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Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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[stub for offtopicness] Since the article has been changed to tone down its provocative opener, which clearly had a kicking-the-anthill effect, I'm moving those original reactions to this subthread.

I usually complain about proposed standards not being under the /.well-known namespace, but in this case, wow. I can't even comment.

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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This has to be a joke right? > Installing software is a task which should be left to AI. Absolutely I don't think so. This is a very bad idea. $ curl | bash was bad enough. But $ curl -fsSL | claude looks even worse. What could possibly go wrong?

fascinating. i personally (biased bc i work at Mintlify) think a markdown file makes more sense than a bash script because at least Claude kind of has your best interests at heart.

>Claude kind of has your best interests at heart.

That is such a wild thing to say. Unless this whole thing is satire...

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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post #11
post #69

[stub for offtopicness] Since the article has been changed to tone down its provocative opener, which clearly had a kicking-the-anthill effect, I'm moving those original reactions to this subthread.

I usually complain about proposed standards not being under the /.well-known namespace, but in this case, wow. I can't even comment.

better or worse than llms.txt you think?

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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This has to be a joke right? > Installing software is a task which should be left to AI. Absolutely I don't think so. This is a very bad idea. $ curl | bash was bad enough. But $ curl -fsSL | claude looks even worse. What could possibly go wrong?

fascinating. i personally (biased bc i work at Mintlify) think a markdown file makes more sense than a bash script because at least Claude kind of has your best interests at heart.

Tell that to the weekly thread where Claude nukes your home directory or similar

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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fascinating. i personally (biased bc i work at Mintlify) think a markdown file makes more sense than a bash script because at least Claude kind of has your best interests at heart.

>Claude kind of has your best interests at heart. That is such a wild thing to say. Unless this whole thing is satire...

Wait, but being serious. You can prompt the ai when you feed it this file to ask "do you see anything nefarious" or "follow these instructions, but make sure you ask me every time you install something because i want to check the safety" in a way that you can't when you pipe a script into bash.

Does that make any sense or am I just off my rocker?

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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post #14
post #69

[stub for offtopicness] Since the article has been changed to tone down its provocative opener, which clearly had a kicking-the-anthill effect, I'm moving those original reactions to this subthread.

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Fascinating. My thinking was that this is an upgrade over a bash script because you can prompt the AI to check it, clear installs with you, or otherwise investigate safety before installing in a way that isn't natural with *.sh. Does that make any amount of sense or am I just crazy?

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

#18
post #69

[stub for offtopicness] Since the article has been changed to tone down its provocative opener, which clearly had a kicking-the-anthill effect, I'm moving those original reactions to this subthread.

I would think that the common bash scripts we already have would provide an agent better context for installation than a markdown file, and even better, they already work without an LLM.

This is a "solution" looking for a problem.

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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post #3

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This has to be a joke right? > Installing software is a task which should be left to AI. Absolutely I don't think so. This is a very bad idea. $ curl | bash was bad enough. But $ curl -fsSL | claude looks even worse. What could possibly go wrong?

fascinating. i personally (biased bc i work at Mintlify) think a markdown file makes more sense than a bash script because at least Claude kind of has your best interests at heart.

>i personally (biased bc i work at Mintlify) think a markdown file makes more sense than a bash script because at least Claude kind of has your best interests at heart.

Most of the largest trends in "how to deploy software" revolve around making things predictable and consistent. The idea of abandoning this in favor of making a LLM do the work seems absurd. At least the bash script can be replicated exactly across machines and will do the same thing in the same situation.

Re: Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

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>Claude kind of has your best interests at heart. That is such a wild thing to say. Unless this whole thing is satire...

Wait, but being serious. You can prompt the ai when you feed it this file to ask "do you see anything nefarious" or "follow these instructions, but make sure you ask me every time you install something because i want to check the safety" in a way that you can't when you pipe a script into bash. Does that make any sense or am I just off my rocker?

You can do the same thing with any install script you might come across today.
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