I asked Manus AI (the invite-only agent that sells for $20K on secondary markets) to create its own open-source alternative.
The result is ANUS (Autonomous Networked Utility System), a complete AI agent framework with architecture, documentation, and tooling - 100% designed and coded by AI.
My role? I wrote the prompt and used Cursor to push to GitHub. That's it.
The project features hybrid agent architecture, multi-agent collaboration, comprehensive tool integration, and flexible model support. It demonstrates how AI can recursively improve AI tools.
Repository: https://github.com/nikmcfly/ANUS
I'm interested in the HN community's thoughts on:
Technical aspects of the framework
Implications of AI systems building other AI systems
What this means for the future of programming
This feels like a significant milestone - when one AI system can create a complete, functional alternative to itself from scratch.
Technical aspects of the framework Implications of AI systems building other AI systems What this means for the future of programming
This feels like a significant milestone - when one AI system can create a complete, functional alternative to itself from scratch.