Show HN: VAEN – Package and import portable AI coding-agent Harnesses
VAEN is a portable command-line interface designed for packaging and importing coding setups. It utilizes an agent.yaml manifest to bundle instructions and skills into an OCI-backed archive, ensuring that sensitive information is not transported. The tool provides various commands for validation, inspection, and importation of coding environments.
- ▪VAEN packages configuration and authoring files, excluding runtime environments and sensitive credential values.
- ▪The tool offers commands such as validate, build, inspect, import, and doctor to manage agent setups.
- ▪Public agent setup packages are available for popular skills and can be imported easily.
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| Canonical URL | https://github.com/sjhalani7/vaen |
| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 20:52:31 +0000 |
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VAEN VAEN is a portable CLI for packaging and importing agentic coding setups. It takes an agent.yaml manifest, bundles instructions, skills, and project-scoped MCP declarations into an OCI-backed .agent archive, and imports that setup into another repository without transporting secrets. Demo Watch the 24-second flow: docs/assets/vaen-demo.mp4 vaen validate -f agent.yaml vaen build -f agent.yaml -o team-setup.agent vaen inspect team-setup.agent vaen import team-setup.agent --client codex vaen doctor --client codex What VAEN Packages VAEN packages configuration and authoring files, not runtime environments.
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