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This feels self-selective to how some people work, because it requires using MCP to contribute. I'm a reasonably heavy AI user, and have some custom skills/MCP

by vegadw 16d ago

This feels self-selective to how some people work, because it requires using MCP to contribute. I'm a reasonably heavy AI user, and have some custom skills/MCP servers I'd share, but there is no way in hell I'm connecting to some arbitrary MCP server and connecting my Github account to it. Noppppeeeee.

xnx 16d ago
Agree. I was going to type in my setup, but no way I'm touching the instructions on https://mysetup.ai/connect https://mysetup.ai/connect. Also I don't use Codex, Claude, or Pi.
- mixtureoftakes 16d ago
  There has to be a much better way to share your setup
  - xnx 16d ago
    Any setup that is longer than a sentence or two of plain text is almost certainly overcomplicated.
    - vegadw 16d ago
      Not really? I have some custom skills/MCP servers I use: one MCP server for using https://usefeyn.com/blog/pulpie-pareto-optimal-models-for-cleaning-the-web/ https://usefeyn.com/blog/pulpie-pareto-optimal-models-for-cl... ran locally so that reading web pages is cheaper and uses up less context One MCP server for doing automated code quality checking, using Valknut, Jscpd, and Lizard to output scores, combine/aggregate them. That's then give to the model so that it can see if there's a mess of code dupe or if there was significant architectural regression. It's allowed to say "This is worth it" but it ground it a bit and stops really stupid, short sighted, hacked-in features Another uses https://github.com/thejens/id-token-nicer https://github.com/thejens/id-token-nicer so that the model doesn't bork a big ID without being noticed. It's told to translate in and out of that as necessary. I had it write it's own skill for making sure to follow some sane commenting/style guides per language, that way it doesn't just give me massive files with no comments. Finally, a last one lets Antigravity or Codex call out to local models as workers, for long running background tasks where a cheap, dumb model is fine. Saves on overall token usage. I also have a few skills from the internet setup. https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill being the most important one. On top of that, the way people work is notable: Do you use worktrees for agents? Why/why not? Do you have only one subscription? What level? I'm using both Codex at $20/mo and Antigravity at (promo) $5/mo right now. Antigravity's TOS says you MUST use their harness, which informs some of my skill setup/workflow. Do you make your agents.md self modifying, write it yourself, or not use one at all? Do you use a sandbox or YOLO it? Even just how you prompt matters. On Antigravity/Gemini, I can give it a big list-o-TODOs and have it make a very detailed implementation plan itself, carry it out, and generally do the thing, all unsupervised. Codex, from what I have experienced, isn't as good at that. Doing the planning as a separate step, writing to a file, then telling it to step-by-step it with commits for each step makes it work okay again though.
      - koolba 16d ago
        > I also have a few skills from the internet setup. https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill being the most important one. From the README for that skill: > Install the skill, and Claude debugs your code the way you would — not with print statements. Jokes on you! I use print statements too!
  - ad_fontes 16d ago
    Yeah, there is... Post your tooling to GitHub and link to it with a human-written description in a place like HN or Reddit. I don't know why this has to be reinvented?
    - pixl97 16d ago
      Ah yes, just what people want, 50,000 posts about your AI setup on HN. Concentrating certain types of information can be useful. You don't go to an encyclopedia looking for a recepie.
      - taude 16d ago
        I don't ming a "ASK HN: What's your AI Setup", and then sifting through the 100s of comments on what people are doing. Then I'd scrape all that into my LLM WIKI and start digesting.....
      - gbraad 14d ago
        But you do browse through listings to find that car you like.
  - eithed 16d ago
    ShareYourAISetup folks create a skill that user can run locally that collects information re their setup, formats it and sends to dedicated endpoint. Result = fairly uniform reports where people share what they're comfortable sharing. No requirement from given user to spend their time. Users see what the skill does. I guess atm they dont know what questions they want to be asking
- tripleee 16d ago
  From my years of watching people casually `curl randomsite.com/install.sh | bash` you might be a minority there
- steveybrown 16d ago
  Thanks for checking out, I've added support for manual entry without MCP: https://mysetup.ai/connect https://mysetup.ai/connect No Codex, Claude, or Pi... now you have peaked my interest with your setup :P
  - rckoepke 16d ago
    *piqued
    - ismael_rr 16d ago
      haha was also going to mention this at the risk of pedantry
      - rubylimetea 16d ago
        [dead]
  - bitmasher9 16d ago
    I prefer OpenCode over Codex/Claude/Pi
    - jeroen_stulen 15d ago
      Why is that?
steveybrown 16d ago
Fair point, MCP contribution was always optional, although not obvious. I've updated it to make manual contributions outside of MCP more prominent
- deleted 16d ago
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abyssknight 16d ago
I stopped reading after "Ask them on X", but contribution by MCP just compounds on the issue.
Retr0id 16d ago
Maybe I'm missing out, but I've never used a single MCP, ever.
- oxi113 16d ago
  I recommend using spotify mcp server (if you use spotify), it freed me from the loop of listening to the same stuff again and again :P
  - twKrash 16d ago
    that's interesting and helpful.. I have like 2k+ liked songs and Spotify always plays the same ones... Will try it out, thanks
rubylimetea 16d ago
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taude 16d ago
I use almost zero MCP servers. I do vibe a bunch of custom CLI tools with minimal access to do the things that support my workflows. Been happily integrating with all-the-things, while my companies MCP server connectivity changes daily based on security posture and firewall configs, etc....
- rtvn83 16d ago
  I don't use any MCP servers except for Figma!

