Quibbler
Dev tools
ai coding agent critic
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114points
27comments
#656of 3,837 in 2025
Top 18%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool concept
From 1 comment
Cool concept, but I picture Quibbler as an off-brand Batman villain.
benzible on HN
Objections
Needs an Anthropic API key, a roadblock for trying it
From 1 comment
Is an anthropic api key really necessary? A major roadblock for taking a test drive. Already have a Claud Max subscription but an anthropic api key still need at least 5$/mon…
balleddog on HN
Requests
Support for stacking Quibblers or a Quibbler council
From 1 comment
Can users stack Quibblers, so Quibbler 2 corrects Quibbler 1 if, say, it fabricates an issue in the code it's reviewing? If so, have you found an optimum number of Quibblers for…
anonymous908213 on HN
Use for non-coding tasks
From 1 comment
Can the same concept be used for non coding tasks?
stacktraceyo on HN
Questions
Could it run as a Claude Code sub-agent without an API key?
From 2 comments
You could use the prompts in the code to create a Claude Code sub-agent[1], which would do the same thing without an API key 1.…
asn0 on HNHow would you invoke the subagent? Can a HookResponse cause a subagent to be invoked, to perform analysis on the action taken and then inject that back into the main loop? Or…
threecheese on HN
Alternatives named
Claude Code sub-agents
From 1 comment
You could use the prompts in the code to create a Claude Code sub-agent[1], which would do the same thing without an API key 1.…
asn0 on HN