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I built an AI agent that forges its own tools mid-task — and asks first (open source, 60-second demo)

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I asked my agent to password-protect a PDF. No such tool existed. Here is what happened next, in 60 seconds, built only from the real, unedited screenshots of the run: Watch the walkthrough (MP4, 60s) What it is Systemu is a local-first AI agent runtime. When a task needs a capability the agent doe…

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  1. 2026-09-08 21:36 · DEV Community — AI
    I built an AI agent that forges its own tools mid-task — and asks first (open source, 60-second demo)

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