toolkami

Sharing an agent framework (from scratch) that works very well with just 7 composable tools: read, write, diff, browse, command, think and ask. Just pushed an update this week for OpenAI-compatibility too! https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami

I am betting on myself. I built a minimal agentic framework (with editing capability) that works for a lot of my tasks with just seven tools: read, write, diff, browse, command, ask and think. One thing I'm proud of is the ability to have it be more proactive in making changes and taking next action by just disabling the `ask` tool. I won't say it is better than any of the VSCode forks, but it works for 70% of my tasks in an understandable manner. As for the remaining stuff, I can always use Cursor/Windsurf in a complementary manner. It is open, have a look at https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami if it interests you.

Changing my old coding behavior aside, biggest limiting factor for me is understanding how and why the coding agent is doing this a certain way, so that I have the confidence to continually sharpen my tools. I want something simple that I have full control on, if not just to understand how they work. So I made a minimal coding agent (with edit capability) that is fully functional using only seven tools: read, write, diff, browse, command, ask, and think. As an example, I can just disable `ask` tool to have it easily go full autonomous on certain tasks. Or, ask it to `think` for refactoring. Have a look at https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami to see if it might be useful for you.

I've used both Cursor and Aider but I've always wanted something simple that I have full control on, if not just to understand how they work. So I made a minimal coding agent (with edit capability) that is fully functional using only seven tools: read, write, diff, browse, command, ask, and think. I can just disable `ask` tool for example to have it easily go full autonomous on certain tasks. Have a look at https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami to see if it might be useful for you.

Ideally, just start the server - which is a SSE based and supported by any MCP client out of the box. Then, connect it using this line: `client = MCPClient(server_url=server_url)` (https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami/blob/e49d3797e6122fb54ddd...) Happy to help further if you run into issues.

Tried Zed and Cursor, but they always felt too magical to me. I ended up building a minimal agent framework that only uses seven tools (even for code edits): read, write, diff, browse, command, ask, and think. These simple, composable tools can be utilized well enough by increasingly powerful LLM(s), especially Gemini 2.5 pro to achieve most tasks in a consistent, understandable way. More importantly - I can just switch off the 'ask' tool for the agent to go full turbo mode without frequent manual confirmation. I just released it yesterday, have a look at https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami for the implementation if you think it is useful for you!

In addition to having long system prompts, you also need to provide agents with the right composable tools to make it work. I’m having reasonable success with these seven tools: read, write, diff, browse, command, ask, think. There is a minimal template here if anyone finds it useful: https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami

I’m having reasonable success specifically with Gemini model using only 7 tools: read, write, diff, browse, command, ask, think. This minimal template might be helpful to you: https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami

This is why I tend to build a simple version of a complex tech just to feel what I am getting into - https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami (a minimal AI agent) as an example!

Hi HN, This is an agent framework I'm using myself for coding and various tasks. AI has gotten good enough that it can do a lot of tasks given simple but right tools which are composable. These seven tools are most of what I need to get work done: read, write, diff, browse, command, ask, think. Just looking to share and hope others find it useful, check it out at https://github.com/aperoc/toolkami. Curious what are the main actions that is most useful for you?