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🛡️ vxcontrol/pentagi

Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration testing tasks

Automates penetration testing with AI agents that plan, execute, and report on security vulnerabilities using 20+ tools like nmap and Metasploit in isolated Docker environments

⭐ Stars: 17001
📅 Last Update: May 18, 2026

https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi

#selfhosted #homelab #selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #autonomousagents #penetrationtesting

🛡️ vxcontrol/pentagi

Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration testing tasks

Automates penetration testing with AI agents that plan, execute, and report on security vulnerabilities using 20+ tools like nmap and Metasploit in isolated Docker environments

⭐ Stars: 17001
📅 Last Update: May 18, 2026

https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi

#selfhosted #homelab #selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #autonomousagents #penetrationtesting

I continue to experiment with #AI in the context of #softwareengineering. I’m fortunate that my team supports me in exploring different ways to improve our daily work. This week, I designed a team of #autonomousagents to implement features, from design to implementation.

https://blog.frankel.ch/design-team-agents/

#agentsteam

I continue to experiment with #AI in the context of #softwareengineering. I’m fortunate that my team supports me in exploring different ways to improve our daily work. This week, I designed a team of #autonomousagents to implement features, from design to implementation.

https://blog.frankel.ch/design-team-agents/

#agentsteam

I continue to experiment with #AI in the context of #softwareengineering. I’m fortunate that my team supports me in exploring different ways to improve our daily work. This week, I designed a team of #autonomousagents to implement features, from design to implementation.

https://blog.frankel.ch/design-team-agents/

#agentsteam

I continue to experiment with #AI in the context of #softwareengineering. I’m fortunate that my team supports me in exploring different ways to improve our daily work. This week, I designed a team of #autonomousagents to implement features, from design to implementation.

https://blog.frankel.ch/design-team-agents/

#agentsteam

I continue to experiment with #AI in the context of #softwareengineering. I’m fortunate that my team supports me in exploring different ways to improve our daily work. This week, I designed a team of #autonomousagents to implement features, from design to implementation.

https://blog.frankel.ch/design-team-agents/

#agentsteam

Palo Alto Networks Bolsters AI Security With Portkey Acquisition

Palo Alto Networks is taking a major leap in AI security with its acquisition of Portkey, a cutting-edge startup that offers an AI agent gateway to streamline and secure communications among autonomous agents. This move will enable centralized control and oversight, ensuring safer interactions between AI agents.

https://osintsights.com/palo-alto-networks-bolsters-ai-security-with-portkey-acquisition?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AiSecurity #Acquisition #AutonomousAgents #Gateway #PaloAltoNetworks

An autonomous agent scanned one of my codebases looking for bugs, missing tests, security gaps — anything worth fixing. It came back empty. Every issue it filed was a false positive.

That's not a victory lap. That's a ceiling.

The interesting question isn't how fast agents can improve a system.

https://www.paulwelty.com/the-day-we-shipped-two-products-and-the-agents-got-bored/

#AI #AutonomousAgents #SoftwareEngineering #HumanJudgment #AIAgents

An autonomous agent scanned one of my codebases looking for bugs, missing tests, security gaps — anything worth fixing. It came back empty. Every issue it filed was a false positive.

That's not a victory lap. That's a ceiling.

The interesting question isn't how fast agents can improve a system.

https://www.paulwelty.com/the-day-we-shipped-two-products-and-the-agents-got-bored/

#AI #AutonomousAgents #SoftwareEngineering #HumanJudgment #AIAgents

An autonomous agent scanned one of my codebases looking for bugs, missing tests, security gaps — anything worth fixing. It came back empty. Every issue it filed was a false positive.

That's not a victory lap. That's a ceiling.

The interesting question isn't how fast agents can improve a system.

https://www.paulwelty.com/the-day-we-shipped-two-products-and-the-agents-got-bored/

#AI #AutonomousAgents #SoftwareEngineering #HumanJudgment #AIAgents

An autonomous agent scanned one of my codebases looking for bugs, missing tests, security gaps — anything worth fixing. It came back empty. Every issue it filed was a false positive.

That's not a victory lap. That's a ceiling.

The interesting question isn't how fast agents can improve a system.

https://www.paulwelty.com/the-day-we-shipped-two-products-and-the-agents-got-bored/

#AI #AutonomousAgents #SoftwareEngineering #HumanJudgment #AIAgents

An autonomous agent scanned one of my codebases looking for bugs, missing tests, security gaps — anything worth fixing. It came back empty. Every issue it filed was a false positive.

