Show HN: Computer Agents – AI Agents That Work While You Sleep

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3 months ago

Hey HN, Chatbots are amazing at conversation. They suck at getting shit done while you’re sleeping, in a meeting, or at the beach. So I built Computer Agents: real AI coworkers that each get their own isolated computer in the cloud. What actually happens when you create one:

It boots its own persistent workspace (files, code, memory, everything survives forever) You give it a goal + tools/skills It runs 24/7 on cron, webhooks, or just “keep working until done” You get results via email, Telegram, or just check back whenever

No more “remember this for next time.” It literally remembers. Killer features I’m stupidly excited about

Persistent workspaces: your agent can iterate on the same codebase/project for weeks Code execution that just works – auto pip install / npm install, isolated containers, no Docker hell Deep Research skill – reads dozens of sources, synthesizes, cites everything (actually useful reports) Multi-agent orchestration: chain, parallel, map-reduce, conditional workflows (yes, agent teams) Triggers: GitHub push → agent starts reviewing PR. Slack message → agent replies. Webhook with HMAC. Native SDKs – npm install computer-agents or pip install computer-agents (TypeScript + Python) iOS + Mac apps so you can literally yell at your agents from your phone

Real examples people are already running:

London architect: agents generate full floor plans + client presentations overnight FireChatbot team: 80% of customer emails handled autonomously, 35% workload drop Solo devs: daily competitive analysis reports waiting in inbox every morning

This isn’t another wrapper around Claude Computer Use or Perplexity. It’s the operating system for those kinds of agents. always-on, persistent, and actually shippable. Free tier gives you 150 compute tokens (~15-23 solid tasks) so you can go deploy something stupid right now. First paid tier is $19/mo for basically your first full-time AI employee. Live at → https://computer-agents.com Docs + quickstart → https://computer-agents.com/documentation SDKs, comparisons, research papers I wrote while building this → footer links Would love brutal feedback, wild use cases, or just to hear what you’d make your first agent do. (I’m the solo founder, Germany-based, been glued to the product for the last 4 months.) Ping me when it’s done. I’ll be at the beach.