GRgrimm76321·May 5, 2026Submission
Show HN: A self upgrading agent that learns from failure
1 points · Open discussionGrimm67123
grimmbot
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grimmbot
The self-improving sandboxed and open-source AI agent. With persistent memory and scheduling.
3Distinct people
6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
9GitHub stars
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What it is
The self-improving sandboxed and open-source AI agent. With persistent memory and scheduling.
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by week6 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2026-04-01 08:35:25 UTC to 2026-05-05 13:36:43 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Mar 30 | 2026-03-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Apr 6 | 2026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 13 | 2026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20 | 2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27 | 2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 4 | 2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesShow HN: The AI agent that can improve itself
4 points · Open discussionShow HN: Self-improving sandboxed agent with memory and scheduling
2 points · Open discussionShow HN: Sandboxed agent that upgrades itself when necessary, adapts to failure
2 points · Open discussionShow HN: An open source self-modifying terminal based AI agent
https://www.github.com/Grimm67123/GrimmBot
By self modifying I mean its ability to expand its toolset when needed
4 points · Open discussionShow HN: A sandboxed AI agent that can watch webpages without constant API calls
It can also adapt by creating its own tools if its 60+ built in tools fall short. It runs in a debian docker container with chromium and you interact with it through the terminal. Watch it work through a VNC viewer
6 points · Open discussion