Show HN: Pointer – A general purpose AI agent via command line
Jian and Thomas here (co-founders of Pointer).
Today we're sharing something we've been working on for the last two months. We've built a sota General Purpose AI Agent (GPA) that exists completely in the command line as a CLI tool.
Our goal was to show that with just minimal scaffolding, we could unlock the full potential of a model's agentic capabilities (Claude Sonnet 3.7) to create a highly effective GPA. What sets Pointer apart is its ability to be more agentic than interactive coding tools like Claude Code, using multiple tools autonomously.
Via CLI, we can direct Pointer to perform multi-step tasks autonomously. It aims to assist you in your workflows by allowing an LLM to access:
- Web Search
- Browser: Using a headful, stateful browser with a browser agent to interact with web pages (tasks like filling forms, navigating, exploring content)
- File System Access: Read/write/edit local files
- Code: Generate and run code
- Bash: Can run commands
We've used it to work on itself, perform complete end-to-end software development workflows, reorganize our file systems on our desktop (:D), submit forms, and do research for us.
There's a Discord for installation instructions, discussion, and showcases where we'd welcome your feedback and testing!
Thanks for your attention.
Cheers,
The Pointer team
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Links
Installation instructions: https://discord.gg/ZsSwZM7v
Website: https://www.trypointer.com/
Demo video 1: https://youtu.be/00typbr9Rg8
Demo video 2: https://youtu.be/9OsMpBrIg7Q
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