Gambit

AI

agent framework

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91points
27comments
#752of 4,366 in 2026
Top 18%of 2026 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.

Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean separation of logic, code and prompts

    From 1 comment
    • I've been playing with this for the past 24 hours or so. I like the atomic containment of the LLM, and the clear separation of logic, code, and prompts. You have some great…
      elgrantomate on HN
  • Good architecture and typed deck composition

    From 2 comments
    • Nice architecture. The typed deck composition pattern is exactly right for making agent workflows testable. One thing I've been thinking about is that schema validation catches…
      niyikiza on HN
    • this is awesome are things like file system baked in? fan of the design of the system. looks great architecturally
      sofdao on HN

Objections

  • Parameter and prompt constraints are hard to get the model to follow

    From 1 comment
    • I've been playing with this for the past 24 hours or so. I like the atomic containment of the LLM, and the clear separation of logic, code, and prompts. You have some great…
      elgrantomate on HN
  • PII guarantee claim is overstated

    From 1 comment
    • > - Rubric based grading to guarantee you (for instance) don’t leak PII accidentally That does not sound like a "guarantee", at all.
      yencabulator on HN

Requests

  • Gemini API support

    From 1 comment
    • also, it seems like this works with openrouter, and perhaps OpenAI -- what about Gemini API?
      elgrantomate on HN
  • File loading as input

    From 1 comment
    • I've been playing with this for the past 24 hours or so. I like the atomic containment of the LLM, and the clear separation of logic, code, and prompts. You have some great…
      elgrantomate on HN

Questions

  • How context is handled when agents call agents

    From 1 comment
    • nice work. the idea of breaking agents into short-lived executors with explicit inputs/outputs makes a lot of sense - most failures i've seen come from agents staying alive too…
      benban on HN
  • Comparison to Mastra

    From 1 comment
    • Is this an alternative to https://mastra.ai/docs How would it compare?
      Trufa on HN
  • Integration with cryptographic warrant authorization

    From 1 comment
    • Nice architecture. The typed deck composition pattern is exactly right for making agent workflows testable. One thing I've been thinking about is that schema validation catches…
      niyikiza on HN

Alternatives named

  • Mastra

    From 1 comment
    • Is this an alternative to https://mastra.ai/docs How would it compare?
      Trufa on HN
  • LangChain

    From 1 comment
    • This looks quite interesting in terms of the architecture. Seems like a fresh take on stuff like Langchain, which at least last time I checked sucks.
      franciscomello on HN

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