Show HN: Daemons – we pivoted from building agents to cleaning up after them

Post by rileyt » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

rybosome wrote: post #20

rdme wrote: post #19

How would this work? One would connect it's repository to a cloud platform that would then act based on the existing daemons of the repo?

That's exactly right. Our cloud-based agent Charlie ( https://charlielabs.ai/ ) supports this, and our hope is that other platform providers will offer support in the future as well. Skills live in the repository, so it felt like a natural complement. It also lets other developers see what the active daemons are and collaborate on them. With proper context, agents are quite good at writing and editing these daemon fi…

Post by rileyt » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC

mrbbk wrote: post #22

rileyt wrote: post #15

here are a few more resources: - example daemon files: https://github.com/charlie-labs/daemons - reference docs: https://docs.charlielabs.ai/daemons happy to answer questions. all feedback appreciated.

Are other daemons coming and/or will you accept user generated ones?

Post by scotth » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC

scotth wrote: post #24

I feel like I must have missed something important, but I don't feel like I skipped anything. It seems like everything is telling me to talk to Charlie to get setup. _How_ do I talk with Charlie?

Post by rybosome » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC

scotth wrote: post #25

scotth wrote: post #24

I feel like I must have missed something important, but I don't feel like I skipped anything. It seems like everything is telling me to talk to Charlie to get setup. _How_ do I talk with Charlie?

I think I'm supposed to do that on an issue maybe? I'll try that.

Post by builderminkyu » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC