We love that feature too and use it quite a bit ourselves!
> Not quite sure if this should be a separate category?
We see ourselves at the intersection of generic browser-automation agents and generic coding agents. MinusX integrates deeply into jupyter/metabase (we had to do a lot of shenanigans to get the entire jupyter app context) and has more context than RPA agents do today. It is possible that eventually all these apps will converge, but we think MinusX will be more useful for anything data related than any of them for the foreseeable future.
To paraphrase geohot, we think that the path to advanced agents runs through specialized, useful intermediaries.
I really like you retrofit analogy - not sure if you coined it or geohot has.
It seems to me that's where a ton of start-ups are currently converging - not repairing the old, which would be too complicated, but understanding and "mending" for new usages, or functionalities.
Thanks! Not sure, I think the term has been in the ether for a while.
Yeah, I see that too. I think for the longest time there was no leverage in doing this sort of retrofitting (except for grammarly type of use cases). But with better intent capture (llms help here), we can actually fix up any existing gaps!
Haha, the analogy is totally yours to use :)
Nice, yeah, there is a lot of leverage in building agent-like hooks into current workflows. Even if the agents are pretty mid right now (they are for any complex use case that needs long horizon planning), it's a great place to be in time for the next generation models to drop!
> Not quite sure if this should be a separate category?
We see ourselves at the intersection of generic browser-automation agents and generic coding agents. MinusX integrates deeply into jupyter/metabase (we had to do a lot of shenanigans to get the entire jupyter app context) and has more context than RPA agents do today. It is possible that eventually all these apps will converge, but we think MinusX will be more useful for anything data related than any of them for the foreseeable future.
To paraphrase geohot, we think that the path to advanced agents runs through specialized, useful intermediaries.