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AI · March 14, 2026

OpenMolt

Hi HN! I built OpenMolt, an open-source framework for creating programmatic AI agents in Node.js. Instead of wiring complex workflows (that can break), you define agents in code with instructions, tools, integrations, and memory. The agent then plans steps and executes actions like calling APIs, updating data, or interacting with services. When things break or change, the agent can adapt instead of failing like static workflows. The goal is to make agents behave more like real software systems than prompt scripts. It includes: - a planning/execution loop - tool and API integrations -…

OpenMolt launched on March 14, 2026 with 132 votes, #291 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

What it does

OpenMolt lets you build programmatic AI agents in Node.js that think, plan, and act using tools, integrations, and memory — directly from your codebase.

import OpenMolt from 'openmolt'; const om = new OpenMolt({ llmProviders: { openai: { apiKey: process.env.OPENMOLT_OPENAI_API_KEY }, }, }); const agent = om.createAgent({ name: 'Comedian', model: 'openai:gpt-4o-mini', instructions: 'You are a witty stand-up comedian.', }); const result = await agent.run('Tell me a joke!'); console.log(result); Copy Capabilities Everything You Need A complete toolkit for building production-grade autonomous AI agents. 🔐 Secure by Design Agents access only the scopes you grant. API credentials never leave your server. The LLM only sees tool names, never raw credentials. 🤖 Multi-Provider LLM Use OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini with a unified…from openmolt.dev

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN! I built OpenMolt, an open-source framework for creating programmatic AI agents in Node.js. Instead of wiring complex workflows (that can break), you define agents in code with instructions, tools, integrations, and memory. The agent then plans steps and executes actions like calling APIs, updating data, or…

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