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Solo dev open-sources frink, a provider-agnostic AI harness with graph-based 'flows' automations, on MIT
A software engineer released Frink, an open-source (MIT) AI coding harness built solo over the past year, at frink.dev and on GitHub under benord-labs. It differentiates itself with provider-agnostic MCP/rules importing, graph-based 'flows' automations where agents can create custom nodes, a built-in code editor, and a tmux-style split-screen UI. The developer is seeking feedback on whether to continue the project.
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- frink imports MCPs, rules, permissions, and hooks across providers using its own credentials, so configs survive switching between Claude and Codex
- 'flows' are graph-based automations (n8n-style) where agents build custom nodes, chain into DAGs, and call plugins' tools logically
- The harness includes a real code editor and a tmux-style split-screen UI; built solo by a software engineer since the start of 2026
- frink is macOS-only now, with a Windows launch planned within a week; repo at github.com/benord-labs/frink
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