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First obvious stuff like getting the dmg notarized having easier install. Then after it will be about optimizing onboarding. One of the core goals…",{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"46640473","Yeah ! I feel like until we figure out the correct UX for non-technical people the right way would be a sort of hybrid. Where you'd set it up on a remote server (if you know…",null,{"value":66,"source":50,"evidence":67},"Maker wanted family to run privileged home workflows without a terminal",[68],{"id":53},[70,73],{"value":24,"source":50,"evidence":71},[72],{"id":53},{"value":74,"source":50,"evidence":75},"Claude Skills integration",[76],{"id":77,"by":11,"text":78},"46639012","Yes it's fully integrated with Claude Skills. 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It's a great piece of software for exposing a shared GPT interface but of course that's pretty primitive in the grand scheme…",{"value":96,"source":86,"evidence":97},"Fully MIT licensed after license was added",[98,101,105],{"id":99,"by":11,"text":100},"46637567","Updated ! Thanks for flagging",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"46639389","observationist","Awesome! Very cool project, and kudos for making it MIT licensed.",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"46642250","dmd","How much more open do you want it to be? It’s MIT licensed.",[110,121,132,143],{"value":111,"source":86,"evidence":112},"Too technical for non-technical users such as Susan in Accounting",[113,117],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"46638268","McAdam","Still feels a bit technical. The Claude approach is designed for \"Susan in Accounting\" - what thoughts do you have to reduce the technical barriers?",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"46643948","kewun","I wonder if most \"Susan in Accounting\" even know what Claude is. 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I don't use opencode myself but like a lot Claude skills, agents, I have like 50 different ones for personal life, work, dating, whatever Is there integration with…",{"value":167,"source":86,"evidence":168},"Version control or safeguards for file edits by the agent",[169],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"46677359","jannesblobel","A current concern of mine, also when using Claude Cowork, is that I don’t want files to be modified if I can’t control their versions\u002F if they aren’t versioned at all. 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