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Stop prompting. Start shipping.

A developer built zot.im, an open-source autonomous coding agent that operates via a CLI/TUI without requiring constant prompting. The agent runs a loop of planning, editing, executing, observing, verifying, and stopping when tasks are complete. The project is MIT-licensed and available on GitHub.

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I built zot.im — an open-source autonomous coding agent.

No chat box. No constant prompting. No babysitting.

Brief it once, and it runs the loop: plan, edit, execute, observe, verify, and stop when the job is done.

It is a minimal CLI/TUI for developers who want an agent that can actually work through coding tasks end-to-end.

It is early, MIT licensed, and actively evolving.

GitHub: [https://github.com/openzot/openzot](https://github.com/openzot/openzot)

Website: [https://zot.im](https://zot.im)

Would love feedback from anyone experimenting with coding agents or autonomous dev workflows.

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