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The main draw for me is that I can keep my sessions in one database regardless of the model/provider I use. The webapp can access everything remotely, which is convenient when I'm on my phone. I haven't gotten a chance to test the multi-agent capabilities, but the DeepSeek Flash prices are so low that I probably will soon.", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent session management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Databricks drove down AI coding spend 70%"}, {"id": 782850320, "item_id": 48928145, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928145", "by": "falaki", "date": "2026-07-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend using https://omnigent.ai over Grok Build or any other harness.", "excerpt": "I recommend using https://omnigent.ai over Grok Build or any other harness.", "context": "", "use_case": "agent harness", "switched_from": "", "story": "Grok Build Is OSS"}, {"id": 777954144, "item_id": 48622134, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622134", "by": "hulahoof", "date": "2026-06-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "check out omnigent for building workflows across multiple harnesses", "excerpt": "If you haven\u2019t already, check out omnigent for building workflows across multiple harnesses: https://omnigent.ai/ (Disclaimer: I work for Databricks, but do not work on omnigent - though I have submitted some QOL PRs as a community member)", "context": "works for Databricks, submitted PRs as community member", "use_case": "workflows across agent harnesses", "switched_from": "", "story": "Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabilities Starting July 8"}, {"id": 776293040, "item_id": 48518315, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518315", "by": "dpbrinkm", "date": "2026-06-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can see this being useful if only for the fact I can search all my conversations with my 50 different agents", "excerpt": "I can see this being useful if only for the fact I can search all my conversations with my 50 different agents on different providers easier. I spend so much time looking through my cc/codex session or the desktop app or Hermes agent or antigravity session (back when I used that). Hopefully having a layer above will abstract that away. If I understand it correctly the meta harness will help me scan across all session", "context": "", "use_case": "searching agent sessions", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omnigent: A Meta-Harness to Combine, Control and Share Your Agents"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "hulahoof", "context": "works for Databricks, submitted PRs as community member", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622134", "date": "2026-06-21"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["coding agents", "coding agent session management", "agent harness", "workflows across agent harnesses", "searching agent sessions"], "compared": [{"slug": "claude-code", "name": "Claude Code", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "codex", "name": "Codex", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636239", "title": "Ask HN: What's your AI coding set up?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214468", "title": "Databricks drove down AI coding spend 70%", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926590", "title": "Grok Build Is OSS", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618455", "title": "Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabilities Starting July 8", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518176", "title": "Omnigent: A Meta-Harness to Combine, Control and Share Your Agents", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 796065248, "item_id": 49754078, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754078", "by": "chachachainsaw", "date": "2026-09-18", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use omnigent with claude code and codex.", "excerpt": "I use omnigent with claude code and codex. 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I haven't gotten a chance to test the multi-agent capabilities, but the DeepSeek Flash prices are so low that I probably will soon.", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent session management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Databricks drove down AI coding spend 70%"}, {"id": 782850320, "item_id": 48928145, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928145", "by": "falaki", "date": "2026-07-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend using https://omnigent.ai over Grok Build or any other harness.", "excerpt": "I recommend using https://omnigent.ai over Grok Build or any other harness.", "context": "", "use_case": "agent harness", "switched_from": "", "story": "Grok Build Is OSS"}, {"id": 777954144, "item_id": 48622134, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622134", "by": "hulahoof", "date": "2026-06-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "check out omnigent for building workflows across multiple harnesses", "excerpt": "If you haven\u2019t already, check out omnigent for building workflows across multiple harnesses: https://omnigent.ai/ (Disclaimer: I work for Databricks, but do not work on omnigent - though I have submitted some QOL PRs as a community member)", "context": "works for Databricks, submitted PRs as community member", "use_case": "workflows across agent harnesses", "switched_from": "", "story": "Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabilities Starting July 8"}, {"id": 776293040, "item_id": 48518315, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518315", "by": "dpbrinkm", "date": "2026-06-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can see this being useful if only for the fact I can search all my conversations with my 50 different agents", "excerpt": "I can see this being useful if only for the fact I can search all my conversations with my 50 different agents on different providers easier. 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