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I don't understand Anthropic's reluctance to release this project as an npm package but not open-source it. Claude Code is such a great example of how agents co
by mtrovo 2y ago
I don't understand Anthropic's reluctance to release this project as an npm package but not open-source it. Claude Code is such a great example of how agents could work in the future that the whole community could benefit from studying it. Plus, the work on integrating MCPs alone could create a huge network effect opportunity for them, one that's much bigger than keeping the source code secret.
All they've done so far is add an unnecessary step by putting a bounty on who will be the first to extract all the prompts and the agent orchestration layer.
- Etheryte 2y agoOne obvious reason to not make it open source is licensing, if you do that, all of your competitors can cookie cutter copy what you're doing.
- viraptor 2y agoI don't buy that explanation. Almost all the interesting bits can be found by observing the api requests and you don't need the source to get those.