Hacker News: kevinslin

OpenClaw as the Universal Operating System for Agents

kevinslin — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:22:16 +0000

Article URL: https://bit.kevinslin.com/p/openclaw-as-the-universal-operating

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48237165

Points: 2

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Show HN: Use ChatGPT Apps in OpenClaw

kevinslin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:36:28 +0000

Wrote an openclaw plugin to let claw call chatgpt apps (eg. calendar, slack, etc) Supports both read/write actions.

Things you can do: - summarize slack channels - create calendar events - write google docs

App invocation and codex integration is all handled and supported through the codex app server.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691675

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Making Hard Decisions

kevinslin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:15:50 +0000

Article URL: https://thetortoiseandhare.substack.com/p/on-making-hard-decisions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468889

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by kevinslin in "Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT"

kevinslin — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:12:12 +0000

hi kgeist - i work on the team that manages the github app. are you able to share a conversation where the github connector did not work? feel to message me at https://x.com/kevins8 (dm's open)

New comment by kevinslin in "Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected"

kevinslin — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:45:34 +0000

as someone that likes the npm package ecosystem but is not fond of malware - ended up building a CLI wrapper around npm to only install packages older than a configurable amount of days.

in case folks find it helpful: https://github.com/kevinslin/safe-npm

Show HN: Safe-NPM – only install packages that are +90 days old

kevinslin — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:14:14 +0000

This past quarter has been awash with sophisticated npm supply chain attacks like [Shai-Hulud](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/09/23/widesprea...() and the [Chalk/debug Compromise](https://www.wiz.io/blog/widespread-npm-supply-chain-attack-b...). This CLI helps protect users from recently compromised packages by only downloading packages that have been public for a while (default is 90 days or older).

Install: npm install -g @dendronhq/safe-npm Usage: safe-npm install react@^18 lodash

How it works: - Queries npm registry for all versions matching your semver range - Filters out anything published in the last 90 days - Installs the newest "aged" version

Limitations: - Won't protect against packages malicious from day one - Doesn't control transitive dependencies (yet - looking into overrides) - Delays access to legitimate new features

This is meant as a 80/20 measure against recently compromised NPM packages and is not a silver bullet. Please give it a try and let me know if you have feedback.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46027878

Points: 90

# Comments: 64

Show HN: Skillz – Use Claude Skills Anywhere

kevinslin — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:33:55 +0000

Hey HN,

I'm a big fan of skills and wanted to use them across different models and tools. So I made skillz - a CLI which gives any model/agent/tool the ability to make use of skills

Two commands: - `skills init` to inject into AGENTS.md (or other files) a prompt to make them aware of skills. - `skills sync` will crawl all skill directories and append the name/description frontmatter into the system prompt

This has allowed me to unify common capabilities across all the coding agents I use.

Even if you only use claude, you should find value with skillz like the ability to list and edit any of your existing skills. Have plans to expand this - including a public skills registry of popular skills as well as a feedback loop to track skills usage and auto-improve skills over time.

Please give it a try and let me know what you think!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45948615

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Thoughts on Claude Skills

kevinslin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:59:38 +0000

Article URL: https://bit.kevinslin.com/p/skills-as-object-oriented-programming

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917267

Points: 2

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Skills as Object-Oriented Programming for LLMs

kevinslin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:21:48 +0000

Article URL: https://bit.kevinslin.com/p/skills-as-object-oriented-programming

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45902050

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Multi-Cloud is still a dumb strategy

kevinslin — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:35:23 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/kevins8/status/1982516168574599664

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45714156

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Why We Build

kevinslin — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:07:05 +0000

Article URL: https://thetortoiseandhare.substack.com/p/why-we-build

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45008231

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Building MCP servers for ChatGPT and API integrations

kevinslin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:59:25 +0000

Article URL: https://platform.openai.com/docs/mcp

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44676066

Points: 70

# Comments: 30

Thoughts on Elasticsearch License Change

kevinslin — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:49:08 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/kevins8/status/1829531654538592696

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41401266

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by kevinslin in "Do quests, not goals"

kevinslin — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 20:51:53 +0000

snarky part of me wants to say that X not Y is a trope that has been over used by people trying to peddle their own thing that is just a thin veneer of what was there before

but it’s easy to be a pessimist and pull down other work

i agree that goals are hard and in some sense, set people up to fail by making the target some ephemeral thing in the distance

maybe reframing it as a quest can help it’s something that can be hard it can change you the outcome might be different from what you intended

by all means. do quests. not goals. will go back to nike on this one. just do it