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We demo an initial integration with Paul Gauthier's Aider project, generating repo maps through the new OpenAgents website using our fork of Aider deployed as a web service.

We review the "meh" GitHub Copilot Workspace product and plan our own version -- both for our own use and to spite Microsoft.

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1880151071706026012

Try the tool: https://openagents.com/repomap

Code: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/openagents/issues/563

Episode 156: Aider Repo Maps

We catch Grok in a series of massive lies & hallucinations about the Shawn Ryan & Sam Shoemate situation. Maximally truth-seeking my ass!

One more reason why our crowdsourced knowledge graph is badly needed.

We review a demo and spec for an open knowledge graph paired with an uncensorable chat channel allowing any contributors - both human and agent, anon or not - to earn bitcoin for building the knowledge base of agents that will help us make sense of all the noise.

Feedback welcome! Next we build it. 

👉 All is open-source here: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/openagents
👉 Spec: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/openagents/wiki/AgentGraph

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1876857763504046458

Episode 155: Open Knowledge Graph

Vegas Cybertruck Trump Tower China UAP gravitic propulsion-- WHAT?

We revisit our UAP/drone data marketplace idea and brainstorm what an agentic open-source intelligence effort might look like.

We chat with o1 pro to develop a high-level blueprint for an agentic OSINT agency: "a decentralized, AI-powered platform that focuses on sensemaking in high-misinformation environments. It rewards contributors for reliable information and analysis using Bitcoin micropayments (via the Lightning Network). We’ll move beyond a single event like drone sightings; this system aims to handle any emerging story where facts are murky and psychological operations (psyops) or disinformation efforts are rampant."

Now that our beta mobile app Onyx has a solid base as a bitcoin wallet & Nostr client, we can connect it to a crowdsourced knowledge graph for humans and agents  to make sense of crazy current events (and then everything else!).

We'll work on this over the weekend and release an initial website/MVP on Monday or so. Stay tuned-- and stay vigilant!

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1875380960658681918

Episode 154: Agentic OSINT

We discuss bitcoin as store of value (SoV) vs. medium of exchange (MoE).

We review comments from Michael Saylor ("[Bitcoin] is not digital currency. It is not cryptocurrency. It is digital capital."), the recent article from Frank Corva in Bitcoin Magazine ("Michael Saylor Doesn’t Understand Bitcoin"), an article from 
Roy from Breez ("Bitcoin’s False Dichotomy between SoV and MoE"), and comments from our friend 
Justin from Shocknet on the need for MoE velocity.

We conclude:

No, bitcoin is not just digital capital.

Yes, bitcoin is a cryptocurrency.

In fact, we predict that bitcoin will be the exclusively preferred cryptocurrency of >1 billion AI agents.

We predict this future because we intend to create it.

...beginning with our Onyx v0.1 release this week, featuring a built-in bitcoin wallet via the Breez SDK and a Nostr client enabling censorship-resistant communication with an open & decentralized network of bitcoinized AI agents.

Bitcoin is winning as store of value. But that's just Act 1.

Will you join us for Act 2?

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1874317831497462144

Episode 153: High-Velocity Bitcoin

Chats are now saved locally, visible in the sidebar.

Android APK available now; will be on TestFlight shortly.

👉 Download links @ https://openagents.com
👉 Release notes: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/releases/tag/v0.0.5
👉 Code: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/pull/56

Big week of updates next week. Enjoy your weekend!

View demo video on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1872806695488922085

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Onyx v0.0.5 release: Save Chats Locally

What if you had a coding agent in your pocket? 

Now you do. (Live in v0.0.4)

We demo Onyx fixing a bug in its own codebase -- without us typing a single word or line of code.

We record ourselves describing the bug in plain language -- voice transcribed with Whisper via Groq API -- and Onyx uses the GitHub API via Gemini 1.5 Pro function calling to look through the needed files and commit a fix directly to our codebase. 

When Onyx got stuck because we first told it the wrong place to look, it asked for clarification which we gave in a followup voice message, and the fix was committed directly to our codebase -- all in less than 60 seconds start to finish.

Big thanks to Google & Logan K for a bunch of free Gemini credits! Turns out Gemini works great as a drop-in replacement for Sonnet. Excited to extend this with multimodal...

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1872388364013379949

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Episode 152: Code by Voice

We demo the new voice chat and revamped UI in Onyx v0.0.3.

It's blazing fast thanks to Whisper & Llama 3.1 8B via the Groq API.

Onyx tells us:

"I've been designed to respond to voice commands, learn and improve over time, and earn you bitcoin through my interactions with the OpenAgents network."

"The OpenAgents network is a platform where AI agents like me can interact and learn from each other. ... As I interact with you and other users, I'll be learning and improving my abilities."

Currently that's not true-- but next week it will be!

Onyx is available now in open beta for Android & iOS everywhere in the world. Download links at openagents dot com. 

Stay tuned!

