Just-bash: Bash for Agents
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Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#2https://github.com/vercel-labs/just-bash/blob/main/src/spec-...
That's a lot of incompatibilities.
LLMs like to use the shell because it's stable and virtually unchanged for decades.
It doesn't need to worry much about versions or whether something is supported or not, it can just assume it is.
Re-implementing bash is a herculean effort. I wish good luck.
Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#3https://github.com/vercel-labs/just-bash/blob/main/src/spec-... That's a lot of incompatibilities. LLMs like to use the shell because it's stable and virtually unchanged for decades. It doesn't need to worry much about versions or whether something is supported or not, it can just assume it is. Re-implementing bash is a herculean effort. I wish good luck.
No, they use it because there's a lot of training material.
pro-tip: vercel's https://agent-browser.dev/ is a great CLI for agent-based browser automation.
Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#4https://github.com/vercel-labs/just-bash/blob/main/src/spec-... That's a lot of incompatibilities. LLMs like to use the shell because it's stable and virtually unchanged for decades. It doesn't need to worry much about versions or whether something is supported or not, it can just assume it is. Re-implementing bash is a herculean effort. I wish good luck.
No, they use it because there's a lot of training material. pro-tip: vercel's https://agent-browser.dev/ is a great CLI for agent-based browser automation.
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Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#5https://github.com/vercel-labs/just-bash/blob/main/src/spec-... That's a lot of incompatibilities. LLMs like to use the shell because it's stable and virtually unchanged for decades. It doesn't need to worry much about versions or whether something is supported or not, it can just assume it is. Re-implementing bash is a herculean effort. I wish good luck.
No, they use it because there's a lot of training material. pro-tip: vercel's https://agent-browser.dev/ is a great CLI for agent-based browser automation.
Why do you think there is a lot of training data? Could it be because it's stable and virtually unchanged for decades? Hmmm.
Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#6Just curious: why wouldn't you attack this with a jail?
Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#7At this point why not make the agents use a restricted subset of python, typescript or lua or something.
Bash has been unchanged for decades but its not a very nice language.
I know pydantic has been experimenting with https://github.com/pydantic/monty (restricted python) and I think Cloudflare and co were experimenting with giving typescript to agents.
Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#8We just released a driver that allows users of just-bash to attach a full Archil file system, synced to S3. This would let you run just-bash in an enrivonment where you don't have a full VM and get high-performance access to data that's in your S3 bucket already to do like greps or edits.
Check it out here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@archildata/just-bash
Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#9I have been playing around with something like this.
I'm not going for compatibility, but something that is a bit hackable. Deliberately not having /lib /share and /etc to avoid confusion that it might be posix
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Re: Just-bash: Bash for Agents
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, they use it because there's a lot of training material. pro-tip: vercel's https://agent-browser.dev/ is a great CLI for agent-based browser automation.
Why do you think there is a lot of training data? Could it be because it's stable and virtually unchanged for decades? Hmmm.
Because bash is everywhere. Stability is a separate concern. And we know this because LLMs routinely generate deprecated code for libraries that change a lot.