qm – Multiplayer agent harness for work(github.com)
665 points by tosh 46 days ago | 161 comments
tl;dr: QM is a multiplayer AI agent harness aimed at startups, providing per-user isolated workspaces plus shared collaboration in Slack channels, group chats, and projects, each with scoped memory, files, permissions, and sandboxes. It's model- and harness-agnostic (Pi, OpenCode, Codex, Claude Code), runs on Node/Fastify with Postgres, and supports custom internal web apps, cron/background tasks, shared skills, and configurable security postures with audited actions. Deployments run in the operator's own cloud via a CLI, with an MIT license and a contribution model that takes human-written text specs rather than code PRs.
HN Discussion:
  • Skepticism about the 'multiplayer' buzzword and whether it's meaningfully collaborative
  • Questioning the unique value proposition versus existing alternatives like Cowork
  • Validation that per-user scopes plus shared rooms solves a real hard problem in multiplayer agents
  • Concern that agent harnesses enable low-quality automated outreach and unsupervised agent behavior
  • ~Appreciation for new UI primitives but frustration that these tools are poorly explained