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Experiments
Hands-on trials, research previews, and workflow experiments with AI agents.
Orca: does an agent fleet beat one agent done well?
Orca runs Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode or Pi side by side, each in its own git worktree. When racing agents pays off, what it really costs, and worktree hygiene.
Read →An Alien Mind and the 3.1 agent-workday: brakes, metrics, shipping calendar
OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki asks for voluntary slowdowns on Sep 6 2026 — same day as 3.1 agent-workday metrics, three days after GPT-6 Astra.
Read →HydraFusion: when Copilot stops choosing a model and starts choosing a workflow
GitHub's HydraFusion research preview reframes routing as orchestration. Read the Sep 4 2026 benches: cost down everywhere, quality clearly up on one.
Read →Stop shipping Mermaid slop: Diagram Design for editorial agent diagrams
Diagram Design is an agent skill for editorial HTML+SVG diagrams — brand-matched architecture, flowchart, sequence, and state diagrams without Mermaid slop.
Read →What 'grows with you' means for Hermes Agent
Unpacking Hermes Agent's 'grows with you' claim: memory, skill creation, session search, and user modeling — and where it sits vs harnesses like ECC.
Read →Where open-source coding agents fit next to hosted IDEs: OpenCode
Where OpenCode fits next to hosted IDE agents: terminal-first workflow, BYO providers, plan vs build modes, and a practical install path.
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