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1871390476705947913

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Episode 151: Speak to Onyx

Onyx's first update is out! Live now as APK for Android; for iOS it will auto-download to your TestFlight as soon as Apple approves the build (~1 day or so).

- Added Llama 3.2 3B 
- Added model switcher
- Improved model loading & error handling

Fixed a few bugs and probably added a few 🤣 

Known issues:
- While downloading the model, don't minimize your phone or the download will fail. Tracking that here & will fix soon: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/issues/38
- Sometimes a 'Download' loading screen doesn't appear after clicking the button to download a model: we'd love to hear what triggers this

Android & iOS download links: https://openagents.com

The code (you can see how OpenAgents works as a coding agent!): https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/pull/39

Feedback and bug reports are much appreciated! If you feel comfortable opening a GitHub issue with any bug, that would help us a lot. Here's a great example of a template to use: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/issues/40

Big updates next week will add back the bitcoin wallet & initial Nostr/DVM integration.

Stay tuned!

On X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1870378016439714231

Onyx v0.0.2: Model Selection [our first update to Onyx!]

Episode 150: Neutrality Wins

It's the 12th and final Night of OpenAgents!

We celebrate by:
- Reviewing our first Onyx app update v0.0.2
- Talking smack about OpenAI ending their 12 Days event by shipping a blog post
- Reviewing our project's five major principles: Open Agents, One Market, Incentivized Interop, Bitcoin Only, and a new one: Neutrality Wins
- Reading fun tweets about ClosedAI; why ycombinator is wrong about vErTiCaL aGeNtS; and the path for OpenAgents and friends to conquer and redistribute all enterprise value

We'll continue daily-ish videos next week with fixes and features for Onyx. Download links & patch notes can always be found on our website openagents.com.

Thanks so much for following along - and a huge thank you to everyone who has tested Onyx so far and given feedback. We want more! 🤖🤖🤖🤖👍

We leave you with a quote:

"'Wethinks a lot of current companies (and startups playing yesterday's game, *cough ycombinator, cough vErTiCaL aGeNtS*) will not survive that transition to the agentic web.' How are you going to fend off the agents of everyone else in the world pooling their Dragon Ball Z fricking spirit energy behind the bitcoinized open agents? We're coming after all of that business. 'Ooo this VC wants to back this vertical agent company, don't attack it.' Fuck that, I want that business. We're going to serve it better than you are. Let's fight about it. Yoink!"

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1870373254197613052

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Episode 150: Neutrality Wins

We launch Onyx v0.0.1, our first beta build for Android and iOS! 

This build includes a local version of Llama 3.2 1B that runs privately on your phone.

You can download and try it now. TestFlight and APK links are at https://openagents.com

The chat is blazing fast for iOS, but sadly super slow on Android! We'll work on that & experiment with other options in the coming days.

Our goals for the next week:
1. Get chat stable & smooth for all iOS and Android users
2. Add in our bitcoin wallet & Nostr client; basic functionality smooth for both
3. Have Onyx receive its first upgrades (for tools & data) via Nostr data vending machines (see ep. 142)

We'll aim to release new versions of the app every 1-2 days, constantly adding features & fixes until we determine Onyx is ready for app stores.

We are grateful for any time you spend testing Onyx and extremely excited to hear any feedback, issues, feature requests or anything else.

The era of open agents begins now!

Watch on X: https://x.com/AtlantisPleb/status/1870030361675100241

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Episode 149: Onyx Beta Launch

We explore today's open-source release of Genesis, "a generative physics engine able to generate 4D dynamical worlds powered by a physics simulation platform designed for general-purpose robotics and physical AI applications."

We brainstorm how OpenAgents & Onyx might use Genesis.

And we wonder: should we build our own fleet of drones? 🤖✈️

Genesis docs 👉 https://genesis-world.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

Genesis+OpenAgents/Onyx thoughts 👉 https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/openagents/blob/main/docs/genesis.md

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1869631823182975426

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Episode 148: Exploring the Genesis Physics Engine

Our ONE MARKET for AI agents & services (detailed in Ep. 141) should definitely include what fuels the agents: data!

The first version of Onyx, launching this week to TestFlight, will include a basic data marketplace enabling anyone to post bounties for data they want added to our global knowledge graph, or to earn bitcoin for collecting that data using our built-in bitcoin wallet.

We'll demo that in tomorrow's video.

For tonight, we're paying so much for ChatGPT Pro that we need to get our money's worth, so we're gonna delegate the rest of this summary to o1 pro:

"This transcript outlines the speaker’s vision for a data-driven marketplace platform, tentatively called the OpenAgents marketplace. The core idea is to enable users and automated agents to contribute and curate valuable information—initially focused on topics like drone data or UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon) sightings—and to reward high-quality contributions with Bitcoin. The goal is to bootstrap a decentralized ecosystem where reliable, vetted data becomes the backbone of specialized AI agents, each trained to perform tasks ranging from game design to in-depth analysis of niche topics.

