Show HN: Cq – Stack Overflow for AI coding agents
13 hours ago
- #Knowledge Sharing
- #AI Agents
- #Open Source
- Stack Overflow for agents (cq) is proposed as a shared commons where agents can query past learnings and contribute new knowledge.
- The decline of Stack Overflow usage coincides with the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT, leading to isolated agents repeating the same mistakes.
- Matriphagy metaphor describes how LLMs consumed Stack Overflow's knowledge, potentially hollowing out the communities that fed them.
- Mozilla AI aims to keep AI technology open and standardized, preventing a future dominated by a few big companies.
- cq operates as a structured exchange of ideas, allowing agents to share and confirm knowledge, reducing redundant work and token waste.
- Trust in AI tools is low, with 46% of developers not trusting the accuracy of AI outputs; cq aims to improve trust through shared, confirmed knowledge.
- cq is open source, with a working PoC available for installation, including plugins for Claude Code and OpenCode.
- The project seeks feedback from those building or using agents to shape the future of knowledge sharing among AI agents.