OpenBSD powers 198 AI agents with minimal resource footprint

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A user has developed an AI agent harness utilizing OpenBSD 7.8, running 198 agents concurrently on a single kernel. This setup employs a secure C wrapper involving chroot, unveil, and pledge system calls for each agent's execution, with network egress managed by PF and all system calls logged. The system is designed for efficiency, with idle agents consuming minimal resources until activated. AI

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IMPACT Demonstrates a lightweight, secure infrastructure for running numerous AI agents, potentially reducing overhead compared to containerized solutions.

RANK_REASON This describes a novel technical implementation and experiment with AI agents on a specific operating system.

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Built an AI agent harness on OpenBSD 7.8, as a test and - because why not(?) It's 198 agents. 198 UNIX users. One kernel. Each job runs through a setuid C wrapp

Built an AI agent harness on OpenBSD 7.8, as a test and - because why not(?) It's 198 agents. 198 UNIX users. One kernel. Each job runs through a setuid C wrapper: chroot(2) → unveil(2) → pledge(2) → execve(2) PF handles per-department egress. Every syscall is logged. Idle agents…

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Built an AI agent harness on OpenBSD 7.8, as a test and - because why not(?) It's 198 agents. 198 UNIX users. One kernel. Each job runs through a setuid C wrapp

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