New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Reverse-engineering web apps into agent tools
Show HN: Reverse-engineering web apps into agent tools 12 by pancomplex | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN! We built a browser-based agent that runs inside an authenticated web app, watches how the app calls its own APIs, and automatically turns those into agent tools. You can think of it as an auto-generated MCP server that self-updates as the host app changes. The result is a skilled AI assistant that actually integrates deeply with any product (not just chat and RAG) with minimal effort. Check out these short demos below that show the agent in software you're probably familiar with: - Jira: https://ift.tt/vCSw7uo - Spotify: https://ift.tt/w4hOq7u - Hacker News (lol): https://ift.tt/uXRajWq - Full Demo: https://ift.tt/h3dKNjp As you can see in the examples, you can do way more (and faster) than what you normally would be able to via point and click. And we never even touched the source code of these products! Why do this? In an ideal world, every application has an MC...