by vegadw 16d ago

xnx 16d ago

Agree. I was going to type in my setup, but no way I'm touching the instructions on https://mysetup.ai/connect https://mysetup.ai/connect. Also I don't use Codex, Claude, or Pi.

mixtureoftakes 16d ago
There has to be a much better way to share your setup
- xnx 16d ago
  Any setup that is longer than a sentence or two of plain text is almost certainly overcomplicated.
  - vegadw 16d ago
    Not really? I have some custom skills/MCP servers I use: one MCP server for using https://usefeyn.com/blog/pulpie-pareto-optimal-models-for-cleaning-the-web/ https://usefeyn.com/blog/pulpie-pareto-optimal-models-for-cl... ran locally so that reading web pages is cheaper and uses up less context One MCP server for doing automated code quality checking, using Valknut, Jscpd, and Lizard to output scores, combine/aggregate them. That's then give to the model so that it can see if there's a mess of code dupe or if there was significant architectural regression. It's allowed to say "This is worth it" but it ground it a bit and stops really stupid, short sighted, hacked-in features Another uses https://github.com/thejens/id-token-nicer https://github.com/thejens/id-token-nicer so that the model doesn't bork a big ID without being noticed. It's told to translate in and out of that as necessary. I had it write it's own skill for making sure to follow some sane commenting/style guides per language, that way it doesn't just give me massive files with no comments. Finally, a last one lets Antigravity or Codex call out to local models as workers, for long running background tasks where a cheap, dumb model is fine. Saves on overall token usage. I also have a few skills from the internet setup. https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill being the most important one. On top of that, the way people work is notable: Do you use worktrees for agents? Why/why not? Do you have only one subscription? What level? I'm using both Codex at $20/mo and Antigravity at (promo) $5/mo right now. Antigravity's TOS says you MUST use their harness, which informs some of my skill setup/workflow. Do you make your agents.md self modifying, write it yourself, or not use one at all? Do you use a sandbox or YOLO it? Even just how you prompt matters. On Antigravity/Gemini, I can give it a big list-o-TODOs and have it make a very detailed implementation plan itself, carry it out, and generally do the thing, all unsupervised. Codex, from what I have experienced, isn't as good at that. Doing the planning as a separate step, writing to a file, then telling it to step-by-step it with commits for each step makes it work okay again though.
    - koolba 16d ago
      > I also have a few skills from the internet setup. https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill https://github.com/AlmogBaku/debug-skill being the most important one. From the README for that skill: > Install the skill, and Claude debugs your code the way you would — not with print statements. Jokes on you! I use print statements too!
- ad_fontes 16d ago
  Yeah, there is... Post your tooling to GitHub and link to it with a human-written description in a place like HN or Reddit. I don't know why this has to be reinvented?
  - pixl97 16d ago
    Ah yes, just what people want, 50,000 posts about your AI setup on HN. Concentrating certain types of information can be useful. You don't go to an encyclopedia looking for a recepie.
    - taude 16d ago
      I don't ming a "ASK HN: What's your AI Setup", and then sifting through the 100s of comments on what people are doing. Then I'd scrape all that into my LLM WIKI and start digesting.....
    - gbraad 14d ago
      But you do browse through listings to find that car you like.
- eithed 16d ago
  ShareYourAISetup folks create a skill that user can run locally that collects information re their setup, formats it and sends to dedicated endpoint. Result = fairly uniform reports where people share what they're comfortable sharing. No requirement from given user to spend their time. Users see what the skill does. I guess atm they dont know what questions they want to be asking
tripleee 16d ago
From my years of watching people casually `curl randomsite.com/install.sh | bash` you might be a minority there
steveybrown 16d ago
Thanks for checking out, I've added support for manual entry without MCP: https://mysetup.ai/connect https://mysetup.ai/connect No Codex, Claude, or Pi... now you have peaked my interest with your setup :P
- rckoepke 16d ago
  *piqued
  - ismael_rr 16d ago
    haha was also going to mention this at the risk of pedantry
    - rubylimetea 16d ago
      [dead]
- bitmasher9 16d ago
  I prefer OpenCode over Codex/Claude/Pi
  - jeroen_stulen 15d ago
    Why is that?

steveybrown 16d ago

Fair point, MCP contribution was always optional, although not obvious. I've updated it to make manual contributions outside of MCP more prominent

deleted 16d ago
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abyssknight 16d ago

I stopped reading after "Ask them on X", but contribution by MCP just compounds on the issue.

Retr0id 16d ago

Maybe I'm missing out, but I've never used a single MCP, ever.

oxi113 16d ago
I recommend using spotify mcp server (if you use spotify), it freed me from the loop of listening to the same stuff again and again :P
- twKrash 16d ago
  that's interesting and helpful.. I have like 2k+ liked songs and Spotify always plays the same ones... Will try it out, thanks

rubylimetea 16d ago

[dead]

taude 16d ago

I use almost zero MCP servers. I do vibe a bunch of custom CLI tools with minimal access to do the things that support my workflows. Been happily integrating with all-the-things, while my companies MCP server connectivity changes daily based on security posture and firewall configs, etc....

rtvn83 16d ago
I don't use any MCP servers except for Figma!