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Pangram verdict · v3.3

We believe that this text is a mix of AI and human-written content.

36 %

AI likelihood · overall

Mixed
77% human-written 23% AI-generated
SEGMENTS · HUMAN 1 of 4
SEGMENTS · AI 0 of 4
WORD COUNT 403
PEAK AI % 59% · §2
Analyzed
Aug 12
backend: pangram/v3.3
Segments scanned
4 windows
avg 101 words each
Distribution
77 / 23%
human / AI fraction
Verdict
Mixed
Pangram v3.3

Article text · 403 words · 4 segments analyzed

Human AI-generated
§1 Human · 17%

NewA much faster mobile appThe IDE that builds itselfbb can control, customize, and automate itself, laying the groundwork for your own software factory.Works withClaudeOpenAICursorPiopencodeGrok Buildoh-my-piHermes Agent+5 moreTriage the Sentry spikeTriage the Sentry spike on checkout.Explored 4 filesThe spike is one error. 92% of volume: a null cart in applyPromo.Edited 2 filesGuarded the null case and added a regression test in promo.test.ts. Re-running the suite.Working tree· Uncommitted · 6 files,+124-18ClaudeOpus 4.8 1MbbWorktreebb/triage-sentry-spikeFull AccessFully customizable.Almost anything in bb can be changed in a single prompt.

§2 Mixed · 59%

Ask for a task tracker and one appears: a panel in your sidebar, a bb tasks command, and a skill that teaches every agent to use it.Many of bb’s own features are built with the same tools you have.

§3 Mixed · 37%

The GitHub integration, agent memory, scheduled jobs, and even remote access are all plugins.Nothing is stopping you from building your ideal workbench.Build a tasks pluginAdd a task management systemI'll build it as a bb plugin and mount it in your sidebar.wrote plugin: tasksregistered panel + bb tasks CLIDone. Tasks is live, and your agents can use it.Add a task management systemOpenAICodexbb/tasks-pluginAnything can kick off work.The same CLI your agents use is open to any program you write: a shell script, a cron job, or your own Hermes Agent or OpenClaw bot in Telegram, Signal, or Slack. Each can spawn a thread that’s waiting in your sidebar when you are.It runs on your machine, and is waiting for you when you’re back.Sawyer’s Hermesbotspawn a thread to fix the failing CI on main9:41On it. Spawning a worker thread.bb spawn "fix CI on main"Worker threadFix CI on mainbb/fix-ci-on-mainMessageThe gang's all hereClaude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, OpenCode, Grok, omp, and Hermes all live in bb. Give a task to whichever fits, and have one agent spawn and manage another, each in its own thread.Each runs on your own subscription: the provider plan you already pay for, billed by them, not bb.ClaudeOpenAICursorPiopencodeGrok Buildoh-my-piHermes Agent+5 moreThreads5 activeClaude CodeShip the releaseCodexPort module to TSCursorRefactor the auth flowPiWrite release notesOpenCodeAdd integration testsFork it.

§4 Mixed · 55%

Make it your own.bb is MIT-licensed end to end. Fork the repo, customize the agents, tools, and UI, and deploy your own build across your whole organization. It still runs local-first on your machines, on the provider subscriptions you already pay for.Put your agents to work.Free, open source, and local-first. Install in under a minute.Stay in the loop.Product updates and what we’re building next. No spam.