Dan Kornas (@DanKornas) open-sourced MIT CowAgent: an agent harness for builders with task planning, three-tier memory, Markdown knowledge wiki, Skill Hub/GitHub/ClawHub skills plus MCP, and one-line/Docker deploy with web console and messaging channels.

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  • ✓Ship: MIT open-source CowAgent agent harness.
  • ✓Capabilities: planning, three-tier memory, knowledge wiki, Skill Hub/MCP.
  • ✓Deploy: one-line/Docker, web console, messaging channels.
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