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I was bored so I turned my dev tools into an alien planet ruled by my dog

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Developer ToolsAgent OrchestrationLocal RAGCode ReviewHuman AI Interaction
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Summary

Planet Maiko is a local developer workbench that pulls tasks, code review, agent sessions, and tool notifications into one desktop workflow. It targets context switching and agent babysitting rather than a research benchmark.

Problem

  • Developers lose focus when GitHub, Slack, calendars, issue trackers, PagerDuty, and AI agents each demand attention in separate tools.
  • The project matters because multi-agent software work creates coordination overhead: agents can stall, costs can rise, and humans still need to decide what to do next.
  • The author wants a single local tool that can summarize work, suggest next actions, and keep private work data on the laptop.

Approach

  • Planet Maiko runs locally with Python 3.10+ and Node.js 18+, with setup through python3 bootstrap.py and daily use through maiko up.
  • It connects to developer systems such as PagerDuty, Linear, Calendar, and GitHub, then combines their state into one work dashboard.
  • It includes agent orchestration, an agent chat view, in-app diff review, custom automations, cost-aware model routing, local RAG embeddings, and experimental model fine-tuning.
  • The plugin model asks users to add new data sources by writing 1 Python class.
  • Its memory layer builds a local RAG store, including guidelines drawn from prior GitHub history, so the tool can give work-aware recommendations without sending data to a hosted service.

Results

  • The excerpt reports 0 benchmark metrics, 0 user-study results, and 0 comparisons against baselines such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Devin-style agents, or issue-tracker assistants.
  • It claims support for 4 named integrations: PagerDuty, Linear, Calendar, and GitHub.
  • It claims local execution with no telemetry, no hosted account, no cloud dependency, and no paid tiers.
  • It claims one-day workflow coverage across morning planning, PR review, agent session management, issue updates, task updates, automations, and notifications.
  • The strongest concrete contribution is product integration: a free open-source local tool that combines RAG memory, agent control, code review, and developer-system plugins in one app.

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