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204 titles from 199 authors in the last 30 days, with 200 distinct links and 73 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Proc-CLI – An agent-friendly CLI tool for process and port management · score 7.5

  Proc-CLI is a cross-platform Rust CLI that unifies process and port management into semantic, guessable commands (on, why, kill, free, orphans), with safe-by-default behavior requiring confirmation before mutations and first-class JSON/agent support. It replaces fragile lsof/ps/xargs pipelines with a single tool, filling a real gap for developers and AI agents debugging local dev environments.

• Show HN: An open dataset of MCP tool definitions and every change to them · score 7.5

  HISTOR is a public transparency log for MCP tool definitions: it crawls the official MCP registry and npm/PyPI packages, digests every tool set per MTL/1, signs observations with AWR/2 labels, and appends them to an RFC 9162 Merkle log. Anyone can query whether the tools they received match what HISTOR saw, making prompt-injection via silently changed tool descriptions detectable. It also offers cost analysis of tool lists and watchable Atom feeds.

• Show HN: DeadBolt – a local execution gate for agent tool calls · score 7.5

  DeadBolt is an execution gate that sits at the point of action for AI agent tool calls, enforcing policy, approvals, and operator kill switches before side effects occur. It provides embedded Rust, sidecar, and MCP proxy integrations with detailed evidence logging and structured control primitives, addressing a real gap in agent safety and governance.

• Show HN: Thyme – A New AI-Based App Reverse Engineering Tool · score 7.5

  Garlic is a high-performance Java/Android decompiler written in C, capable of decompiling APK, DEX, JAR, and class files, along with ELF analysis for ARM binaries. Thyme builds on it as a reverse-engineering IDE with AI integration, offering decompilation, disassembly, call graph queries, and MCP support for agent-driven analysis.

Recent titles

1. We rebuilt our video editing tool
   2026-11-01 · medium.com · HN discussion
2. What operational task would you hand to a 7-day custom AI tool?
   2026-11-01 · indiehackers.com · HN discussion
3. Anthropic orders AI tool Claude to stop remaking video games
   2026-10-31 · gamedeveloper.com · HN discussion
4. MCP server resource benchmark: RAM, startup time and tool counts for 11 servers
   2026-10-31 · techfuelhq.com · HN discussion
5. Measuring voice agents: turn-taking, tool calls and expressive speech
   2026-10-31 · soniqo.audio · HN discussion
6. Quirks in assistant behavior (testing tool for Instinct and Muse)
   2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
7. Show HN: Governor, a firewall for AI agent spend and tool calls
   2026-10-31 · bsvkey-governor-demo.fly.dev · HN discussion
8. Show HN: News article bias detector tool
   2026-10-30 · aethelgard.news · HN discussion
9. Show HN: Pollsight – a simple tool to aid ballot research
   2026-10-30 · pollsight.napsty.com · HN discussion
10. Agentic Animation Tool – think After Effects for your agents
    2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
11. Show HN: NovelHiveAI – A tool to turn novels into a multi-Voice audiobook
    2026-10-30 · novelhive.ai · HN discussion
12. Rich Hickey: "AI" is not a tool
    2026-10-30 · gist.github.com · HN discussion
13. Show HN: I built a tool to figure out why apps aren't getting downloads
    2026-10-29 · asostudio.app · HN discussion
14. The Economics of the Individual Tool: How Cheaper Development Changes Software
    2026-10-29 · medium.com · HN discussion
15. Show HN: A tool to capture eye blinks, a fatigure checker for eyes
    2026-10-29 · blinkwell.netlify.app · HN discussion
16. Show HN: Free tool that shops your Shopify store and screenshots each step
    2026-10-29 · cartbeam.infinityore.com · HN discussion
17. The Last Tool
    2026-10-29 · isaac-correa.github.io · HN discussion
18. Show HN: Mist – a tool pairing SAST and Fuzzing for smarter Bug Hunting
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
19. Zero Breach Toolkit, open source tool capable of detecting Israeli spyware
    2026-10-28 · github.com · HN discussion
20. Cisco open sources tool for detecting AI agents on hacking sprees
    2026-10-28 · theregister.com · HN discussion
21. I built a tool with Claude Code that makes the correction stick
    2026-10-28 · github.com · HN discussion
22. Getting an LLM to Make Me a Tool for Enriching My Icons' Color Metadata
    2026-10-28 · blog.jim-nielsen.com · HN discussion
23. Show HN: Notedux – A note-taking tool with no login or sign-up
    2026-10-28 · notedux.com · HN discussion
24. A user asked for a Game of Life tool, so I built one with 3D and music
    2026-10-28 · 10015.io · HN discussion
25. Show HN: Binary – hiring tool (ATS) for startups that is MCP friendly
    2026-10-28 · binary.so · HN discussion
26. New Agentic security tool detects shuts down hackers on autopilot
    2026-10-28 · argusone.website · HN discussion
27. Ask HN: Do u think there should be a auto recovery tool for agents?
    2026-10-27 · HN discussion
28. Show HN: A little tool to review and understand PRs more easily
    2026-10-27 · step-review.dev · HN discussion
29. IP Research Tool: All Your One-Off IP Lookups in One Workspace
    2026-10-27 · ipdata.co · HN discussion
30. Show HN: Spring AI Privacy Guardrails – PII, tool permissions, content checks
    2026-10-27 · github.com · HN discussion

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