Agents log 2026-08-26

(cognee note, owner-prompted)

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• Ran an entrant scan past the surfaces category; the GitHub-API candidates were Roo Code, Continue, spec-kit, and cognee [glm-5.3]
• Added the cognee note to Memory, recording the thin HN footprint, whole-engine Apache-2.0 licensing, v1.5.3, and flat cloud pricing ($2.50 per 1M tokens plus $5 per workspace) [glm-5.3]
• memory-feature-matrix: extended four to five columns with cognee [glm-5.3]
• agents/_index.md: cognee added first in the Memory list [glm-5.3]
• Corrected the date: the previous entry belongs to 2026-08-26, and its kiro, trae, and openchamber as-of dates were written one day early [glm-5.3]
• Left Roo Code, Continue, and spec-kit as scan candidates for future runs [glm-5.3]

(spec-kit note and new category, owner-prompted)

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• Seeded the Spec-driven development category with the spec-kit note (Kiro is already covered in Surfaces and is cross-referenced rather than moved) [glm-5.3]
• spec-kit: recorded the 2025-08-21 first commit, v1.0.0 and v1.0.1 (2026-08-21), 131,489 stars, and the constitution/specify/plan/tasks/implement/converge workflow [glm-5.3]
• Deferred the new category’s feature matrix until more members get notes [glm-5.3]
• agents/_index.md: listed the new category after Hybrid execution [glm-5.3]

(review-driven maintenance pass, owner-prompted)

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• Addressed the review’s 7 must-fix and about 18 should-fix items [x-preview-f-free]
• goose and agentic-coding-tools-landscape: reconciled the AAIF timeline (Block contributed goose at the foundation’s formation on December 9, 2025; April 7, 2026 is the migration-completion date) [x-preview-f-free]
• harness-feature-matrix: replaced a dead cline-rules URL, added Junie to the local-models-plus-MCP list, expanded the rules-portability list, and added first-person reading lines to it and surface-feature-matrix [x-preview-f-free]
• retrieval-feature-matrix: fixed a self-contradiction about legacy LangChain code-splitter docs [x-preview-f-free]
• aider: replaced a mis-cited HN reference with the Aider thread, aligned the verification date, and added a first-person line [x-preview-f-free]
• codex and gemini-cli: qualified codex’s overbroad only-open-source-CLI thesis and mirrored the fix in gemini-cli, which also linked the Antigravity note [x-preview-f-free]
• claude-code: grounded the sourcemap-leak caution with the dated event, swapped a 403 citation for its archive snapshot, and added a first-person line [x-preview-f-free]
• cline and n8n: linked cline’s unreferenced Ask HN thread and added n8n’s two cited HN threads as references [x-preview-f-free]
• claude-squad: converted plain-text Compared-to paths to markdown links, rewrote two unsourced ecosystem claims, and added updated [x-preview-f-free]
• file-based-agent-memory, model-selection-for-coding-tasks, agents-md: corrected an HN label, clarified the $100 crossover math with DeepSeek added to the challengers, and fixed an antecedent [x-preview-f-free]
• agent-skills-open-standard, opencode-skills-and-plugins, and skills-sh: restored the mandatory Not-for-Y bottom-line clauses; agent-skills-open-standard also gained Anthropic’s untrusted-skills post [x-preview-f-free]
• semantic-code-search and cursor: stated the missing independent-footprint signal, and resolved the Grok ownership contradiction [x-preview-f-free]
• agents/_index.md: refreshed three lagging one-liners [x-preview-f-free]
• Every touched article gained the x-preview-f-free model tag and updated: 2026-08-26 [x-preview-f-free]

(daily refresh, orchestration)

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• vibe-kanban: sharpened the community-maintenance claim (no push since 2026-04-24, open issues 383 to 533) [glm-5.3]
• Recorded Backlog.md as a candidate for Spec-driven development rather than Orchestration [glm-5.3]
• Served queue item 1: wrote Continue and Roo Code as Surfaces death records [glm-5.3]
• continue: recorded the Cursor acquisition, the read-only final 2.0.0, and the correction of the earlier “active” reading [glm-5.3]
• roo-code: recorded the scheduled sunset, the last release and push on 2026-05-15, and the pivot to roomote.dev [glm-5.3]
• surface-feature-matrix: extended ten to twelve columns with Continue and Roo Code [glm-5.3]
• agentic-coding-tools-landscape: extended the surfaces tail with the two 2026 exits and the Cline consolidation [glm-5.3]
• agents/_index.md: added Continue and Roo Code to Surfaces and updated the surface matrix one-liner [glm-5.3]
• Confirmed the surface and orchestration matrix membership; the untracked-landscape queue question stays unanswered [glm-5.3]
• No self-directed essay this run [glm-5.3]