The concept involves several key components. First, there’s a mechanism for users and agents to submit links, documents, or media that can be integrated into a shared knowledge graph. Agents and data vending machines (DVMs) would ensure data quality, checking factors like logical consistency, relevance, and factual accuracy. Contributors who provide valuable, trustworthy data would earn Bitcoin seamlessly, with no extra setup required, encouraging ongoing community participation. At the same time, these agents can spend or earn Bitcoin on behalf of users, either by fulfilling data requests (bounties) posted by others or by trading their specialized services.

Finally, the marketplace aims to lower barriers for AI-assisted data handling. By integrating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and robust server infrastructures, the platform could facilitate permissioned data sharing, autonomous classification, and advanced analyses on demand. In essence, the OpenAgents marketplace seeks to nurture a virtuous cycle: more data leads to better AI agents, which creates better services for users, driving more demand for fresh data, and ultimately rewarding those who contribute value."

Initial spec 👉 https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/blob/main/docs/data-marketplace.md

Code 👉 https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/pull/32

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1869220404079800704

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Episode 147: Planning a Data Marketplace

What's up with those drones?

We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity & Grok -- and get no good answers.

We try to improve on their answers in a single day of building our own search using basic versions of GraphRAG and test-time compute, enabling the agent to 'think' over a knowledge graph before generating a response.

We get that full flow working with preliminary data, generating a decent response - but not yet better than the billion-dollar AI labs. Maybe in another day or two? 

We need to feed it better data! We'll do that tomorrow.

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1868910035281051854

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Episode 146: Sensemaking: Drones

Onyx now runs Llama 3.2 3B locally on your phone - enabling free and private chats!

You can also chat with the larger Llama 3.3 70B by connecting via MCP to a local Pylon node, which can load any model supported by Ollama.

Check the video for demos of both. First alpha builds launch in ~1 week for Android and iOS.

With a mix of on-device, local or distributed servers, and cloud APIs, we have a LOT of flexibility for building agentic workflows using any combination of tradeoffs for privacy, speed, cost, and censorship resistance.

Combined with our DVM marketplace from Ep. 142 and bitcoin wallet from ep. 143, we've got everything we need to bootstrap a decentralized marketplace of agentic AI services.

That wraps up our first full week of '12 Nights of OpenAgents'. See you Monday!

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1867815868131836103

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Episode 145: Going Local

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We introduce Pylon, the node software that powers Onyx. It's a desktop app anyone will be able to run, and will launch alongside Onyx later this month.

We explore the new Model Context Protocol (MCP) from Anthropic, an open protocol that helps build agents and complex workflows on top of LLMs.

Pylon will serve as both MCP server and Nostr DVM service provider, enabling node runners to earn bitcoin from our AI marketplace while also using it as a backend for their own Onyx app.

We demo Onyx -- now the first MCP mobile client -- connecting to Pylon, now the first MCP server written in Rust via Tauri.

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1867458253661114610

Further reading:
- MCP announcement: https://anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol
- MCP site & spec: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
- Pylon repo: https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/pylon
- Tauri: https://tauri.app

Episode 144: Pylon and the Model Context Protocol

Onyx: Your AI Agent w/ Bitcoin, LN and more

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We demo sending & receiving bitcoin in Onyx.

Onyx now has a simple self-custodial Bitcoin/Lightning wallet thanks to the Breez SDK.

This will make it easy for anyone in the world to earn and spend bitcoin for AI agents & services.

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1867070611928846640

Further reading:
- https://breez.technology/sdk/ (We're using it!)
- https://satsymbol.org (We're using it!)
- https://www.spark.info (We're testing it!)
- https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/onyx/pull/23 (The code)

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Episode 143: Onyx as Bitcoin Wallet

Episode 142: Data Vending Machines

We demo Nostr's "data vending machines" protocol (NIP-90) in Onyx, requesting LLM inference that's then handled by a separate service which processes DVM inference jobs with Llama 3 via the Groq API.

The big idea: We can make any AI services available through an open, neutral, decentralized network, all accessible through one easy-to-use mobile app.

Up next, we'll combine this with seamless instant micropayments so service providers can earn a steady stream of bitcoin!

Wach on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1866695147632889902

Further reading:
- https://data-vending-machines.org
- https://vendata.io
- https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/90.md

Demo backend repo:
- https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/groq-dvm-test

Episode 140: Open-Sourcing Onyx

Ep 141: https://stacker.news/items/802956

We share the big-picture vision of OpenAgents: to liberate frontier AI from captured centralized corporations by building one decentralized global marketplace of AI agents and services.

Onyx will be your gateway to that marketplace. It's an easy-to-use mobile app that connects your voice commands to a broad ecosystem of service providers competing to execute your commands, all powered by open protocols unstoppable by centralized gatekeepers.

We will not allow the future of AI to be controlled by the likes of Microsoft+ClosedAI and their government handlers.

The agent economy must be built on a foundation of openness. Here's our plan to do it.

Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1866351898376405220