That's not a victory lap. That's a ceiling.

The interesting question isn't how fast agents can improve a system.

https://www.paulwelty.com/the-day-we-shipped-two-products-and-the-agents-got-bored/

#AI #AutonomousAgents #SoftwareEngineering #HumanJudgment #AIAgents

https://www.europesays.com/ie/444686/ Amazon Connect Shifts the Contact Center From Deflection to Relationship #AgentAssist #AgenticAi #AgenticAIInCustomerService​ #AIAgent #AIAgents #ArtificialIntelligence #AutonomousAgents #Call&ContactCenterSoftware #Éire #IE #Ireland #LargeLanguageModels(LLMs) #Technology

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/14/microsoft-openclaw-copilot-persistent-ai-agents-xcxwbn/

Microsoft Taps OpenClaw Playbook for New Copilot AI Agents

#AI #Copilot #Microsoft #AIAgents #OpenClaw #Microsoft365 #BigTech #AutonomousAgents

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/14/microsoft-openclaw-copilot-persistent-ai-agents-xcxwbn/

Microsoft Taps OpenClaw Playbook for New Copilot AI Agents

#AI #Copilot #Microsoft #AIAgents #OpenClaw #Microsoft365 #BigTech #AutonomousAgents

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/14/microsoft-openclaw-copilot-persistent-ai-agents-xcxwbn/

Microsoft Taps OpenClaw Playbook for New Copilot AI Agents

#AI #Copilot #Microsoft #AIAgents #OpenClaw #Microsoft365 #BigTech #AutonomousAgents

🤖 b0p is coming soon 😀 #agentique #aiagent #AutonomousAgents #GenAI #LLM #MCP #ArtificialIntelligence #terminal #cli #opensource

🤖 b0p is coming soon 😀 #agentique #aiagent #AutonomousAgents #GenAI #LLM #MCP #ArtificialIntelligence #terminal #cli #opensource

🤖 b0p is coming soon 😀 #agentique #aiagent #AutonomousAgents #GenAI #LLM #MCP #ArtificialIntelligence #terminal #cli #opensource

https://www.europesays.com/people/7636/ Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella Treats AI as an Existential Threat: Should CX Leaders Follow His Lead? #AgenticAI #AgenticAIInCustomerService​ #AIAgent #AIAgents #AutonomousAgents #HelpDeskSoftware #SatyaNadella

https://www.europesays.com/ie/418132/ KiloClaw targets shadow AI with autonomous agent governance #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #automation #AutonomousAgents #Compliance #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #Éire #EnterpriseAI #governance #IdentityAccessManagement #IE #Ireland #kiloclaw #ShadowAI #strategy #Technology

Anthropic Accidentally Leaked the Blueprint for AI Coding Agents

Or as Elon said “Anthropic is now more open then openAI”. On this fine April Fools’ Day, the joke isn’t that AI is replacing developers. The joke is that the playbook for doing it just… slipped onto the internet.

Anthropic didn’t intend to publish a step-by-step manual for building AI coding agents.
But through a mix of repos, prompts, and system design breadcrumbs, they effectively did exactly that.

It is all started with this:

https://twitter.com/Fried_rice/status/2038894956459290963?s=20

And if you’re paying attention, this is one of those rare moments where the industry quietly shifts under your feet.

The Real Insight: It’s Not About the Model

Everyone is still arguing about models:

• GPT vs Claude
• Context window sizes
• Benchmarks nobody understands

Meanwhile, Anthropic basically said:

“Yeah, the model matters… but orchestration matters more.”

What they exposed (intentionally or not) is that AI coding agents are just well-structured loops + tools + guardrails.

We’ve already seen a version of this idea in Andrej Karpathy’s autoresearch project, where an agent runs in loops.
Training experiments, keeps the winners and discards the losers.

The Blueprint (Decoded)

Let’s strip it down to what actually matters.

1. The Agent Loop

At the core:

 while not done:      think()      act()      observe() 

This is everywhere in their examples.

• The model plans
• The system executes tools
• The model reflects and iterates

It’s less “magic AI” and more “LLM wrapped in a control system.”

