Eve

AI

ai agent harness

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72points
40comments
#922of 4,366 in 2026
Top 22%of 2026 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 14 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.

Privacy: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean interface and good UX

    From 1 comment
    • I connected on my iphone. Didn’t connect it to any tools initially and used my throwaway email, as I need to be more comfortable before connecting anything real. Clean interface.…
      gbibas on HN
  • Useful for analysis and scheduled tasks; fun to try

    From 1 comment
    • Just gave this a try and I really like it. Was able to interact with Eve via iMessage and web UI to download a sample healthcare dataset and run some analyses on it. (Currently…
      mbrundle on HN
  • iMessage/SMS connection is appealing

    From 1 comment
    • I connected on my iphone. Didn’t connect it to any tools initially and used my throwaway email, as I need to be more comfortable before connecting anything real. Clean interface.…
      gbibas on HN

Objections

  • Asks for Google login with little info about the company

    From 2 comments
    • Let me just log into this random site with my Google account with literally zero information about what it is
      athorax on HN
    • It wants me to login with my Google and all it says on the front is "Your Digital Worker" (with only other links being TOS and Privacy Policy). Sorry but that's not quite good…
      indigodaddy on HN
  • Hosting user content on main domain is a security risk; pages were defaced

    From 2 comments
    • hosting user content on the main domain seems like a Bad Idea..
      varun_ch on HN
    • I'm seeing the same thing, both of the /api/sites/ links in this thread seem to be defaced
      begleri on HN
  • Connecting email and accounts is risky; permission requests seem excessive

    From 2 comments
    • Yeah, this looks interesting, but there's so little info on this site, and you're expecting me to give you access to my email, slack, github? Even if I had more info, it would be…
      vonwao9 on HN
    • When linking my Google Mail, Composio was asking for some concerning data (DOB, exact street address). I noped out of that
      xcavier on HN
  • Autonomous agents not ready due to prompt injection and hallucinations

    From 2 comments

Requests

  • Offer Microsoft login option

    From 1 comment
    • If it's "Continue with Google" and no "Continue with Microsoft", you're ignoring 85% of the US small biz market.
      Terretta on HN
  • Fix which UI results are returned to

    From 1 comment
    • Just gave this a try and I really like it. Was able to interact with Eve via iMessage and web UI to download a sample healthcare dataset and run some analyses on it. (Currently…
      mbrundle on HN
  • Fully working computer use feature

    From 1 comment
    • This is essentially a 140-IQ analyst you can text "please fix" at 3:00 AM without the shit you have to deal with when hosting your stuff locally. The context awareness across…
      matthewduff on HN

Questions

  • What is the difference from self-hosting OpenClaw with a wrapper?

    From 1 comment
    • Interesting approach. What's the main difference between this and just self-hosting OpenClaw with a simple wrapper? Trying to understand where the managed layer adds the most…
      kabir_daki on HN

Alternatives named

  • shellbox.dev

    From 1 comment
    • you can spin similar instances very cheaply and billed only for the time openclaw actually runs in https://shellbox.dev ($0.02 for 2vcpu, 4gb ram, 50gb hdd, real linux with…
      messh on HN
  • sprites.dev

    From 1 comment
    • https://sprites.dev as well (it’s a fly.io product). They look suspiciously identical…
      lordofmoria on HN

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