Show HN: Am-I-vibing, detect agentic coding environments

48 ascorbic 18 7/19/2025, 4:07:41 PM github.com ↗

Comments (18)

mrKola · 5h ago
Wasted opportunity to call it: vibrator
SequoiaHope · 3h ago
Leaves the name available for a buttplug.io agentic interface plugin.
pryelluw · 2h ago
colon.ai has a nice vibe to it.
ritzaco · 6h ago
This seems like a really bad idea. Agents need to adapt to get good at using tools designed for humans (we have a lot), or use tools specifically designed for agents (soon we will have lots).

But to make your tool behave differently just causes confusion if a human tries something and then gets an agent to take over or vice versa.

ethan_smith · 16m ago
Tools can maintain consistent interfaces while still providing agent-aware optimizations through metadata or output formatting that doesn't disrupt the human experience.
JoshTriplett · 4h ago
This seems like a really good idea for projects that reject AI-written code, to detect and early-fail in such environments.
hoistbypetard · 4h ago
On the other hand, if you want to make your tool detect an agent and try a little prompt injection, or otherwise attempt to make the LLM misbehave, this seems like an excellent approach.
kristianc · 3h ago
In other words, a supply chain attack? Let's call it what it is.
hoistbypetard · 3h ago
I think the term "supply chain attack" is frequently overused, and if I were feeling cantankerous, I might split hairs and argue that I was framing it more as a "watering hole attack" instead. But I agree that it could also be framed as a "supply chain attack", and you seem to have correctly realized that I was suggesting this was an excellent approach to either attack people using LLMs connected to agentic tooling or to render your gadget incompatible with such usage, if that was your goal.

I do not think it's a particularly good way to assist such users.

ofirg · 4h ago
i'm this old: i don't think you should name packages in SWE with names that you will eventually cave in and change if the project gets real use.
ascorbic · 4h ago
This isn't something that's going to need to be in a pitch deck. It's the second open source library I've released this week. But even if it was serious, if Hugging Face hasn't changed its name then I think this is fine
maxbond · 2h ago
I feel I'd be remiss if I didn't suggest the name "vibe check." (The name doesn't bother me personally, for whatever that's worth.)
deadbabe · 4h ago
It’s still a ridiculous choice for a name, look at stuff like ScuttleButt whose adoption is only hurt by its crappy name that few people want to bring up in public.
mattigames · 4h ago
Dead babe has a good point there.
ljlolel · 1h ago
Can’t stop laughing
johncole · 1h ago
Lol
Retr0id · 4h ago
why would this one need to be changed?
petesergeant · 5h ago
Neat! I might monkey patch vitest to show full diffs for expect when being used by an agent

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