Show HN: VAEN – Package and import portable AI coding-agent Harnesses

Category: devtools

Tags: cli-tool, agent-packaging, mcp

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 5, Documentation: 6, Utility: 5)

VAEN is a portable CLI tool for packaging and importing AI coding-agent setups using an OCI-backed archive format. It formalizes the transfer of agent instructions, skills, and MCP declarations between repositories while keeping secrets out of the bundle, addressing a real workflow gap for teams standardizing agent configurations.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/sjhalani7/vaen · Python · MIT · 7 stars

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