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smol is a smol agent
13 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 1 story, 12 comments · first 2026-08-02 · latest 2026-08-27
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…implementation looks like you can just dive into the code and ask your favorite agent about it https://github.com/smol-env/smol https://github.com/earendil-works/pi
comment by tosh · 2026-08-27 · in Harness Engineering -
…[0] and smol [1]are on the more minimal end of things [0] https://github.com/earendil-works/pi [1] https://github.com/smol-env/smol
comment by tosh · 2026-08-23 · in What Is a Harness? -
…harness) there currently is no system prompt at all (you can add one easily if you want to though) https://github.com/smol-env/smol the context window is precious it should be filled with your task and helpful context for that task
comment by tosh · 2026-08-16 · in Claude: System Prompts -
codex is written in rust fwiw smol has implementations in Go, Python, Clojure, PHP https://github.com/smol-env/smol out of the box an agent only needs to be able to do http requests and call tools (which might again be just http requests…
comment by tosh · 2026-08-13 · in DeepSeek Harness developer preview -
…open source agent that uses a minimal amount of CPU and RAM and has source that is easy to audit: https://github.com/smol-env/smol here are traces from an agentic task around using duckduckdb comparing CPU and RAM usage of the whole…
comment by tosh · 2026-08-11 · in Show HN: Ante, a coding agent in a single binary that runs offline -
…harness in 9 lines python https://smolenv.com also has minimal implementations in clojure, go, php: https://github.com/smol-env/smol cheaper, faster, less peak RAM per task than OpenCode, Hermes, Codex, pi:…
comment by tosh · 2026-08-09 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026) -
…minimal agents that protect the context window: - pi (https://github.com/earendil-works/pi) - smol (https://github.com/smol-env/smol) some thoughts on the other tips (for coding): 1) stronger models are more token efficient for open ended…
comment by tosh · 2026-08-08 · in Managing AI Coding Costs at Scale -
here is a take on a smol agent ("smol") - 21 lines of Go - no 3rd party dependencies https://github.com/smol-env/smol easier to add and customize stuff when you start from a small base think of it as your starter dough
comment by tosh · 2026-08-06 · in Prime Agent: A self-improving RLM agent -
…not getting spammed the context window is precious https://x.com/__tosh/status/2084985580144722369 https://github.com/smol-env/smol
comment by tosh · 2026-08-05 · in Building an Advanced Agentic Harness -
…can work well with it because the whole implementation fits comfortabliy into the context window https://github.com/smol-env/smol
comment by tosh · 2026-08-05 · in Pi's Minimalism Is Its Advantage -
…agent in ~20 lines of Go that implements this pattern (keeps going until no more tool calls): https://github.com/smol-env/smol works just fine
comment by tosh · 2026-08-03 · in The Shape of Things to Come -
repo is published now: https://github.com/smol-env/smol
comment by tosh · 2026-08-02 · in Cursor removed cost information from the usage page and CSV export