Run open-source AI agents through behavioral tests and file the bugs you find
A team ran 53 open-source AI agents through behavioral tests to see how they act on real tasks, then filed bug reports with the projects.
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YaoAnthony on Hacker News · 2026-10-18 · Project link
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What they did
A team ran 53 open-source AI agents through behavioral tests to see how they act on real tasks, then filed bug reports with the projects.
Result (as claimed)
37 bugs filed across the agents tested.
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You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Run open-source AI agents through behavioral tests and file the bugs you find What the original author did: A team ran 53 open-source AI agents through behavioral tests to see how they act on real tasks, then filed bug reports with the projects. Reported result (as claimed by the author): 37 bugs filed across the agents tested. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136669 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Run open-source AI agents through behavioral tests and file the bugs you find What the original author did: A team ran 53 open-source AI agents through behavioral tests to see how they act on real tasks, then filed bug reports with the projects. Reported result (as claimed by the author): 37 bugs filed across the agents tested. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136669 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Run open-source AI agents through behavioral tests and file the bugs you find What the original author did: A team ran 53 open-source AI agents through behavioral tests to see how they act on real tasks, then filed bug reports with the projects. Reported result (as claimed by the author): 37 bugs filed across the agents tested. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136669 Tools they used: not named in the source Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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