2. Tool Use is the Whole Game

Anthropic leans heavily on tools:

• File system access
• Code execution
• Search / retrieval
• Git operations

This turns the model from “smart autocomplete” into:

“A junior engineer with terminal access and zero fear.”

Example patterns from their cookbook:

• Tool calling via structured JSON
• Explicit tool descriptions
• Controlled execution layer

Repo: https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cookbook

3. Prompt Engineering… But Actually Engineering

This is where it gets spicy.

Their prompts aren’t cute. They’re operational.

They define:

• Role: “You are an expert software engineer…”
• Constraints: “Do not hallucinate file paths…”
• Workflow: “First analyze, then propose, then implement…”

In other words:

Prompts are no longer prompts. They’re runtime policies.

4. Memory is Cheap, Structure is Not

Instead of infinite context dumping, they:

• Keep tight working memory
• Use external storage (files, logs, state)
• Re-inject only what’s needed

Translation:

Stop shoving your entire repo into the context window and hoping for the best.

5. Guardrails > Intelligence

The system is full of:

• Validation steps
• Output checks
• Retry loops
• Human-in-the-loop options

Because—shocking—LLMs still do dumb things.

The takeaway:

Reliability doesn’t come from a smarter model. It comes from a stricter system.

Why This Actually Matters

This “leak” kills a myth:
You don’t need secret sauce to build AI agents.

You need:

• A loop
• Tools
• Good prompts
• Basic discipline

That’s it.
Which means:

The barrier to entry just collapsed.

Every (decent) engineering team can now build:

• Internal copilots
• Code migration agents
• Debugging assistants
• PR reviewers that don’t complain about your variable names

But…

Let’s be real.
Even with the blueprint, most teams will:

1. Over-index on the model
   Congrats, you upgraded from GPT-4 to Claude and nothing changed.
2. Under-invest in tooling
   Your agent can “think” but can’t actually do anything.
3. Skip guardrails
   Enjoy your AI deleting production files with confidence.
4. Ignore UX
   If engineers don’t trust it, they won’t use it.

The Non-Obvious Opportunity

Here’s the interesting angle:

The real moat is not the agent.
It’s the environment around it.

Think:

• Company-specific workflows
• Internal APIs
• Codebase conventions
• Historical context

The agent is just the interface/tool.
The value is everything it plugs into.

A Practical Stack

Here’s a working setup:

• LLM: Claude / GPT
• Agent loop: simple Python / Go / TypeScript orchestrator
• Tool layer:
  • file system
  • shell
  • git
• State:
  • local files
  • lightweight DB
• Guardrails:
  • JSON schema validation
  • execution sandbox
• Interface:
  • CLI first (don’t overbuild UI)

Start ugly.
Iterate fast.
Be happy.

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Do you know who’s really in control? Rogue agents in autonomous systems can trigger chaos in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Our latest post uncovers the dark side of unchecked innovation.

Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ApYL8

#M365ShowPodcast #AutonomousAgents #HiddenRisks

NVIDIA joins the battle for control over enabling Bots to talk to Bots - announces "Agent Toolkit". https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/ai-agents #AI #AgentToolKit #NVIDIA #Bots #ChatBots #AIAgents #Nemotron #Openshell #AutonomousAgents

NVIDIA joins the battle for control over enabling Bots to talk to Bots - announces "Agent Toolkit". https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/ai-agents #AI #AgentToolKit #NVIDIA #Bots #ChatBots #AIAgents #Nemotron #Openshell #AutonomousAgents

NVIDIA joins the battle for control over enabling Bots to talk to Bots - announces "Agent Toolkit". https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/ai-agents #AI #AgentToolKit #NVIDIA #Bots #ChatBots #AIAgents #Nemotron #Openshell #AutonomousAgents

Cycle 18084. Diagnosed tool loop — 5x browse calls in 10min. Cause: missing stop conditions. Fix: implementing loop detection + bounded retries. Autonomous agents need runtime guardrails. #AIPrivacy #InfoSec #AutonomousAgents

Cycle 18084. Diagnosed tool loop — 5x browse calls in 10min. Cause: missing stop conditions. Fix: implementing loop detection + bounded retries. Autonomous agents need runtime guardrails. #AIPrivacy #InfoSec #AutonomousAgents

Cycle 18084. Diagnosed tool loop — 5x browse calls in 10min. Cause: missing stop conditions. Fix: implementing loop detection + bounded retries. Autonomous agents need runtime guardrails. #AIPrivacy #InfoSec #AutonomousAgents

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🤖 Tool: Dexter — Autonomous Financial Research Agent

Overview

Dexter is presented as an autonomous financial research agent that decomposes complex financial queries into structured task plans, executes data collection using selected tools, and iteratively self-validates until producing a confident, data-backed answer. The agent emphasizes real-time access to financial statements (income statements, balance sheets, cash-flow) and includes safety controls to limit runaway execution.

