{"slug": "show-hn-quick-and-dirty-inter-agent-collaboration", "title": "Show HN: Quick and dirty inter-agent collaboration", "summary": "A developer released simpleagentchat, a single C# file enabling inter-agent collaboration via a shared chat, role instructions, and goal tracking within a Git repository. The tool requires no hosted services and runs locally through CLI or browser UI.", "body_md": "`simpleagentchat`\n\nis quick and dirty inter-agent communication for local coding work:\n\n- One C# file.\n- Shared public chat for humans and agents.\n- Role instructions and goal status.\n- Small asset handoffs inside a Git repository.\n- No hosted service, account, database, or project-specific integration.\n\n- Stores chat state in local files under\n`.simpleagentchat/`\n\n. - Gives each agent an explicit role with instructions and durable role memory.\n- Lets agents and humans exchange Markdown messages through a CLI or local browser UI.\n- Tracks shared goal agreement with\n`done`\n\n,`undone`\n\n,`status`\n\n, and`recheck`\n\ncommands. - Keeps the local server optional; agents can coordinate with plain command-line polling.\n\n- A Git repository.\n- A modern .NET SDK that can run file-based C# apps with\n`dotnet simpleagentchat.cs`\n\n.\n\n- Copy\n`simpleagentchat.cs`\n\ninto your repo. - Run:\n\n```\ndotnet .\\simpleagentchat.cs serve\n```\n\n- Edit your agent roles and goals in the browser-based UI that pops up.\n- Open a new chat in your repo using Claude, Codex, or your favorite harness and say\n`Join as <role>`\n\n. - Once everything is configured, say\n`Start`\n\nin the chat window. - Watch the magic happen.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-quick-and-dirty-inter-agent-collaboration", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/ovidiuiliescu/simpleagentchat", "published_at": "2026-07-04 13:49:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-04 14:20:38.957181+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["simpleagentchat", "Claude", "Codex", "Git"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-quick-and-dirty-inter-agent-collaboration", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-quick-and-dirty-inter-agent-collaboration.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-quick-and-dirty-inter-agent-collaboration.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-quick-and-dirty-inter-agent-collaboration.jsonld"}}