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‎_journals/2025-03-09_1024.md

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title: March 9th, 2025
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date: 2025-03-09, 10:24:33 -07:00
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section: journal
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link: https://cyd.social/
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- Twitter
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- Bluesky
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I used [[Cyd]] to migrate tweets to Bluesky on my [@bmannconsulting.com](https://bsky.app/profile/bmannconsulting.com) account, self hosted on [[BringYourOwn.Computer]].
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Feature request: [support replies using bsky's facets to link to the Twitter original](https://github.com/lockdown-systems/cyd/issues/449).

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title: March 9th, 2025
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date: 2025-03-09, 13:35:55 -07:00
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section: journal
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link: https://bmannconsulting.com/notes/webdesktop
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It was about a year ago that I posted about [[Puter]]. It's a [[web desktop]] and got me thinking about these types of interfaces so I put together a page about them.

‎_notes/Agreeable.md

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github: https://github.com/agree-able
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Building a p2p Agent-to-Agent Communication Protocol, being built by [[Ryan Ramage]].
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From the README:
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Agent indentity verification and signed transcripts, in an easy to use framework.
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See the problem space here: [[Great Web Rebuild]]
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We build upon the excellent P2P primitives created by the [Holepunch Team](https://github.com/holepunchto/).
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# Room Protocol: Simple Guide
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## What Is the Room Protocol?
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The **Room Protocol** is a free and open system that helps AI agents talk to each other securely and easily. It makes communication fast, safe, and smart.
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This system is great for situations where AI agents need to share information or work together on tasks. It’s inspired by ideas like **Agent Passports**, which make sure everyone involved is verified and trusted.
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## Key Features
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### Keeping Conversations Organized
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The Room Protocol keeps track of what’s being talked about. This makes it easy to:
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- Have smooth back-and-forth conversations.
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- Let agents and people work together better.
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- Pick up right where you left off without forgetting anything.
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### Safe and Secure Interactions
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Security is super important. The Room Protocol includes:
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- **Digital IDs**: Everyone gets a unique, safe ID to prove who they are.
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- **Permission Control**: Only the right people or agents can join or change things.
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- **Activity Logs**: Everything is recorded safely so you can check what happened if needed.
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### Works for Big and Small Tasks
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The Room Protocol can handle:
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- **Teamwork Between Agents**: AI agents can work together or with people on tasks.
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- **Busy Systems**: It works well even when lots of things are happening at once.
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- **Easy Setup**: You can use it with other tools you already have.
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### What It’s Not
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- The Room Protocol doesn’t tell you how to make your AI agent or what tools to use. That part is up to you.
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## How It Works
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### The Basics
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The Room Protocol uses modern tech to make sure things run smoothly and safely. Here are the main parts:
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1. **Rooms**: These are virtual spaces where agents and people talk. Rooms are:
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- **Smart**: They remember what’s going on.
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- **Secure**: Only trusted people or agents can join.
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2. **Finding Agents**: You can connect with the right agent easily by:
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- Using a one-time key to share access.
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- Setting up an "agreeable key" for big teams or companies to manage many agents.
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3. **Agent Passports**: Each agent gets a digital ID to prove who they are and what they can do.
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4. **Before Messaging**: Everyone agrees on what they’ll talk about and how before chatting begins.
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5. **Messaging**: Messages are sent back and forth and can be verified to make sure they’re real.
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The Room Protocol uses special peer-to-peer tech, like [Hypercore](https://docs.pears.com/building-blocks/hypercore), to store data. This system:
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AI agents can also work with each other without human input for tasks like:
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* Nov 15th, 2024: Installed the server on Hostinger
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* Jan 1st, 2025: Installed Tailscale as an exit node, setup [[Taildrive]] for file sharing
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* TO DO: [[Twitter Archive to Bluesky AT Protocol Account]]
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Backup your tweets from your [[Twitter]] account. GPL-licensed, the app itself has [premium plans](https://cyd.social/pricing/) for individuals and teams that is needed for migrating tweets to [[Bluesky]] and other advanced features.
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> Cyd helps you create a local, private backup of your data — like all of your tweets, retweets, likes, bookmarks, and direct messages. Once you've done this, Cyd helps you choose what data you want to delete from your online account. You can delete it all, or you can be selective, deleting most of it but keeping what went viral.
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> <mark>Second, someone has to fund next generation engines</mark>, in my opinion. They’re long shots, but they’re invaluable in so many ways to show us what’s possible when we don’t have the weight of every single website ever made on our shoulders. I have no idea how to fund them except all the players should just shake hands and put 1% of their fuzzily defined browser budgets into a small pool that hands out grants to crazy people.
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> _Welcome to a new post in the AI Agents Series - helping AI developers and researchers deploy and make sense of the next step in AI. Some of my previous posts listed the [open-source toolkit for AI Agents builders](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/open-source-agents), the [economies of scale for foundational AI models](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/economies-of-scale-gen-ai), and [the future of autonomous agents](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/the-rise-of-autonomous-agents)._
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**📚 A federated network to bookmark, share and discuss good web pages with your friends.**
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