Markov: pi-style LLM harness and coding agent as a single Bash script
A general-purpose LLM harness and coding agent implemented as one hackable Bash script — needs only curl, jq and standard Unix tools, supports sub-agents in dedicated threads, live-reloadable modules and mid-session self-modification by the model.
Why it matters
It inverts the usual agent stack: no Python environment, no npm install, no package manager — the entire harness is auditable in minutes and the model can rewrite its own modules live without restarting, a genuinely different extensibility model.
What you could build with it
A researcher on an air-gapped or locked-down machine could drop Markov's single bash script onto the box and get a working LLM harness with sub-agents and live-reloadable modules, with no package installs or Python environment required.
Does it hold up?
Too early to judge — repo created today with zero stars; it's a single readable bash script so a developer can audit it in minutes, but beyond the author's demo.gif nothing independent exists yet.
Learn more
First spotted on github: source.
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