picheta.meAdded Oct 20, 20260 opens
OpenBot
Free
Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

OpenBot — Local AI Agent Workspace

Free desktop workspace for coordinating persistent AI coding agents on a local computer. Supports multiple providers and uses the model access or AI plans users already have; it does not include free access to paid models.

#AI agents#Coding#Desktop
OpenBotAdded Oct 19, 20260 opens
opensourceprojects.dev
Free
Tool
Coding & Developer Tools

Print attractive ASCII tables in Python with PrettyTable

PrettyTable is a free, open-source Python library for drawing formatted ASCII tables in a terminal or text output. This post from Open-source Projects shows what it does and links to the GitHub repo.

Why I recommend it: Free open-source library (MIT license). The link goes to a blog post on opensourceprojects.dev; the project itself lives at github.com/prettytable/prettytable and pypi.org/project/prettytable. The blog runs on ads and sponsorships.

#python#open source#developer tools
opensourceprojects.devAdded Sep 26, 20260 opens
Kiro
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Kiro

Amazon's agentic coding environment: you write a spec, and its agents plan, build and check code across a codebase. Runs as a desktop app.

From the site: Kiro helps developers and teams do their best work: turn prompts into executable specs, validate code correctness to find bugs unit tests miss, and build across large codebases with parallel agents that learn from every session.

Why I recommend it: Freemium. The free plan gives you 50 credits a month plus access to Claude Sonnet 4.5 and open-weight models, subject to rate limits; paid plans start at $20 a month. Fine for trying agentic coding, not for all-day use.

#ai#coding#agents
KiroAdded Sep 19, 20260 opens
GitHub
Free
Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

OpenHarness

An open-source platform for running coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex across your own machines and specialising them for domains like CAD, PCBs, robotics and games, with optional open hardware.

From the site: Follow your curiosity. Build across disciplines. Open-source software and hardware for polymaths in the making. - autonomous-ai/openharness

Why I recommend it: The software is free and open source. The agents you run inside it may cost money, and the companion hardware is a separate purchase — the repo itself is the free part.

#open-source#ai#agents
GitHubAdded Sep 19, 20260 opens
Claude
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Claude

Anthropic's AI assistant. Strong at long writing, reading documents you paste in, analysis and coding help. Free tier with daily limits; paid plans lift them.

From the site: Claude is Anthropic

Why I recommend it: The one I reach for when the task is writing or thinking through a document. Check anything factual yourself — it can be confidently wrong.

#ai-assistant#writing#analysis
ClaudeAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
GitHub
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Aider

An open-source AI coding assistant that works in your terminal on a real git repository, making commits as it goes. Apache 2.0 licensed.

From the site: aider is AI pair programming in your terminal. Contribute to Aider-AI/aider development by creating an account on GitHub.

Why I recommend it: It edits real files and commits them, so work on a branch. The tool is free; the model you connect it to is not.

#open-source#apache#coding
GitHubAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
GitHub
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Continue

An open-source coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that you point at any model, including one running locally. Apache 2.0 licensed.

From the site: open-source coding agent. Contribute to continuedev/continue development by creating an account on GitHub.

Why I recommend it: A free alternative to paid coding assistants if you already run a local model. Slower, but it costs nothing per keystroke.

#open-source#apache#coding
GitHubAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
pi.dev
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Pi

A terminal-based coding agent you run locally to read, write and refactor code from the command line.

From the site: A terminal-based coding agent

Why I recommend it: If you already live in a terminal, this is a lighter way to try agentic coding than a full IDE.

#ai#coding#developer-tools
pi.devAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
agents.md
Free
Website
AI & Assistive Tools

AGENTS.md

An open format for telling coding agents how to work in your repository, now used by tens of thousands of open-source projects.

From the site: AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents. Think of it as a README for agents.

Why I recommend it: If you're experimenting with AI coding tools, this is the convention to follow so your instructions actually get read.

#ai#agents#coding
agents.mdAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
code-contracts.cc
Free
Website
AI & Assistive Tools

Code Contracts

A free open format for writing structured assumptions and requirements next to the code itself, so AI coding agents build against stated rules rather than guesses.

Why I recommend it: Relevant even if you do not write code: it is a clear example of writing requirements precisely enough that a machine can follow them.

#ai#developer-tools#ai-agents
code-contracts.ccAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens
kimi.com
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Kimi

Moonshot AI's free Kimi assistant, strong on long documents, research and coding tasks in the browser.

Why I recommend it: Good free option when you need to feed in a long report and get straight answers.

#ai#ai-assistant#research
kimi.comAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
docs.polytoken.dev
Free
Document
AI & Assistive Tools

Polytoken Changelog

The running record of what changed in each Polytoken release, alongside its free documentation and quickstart.

Why I recommend it: Handy if you use the tool and want to know what broke or improved.

#ai#coding#developer-tools
docs.polytoken.devAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
qwen.ai
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Qwen

Alibaba's Qwen family of open AI models with a free chat assistant for writing, coding, image and document work in the browser.

Why I recommend it: A strong free alternative when you want a capable assistant without a subscription.

#ai#ai-assistant#free-tools
qwen.aiAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
get.polytoken.dev
Free
AI Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Polytoken

A free local-first AI coding agent that runs as a daemon on your own machine and executes tools against your development environment.

Why I recommend it: Free to use and runs locally, so it is a low-risk way to try agentic coding.

#ai#coding#developer-tools
get.polytoken.devAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
openrouter.ai
Free
Article
AI & Assistive Tools

OpenRouter Cookbook: Create an Agent Harness (TUI)

Free OpenRouter developer guide walking through building a terminal-based agent harness — tool calls, loops and model routing — with working code you can adapt.

Why I recommend it: Building a small agent harness yourself is one of the clearest portfolio projects for AI-adjacent roles right now.

#ai#ai-agents#developer-tools
openrouter.aiAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
xda-developers.com
Free
Article
AI & Assistive Tools

Claude Code vs Codex vs Google Antigravity: Rebuilding the Same Website

XDA Developers had Claude Code (Opus 5), Codex (GPT-5.6) and Google Antigravity (Gemini 3.8) rebuild the same website from the same brief. The comparison shows which agent handles detail, polish and real-world edge cases best.

Why I recommend it: Useful if you are choosing an AI coding assistant for side projects or learning to prompt more effectively. The winner is not necessarily the one you would expect.

#ai#artificial-intelligence#coding
xda-developers.comAdded Sep 15, 20260 opens
github.com
Free
Tool
AI & Assistive Tools

Claudex Loop

A free Claude Code skill where two AI models harden a build plan before any code is written, then swap roles so whoever built it never grades it.

Why I recommend it: A good habit to borrow even outside code: have something other than the author check the plan.

#ai#open-source#free
github.comAdded Sep 15, 20260 opens