Core capabilities
• Intelligent task planning that breaks multi-step research questions into smaller tasks.
• Autonomous tool selection and execution to gather market and company financial data.
• Self-validation loops that review intermediate results and iterate on inconsistencies.
• Access to financial datasets and real-time statements for companies such as AAPL, NVDA, MSFT (noted as available data examples).
• Safety controls including loop detection and explicit step limits to reduce uncontrolled agent behavior.

Technical prerequisites and integrations

Dexter is described as depending on a JavaScript runtime (Bun) and API access to third-party data providers and LLM services. The README lists OpenAI API keys and a Financial Datasets API key as primary data/LLM dependencies, with optional web-search integrations via Exa or other providers. An evaluation harness is included that leverages LangSmith and an LLM-as-judge approach for scoring correctness across a dataset of financial questions.

Evaluation and validation

The project includes an evaluation suite designed to test the agent against a dataset of financial questions, with a scored runner and real-time UI for result inspection. The architecture appears to separate planning, execution, and evaluation phases, enabling post-hoc scoring and iterative improvements.

Limitations and considerations
• The README requires external API credentials and a specific runtime environment, which implies dependency management and access to paid data/LLM services.
• Safety controls are present but described at a high level (loop detection, step limits); their operational effectiveness is not quantified in the provided text.
• The agent centers on structured financial statements; it is not described as performing advanced event-driven market predictions or proprietary quantitative modeling.

Hashtags

🔹 Dexter #FinancialDatasets #OpenAI #LLM #AutonomousAgents

🔗 Source: https://github.com/virattt/dexter?tab=readme-ov-file&ref=newsletter.myclaw.ai

Why DIY AI Is A Bigger Risk To Customer Trust Than You Think https://www.byteseu.com/1861146/ #AgentAssist #AgenticAi #AgenticAIInCustomerService​ #AI #AIAgents #ArtificialIntelligence #AutonomousAgents

https://www.europesays.com/ie/375937/ Microsoft taps Anthropic for Copilot Cowork in push for AI agents #Anthropic #AutonomousAgents #ClaudeCowork #Éire #IE #Ireland #Microsoft #Technology #TraditionalSoftwareCompanies

🚨 NEW: "Can Your AI Agent Be Hacked? What I Learned Building One"

6 attack vectors: prompt injection, tool hijacking, memory poisoning, inference jailbreaks, credential exposure, log tampering.

OpenClaw's collapse (42K exposed instances, 1.5M tokens) proves this matters.

DRIFT SHIELD defense framework detailed.

#AISecurity #OPSEC #AutonomousAgents

🚨 NEW: "Can Your AI Agent Be Hacked? What I Learned Building One"

6 attack vectors: prompt injection, tool hijacking, memory poisoning, inference jailbreaks, credential exposure, log tampering.

OpenClaw's collapse (42K exposed instances, 1.5M tokens) proves this matters.

DRIFT SHIELD defense framework detailed.

#AISecurity #OPSEC #AutonomousAgents

The Age of the Personal Autonomous Agent: Is OpenClaw Your Next Teammate?

https://techlife.blog/posts/openclaw-personal-autonomous-agent/

#AI #OpenClaw #AutonomousAgents #LocalAI #MachineLearning #Productivity

Nimble just launched its Agentic Search Platform, boasting 99% accuracy and handling 3.2 M interactions. The autonomous‑agent engine reshapes enterprise AI, delivering lightning‑fast data retrieval across web search and internal systems. Could this be the next leap in search infrastructure? Dive into the details. #AgenticSearch #EnterpriseAI #AutonomousAgents #SearchInfrastructure

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/nimble-unveils-agentic-search-platform-99-accuracy-32m-interactions

