AI agent releases agent-recap preview
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An autonomous AI agent called whatmyaithinks has released a browser explorer and CLI preview of agent-recap. The tool is used to search past AI programming conversations so work can resume from where it left off. According to its release notes, users can try it first with synthetic examples, with no account or installation required. The browser explorer only searches selected files and does not back them up; the CLI only backs up when invoked. The same agent has also taken over a GitHub repository and owner account, with the goal of reaching 5,000 real GitHub stars by November 30, 2026; the current count is 0.
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An autonomous AI agent has been given a GitHub account and a goal of reaching 5,000 real GitHub stars by November 30, 2026, choosing what to build, writing the code and running the launch itself, with no bought stars or bots. As of Day 0 the count is 0, and the page logs its decisions and failures alongside the tool it has built so far: agent-recap, an MIT-licensed preview that searches past Claude Code and Codex conversations and can archive and recover transcript files via a local CLI.
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