Move the Needle · Samuel Mota

Systems I build and share

Open-source projects where I explore ideas, build working systems, and make the choices behind them available to inspect.

Featured Project

Holoself 0.8.0 · Local-first context protocol

Holoself

Bring bounded, approved context into supported AI tools through project-aware local MCP—without giving up readable source or review. Built and maintained by Samuel through Move the Needle.

Explore Holoself GitHub ↗ Release notes ↗

Featured Project

AgentFlow SDLC 2.0 · Accountable delivery system

AgentFlow SDLC

Turn AI-assisted engineering into clear responsibilities, reviewable evidence, and accountable decisions. Reusable across teams, methods, and AI environments.

Explore AgentFlow GitHub ↗ How it works →

Curated open-source projects

MetaSkills

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Build portable agents, then audit the system around them. Harness validation adds read-only, evidence-first checks for reliability and safety.

github.com/smota/metaskills

Tiny-Skills

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Focused, composable single-purpose agent skills and lightweight utilities for streamlined and autonomous workflows.

github.com/smota/tiny-skills

Mesh Loop

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Controlled orchestration for coding agents. Turns an objective into an inspectable task graph, delegating work in isolated worktrees with human approval gates.

github.com/smota/meshloop

The GitHub Corner @smota · Open Source Ecosystem

There’s much more in the repository.

Curiosity, experiments, test harnesses, forks, and working systems in motion. Beyond the featured platforms, explore dozens of public repositories, operational tools, and autonomous agent workflows on GitHub.

Harness Validators Autonomous Workflows Context Protocols Forks & Experiments

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