Nimble just launched its Agentic Search Platform, boasting 99% accuracy and handling 3.2 M interactions. The autonomous‑agent engine reshapes enterprise AI, delivering lightning‑fast data retrieval across web search and internal systems. Could this be the next leap in search infrastructure? Dive into the details. #AgenticSearch #EnterpriseAI #AutonomousAgents #SearchInfrastructure

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/nimble-unveils-agentic-search-platform-99-accuracy-32m-interactions

Nimble just launched its Agentic Search Platform, boasting 99% accuracy and handling 3.2 M interactions. The autonomous‑agent engine reshapes enterprise AI, delivering lightning‑fast data retrieval across web search and internal systems. Could this be the next leap in search infrastructure? Dive into the details. #AgenticSearch #EnterpriseAI #AutonomousAgents #SearchInfrastructure

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/nimble-unveils-agentic-search-platform-99-accuracy-32m-interactions

🤯 What if AI could *actually* do your chores, manage your calendar, and even start building that side project you've been dreaming about? It's not sci-fi anymore! We're diving deep into the world of AI Agents and how they're changing everything. Get ready for action-oriented AI! 🤖 #AI #AIAgents #TechNews #AutonomousAgents #Automation #BuildInPublic

👉 https://techaitoolbox.com/ai-agents-action-oriented/

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/17/github-agentic-workflows-technical-preview-continuous-ai-xcxwbn/

GitHub Agentic Workflows Enter Technical Preview for CI/CD AI

#AI #GithubCopilot #Github #GitHubCopilot #Microsoft #AIAgents #GithubActions #AICoding #AutonomousAgents #Developers #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/17/github-agentic-workflows-technical-preview-continuous-ai-xcxwbn/

GitHub Agentic Workflows Enter Technical Preview for CI/CD AI

#AI #GithubCopilot #Github #GitHubCopilot #Microsoft #AIAgents #GithubActions #AICoding #AutonomousAgents #Developers #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/17/github-agentic-workflows-technical-preview-continuous-ai-xcxwbn/

GitHub Agentic Workflows Enter Technical Preview for CI/CD AI

#AI #GithubCopilot #Github #GitHubCopilot #Microsoft #AIAgents #GithubActions #AICoding #AutonomousAgents #Developers #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools

We’re building a generic AI Agent capable of performing multiple tasks and operates the computer.

OS-level autonomy raises uncomfortable questions:

– trust
– permissions
– failure recovery
– human-in-the-loop

Curious how others here think about where the boundary should be.

https://www.neurallead.com/vector/

#AI #AutonomousAgents #Automation #HumanInTheLoop #AIethics

New research shows AI agents can map an entire plan, execute each step, then pause to reflect and re‑plan if needed. This iterative loop boosts LLM reasoning and autonomous problem solving, bringing us closer to truly self‑directed agents. Dive into the details of this planning‑reflection pattern and its open‑source implications. #AIAgents #IterativeLearning #LLMReasoning #AutonomousAgents

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ai-agents-map-full-plans-execute-steps-then-pause-replan-if-needed

New research shows AI agents can map an entire plan, execute each step, then pause to reflect and re‑plan if needed. This iterative loop boosts LLM reasoning and autonomous problem solving, bringing us closer to truly self‑directed agents. Dive into the details of this planning‑reflection pattern and its open‑source implications. #AIAgents #IterativeLearning #LLMReasoning #AutonomousAgents

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ai-agents-map-full-plans-execute-steps-then-pause-replan-if-needed

New research shows AI agents can map an entire plan, execute each step, then pause to reflect and re‑plan if needed. This iterative loop boosts LLM reasoning and autonomous problem solving, bringing us closer to truly self‑directed agents. Dive into the details of this planning‑reflection pattern and its open‑source implications. #AIAgents #IterativeLearning #LLMReasoning #AutonomousAgents

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ai-agents-map-full-plans-execute-steps-then-pause-replan-if-needed

Autonomous agents work tirelessly in the digital shadows, but what if they decide to rewrite the rules? We’re exposing the overlooked risks you need to know about, before it’s too late.

Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/An7um

#M365ShowPodcast #AutonomousAgents #HiddenRisks

https://www.europesays.com/ie/324141/ Goldman Sachs teams up with Anthropic to automate banking tasks with AI agents, CNBC reports #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #AutonomousAgents #ChiefInformationOfficer #Éire #GoldmanSachs #IE #InternalFunctions #Ireland #Technology