Experiments

Experiments and early building blocks for an agent OS. Some became components of ShappyOS. Others helped me decide what to keep, change or stop.

From experiments to ShappyOS

From March to September 2026, I built many vibecoded products: ideas I turned into working software quickly with AI. I tried different tools, workflows and interfaces. Some became useful products. Others were early components or experiments.

Their components and lessons later shaped ShappyOS, an agent orchestrator and shared workspace for people and agents. Building and trying different things helped me discover what the larger product should become.

Each project shows its status and what it contributed or helped me learn.

TryMeepoSept 2026An attempt to build a platform like jackandjill.ai on the Meepo workflow scheduler from Ailised, with the medallion technique for its research results.Not finished47 commitsTune It Own ItSept 2026Readers of my articles asked how I make my character explainer illustrations, so I built a tool to make their own. Next, it becomes the Brand component of a ShappyOS workspace: a company tunes how its own assets look and speak.Live81 commitsSchnapShotSept 2026Uses the Codex app-server from a native Mac app, with the user’s own Codex account.Open source5 commitsStuntFactorSept 2026Attention matters. I built it in one week to catch a two-week trend, then stopped because it did not match my values.Stopped by choice369 commitsHakbanAug 2026 to Sept 2026This is where I first scheduled Headless Codex to watch prices for me, for example used Brompton bikes. The scheduled agents saved their research as bronze, silver and gold results: the medallion approach from Ailised.Not finished88 commitsHermes AdminApr 2026 to May 2026Shared model subscriptions, one agent for each person, and one isolated computer for each agent. ShappyOS Bots, model accounts and Workers use the same shape.Private, in use59 commitsDemo WalkthroughSept 2026The same walkthrough idea now runs in ShappyOS Prototypes and in the Charli Voice setup.Published9 commitsSpeakeeJul 2026I hear what my agents are doing while I work on something else. It is one Dromio workflow operation, served through an SDK, a CLI, a REST API and MCP: the same pattern as every ShappyOS product action.Internal1 commitsAilisedAug 2026 to Sept 2026Its components and its agent-native spine became the core of ShappyOS.Merged into ShappyOS428 commitsMonologosJul 2026 to nowThe engine behind Bukkumaku. Version 2 started on 2 October 2026.Engine for Bukkumaku533 commitsPlansmanJul 2026Observability for agentic workflows: see what each agent planned, did and left open.Published4 commitsJustUseCodexAug 2026 to Sept 2026Headless Codex is the execution engine of each ShappyOS Worker. Its code moved into the Worker Software.Inside ShappyOS24 commitsBrowserSiloJul 2026 to Sept 2026A shared pool of browser VMs. An agent uses a VM only while it browses, so no VM runs all the time.Published6 commitsenvarsJul 2026I keep the environment variables of each project in the Keychain with it. It also showed me the problem that the ShappyOS vault now solves, with the design of the Hermes Agent vault.Led to the vault20 commitswtfisJul 2026How I manage processes on each machine.Published7 commitsmkserveApr 2026Docs as Markdown in the repository. ShappyOS keeps its private docs the same way.Published3 commitsBuzz SSOIdentityBuzz signs people in with a private key. Web3 taught me that this is the main pain point: people need single sign-on. At Lit I added Google, Discord and passkey sign-in for PKPs. Buzz SSO gives a Nostr key the same kind of sign-in.Proof of conceptMorphoSept 2026It tested whether apps made from one prompt can follow the same rules as ShappyOS: one operation for each action, scoped keys, and a saved version for each change.Not finished3 commits

Credits

I use existing open-source parts and credit their authors.

Usescelldby DenoHosts the shared conversation service.UsesPi Durableby Earendil WorksKeeps each conversation durable.InspirationHermes Agent vaultby Nous ResearchMy envars tool showed the problem. Their vault showed a proper solution, so the ShappyOS vault follows its design instead of reinventing it.UsesHermes Agentby Nous ResearchThe agent runtime behind my family AI network.UsesBlueBubblesby BlueBubblesLets my family text their agents on iMessage.Started fromSitegeistby Mario ZechnerThe starting point of ShappyChat.UsesCharli engineby Zach GrecoThe voice engine inside Charli Voice.