@_avichawla: Another insane Jev use case! Jev is making it dramatically cheaper to evaluate what actually happened inside an agent r…
Summary
Beacon is an open-source memory layer for AI coding agents that uses Jev to evaluate agent runs and turn useful workflows, corrections, and debugging patterns into reusable skills across multiple harnesses.
View Cached Full Text
Cached at: 09/22/26, 01:52 PM
Another insane Jev use case! Jev is making it dramatically cheaper to evaluate what actually happened inside an agent run. And finally, someone open-sourced a self-improving memory layer that can put that signal to work across agent harnesses: - Claude Code - Codex - Cursor - OpenCode, and 20+ more Beacon by @asymptotelabs continuously captures your agent history across harnesses and uses Jev to identify which runs are actually worth learning from. It then turns the highest-signal workflows, corrections, and debugging patterns into reusable skills. GitHub repo: http://github.com/Asymptote-Labs/agent-beacon… (don’t forget to star it ) Beacon preserves the complete session history. But preserving a run and learning from it are two different things. Most coding-agent sessions contain routine exploration, failed commands, and fixes that only apply to one task. The trace can remain available for inspection without turning every detail into guidance for future agents. Jev scores each run for evidence, reuse potential, and human correction signals. An application policy then decides whether to promote, review, or discard it. The recording shows this in action. Claude receives a coding task, modifies the implementation, and runs the tests. I then provide an edge-case correction, so Claude updates the code and adds regression coverage. Beacon automatically captures the complete session. Jev evaluates whether the correction contains a reusable engineering lesson. Once approved, that lesson becomes available to other coding agents working on the project. Since it works across harnesses: - Claude Code sessions can teach Codex. - Cursor debugging can improve OpenCode. So a problem solved by one agent should not need to be learned from scratch by another. If you want to dive deeper into Jev, I also wrote a hands-on guide to building this Jev-style decision path with open models, entirely locally. Read it below.
Asymptote-Labs/agent-beacon
Source: https://github.com/Asymptote-Labs/agent-beacon
Website · Docs · Discord · Install · Commands
Beacon captures agent session history across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, and 20+ other harnesses, then turns useful workflows, corrections, and debugging patterns into reusable knowledge for future agents.
A problem solved by one agent shouldn’t need to be learned from scratch by another.
Beacon Overview
Beacon is an open-source memory layer for AI coding agents that learns from your work across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, and 20+ other harnesses. It captures full session history, identifies useful workflows, corrections, and debugging patterns, and makes that knowledge reusable by future agents. Built for developers who want agent knowledge to compound across tools instead of disappearing when a session ends.
Key Capabilities:
- Cross-harness history - sessions from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Cline, and 20+ harnesses in one place
- Knowledge that compounds - workflows, corrections, debugging patterns, and repo conventions that survive beyond a single session
- Shared agent memory - reviewed knowledge future agents can retrieve through MCP or Agent Skills
- Exact session replay - prompts, responses, tools, commands, edits, approvals, MCP activity, and tokens in one trace
- Local-first portability - durable JSONL, explicit destinations, and no harness lock-in
🚀 Quick Start
Beacon is open source and local-first. Interactive endpoint setup signs in through beacon.sh and preselects Beacon Managed, with an explicit Local opt-out. Signing in forwards nothing; confirming Managed installs Beacon and connects this machine in the same command, and the confirm screen says so before you accept. System, package, MDM, and CI installation paths remain noninteractive and account-free.
1. Install Beacon
macOS
brew trust asymptote-labs/tap
brew tap asymptote-labs/tap
brew install beacon
beacon endpoint install
Linux
Download the .deb or .rpm from the latest release.
sudo apt install ./beacon_<version>_linux_amd64.deb
or:
sudo dnf install ./beacon_<version>_linux_amd64.rpm
Windows
Download the x64 MSI from the latest release.
msiexec /i BeaconEndpointAgent-<version>-x64.msi
For silent installation:
msiexec /i BeaconEndpointAgent-<version>-x64.msi /qn
2. Use your agents normally
Open Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any other supported harness.
Beacon continuously captures your session history in the background
3. Explore your history
beacon traces
This opens a local terminal browser for traces, event timelines, token usage, and retained content. Nothing is sent anywhere. To use the local web view instead:
beacon endpoint dashboard
Or inspect the raw event stream:
~/.beacon/endpoint/logs/runtime.jsonl
Signing in does not enable forwarding. Confirming the preselected Beacon Managed option does: the wizard says so on the confirm screen, names what your chosen privacy mode sends, and connects the endpoint after the install succeeds. Choose Local to keep everything on this machine, and disconnect any time with
beacon endpoint disconnect.
Inspect the account used during interactive setup:
beacon whoami
🧠 Turn Session History Into Memory
Every agent session contains potentially useful knowledge about your codebase.
Beacon creates a loop around that history:
Run agents
↓
Capture session history
↓
Evaluate what worked
↓
Extract useful knowledge
↓
Review + approve
↓
Reuse across future agents
That could be:
- the right way to run a migration
- a debugging path that finally fixed an obscure issue
- a testing convention agents repeatedly get wrong
- a repository-specific workflow
- the right sequence of internal tools
- a correction you’ve given multiple agents
Instead of disappearing into old sessions, that knowledge becomes reusable.
🔀 Cross-Harness by Design
Most agent memory belongs to a single harness.
Beacon sits across the harness layer.
Claude Code ─┐
Cursor ──────┤
Codex ───────┼──→ Beacon ──→ shared project knowledge
OpenCode ────┤
Cline ───────┘
Because Beacon captures and normalizes session history across tools, knowledge learned through Claude Code doesn’t have to stay in Claude Code.
Your Cursor sessions can improve Codex.
Your Codex sessions can improve OpenCode.
Your history keeps compounding even as you switch tools.
Your agent session history belongs to you, not the harness.
🔎 One Trace Format for Every Agent
Beacon captures agent execution where it happens and normalizes it into a common OpenTelemetry-based event model.
That includes:
- sessions
- prompts and responses
- tool calls
- commands
- file activity
- approvals
- MCP interactions
- token usage
Instead of separate proprietary histories for every coding tool, you get one dataset you can inspect, search, learn from, and build on.
🖥️ Local Dashboard
Beacon ships with a local, read-only dashboard:
beacon endpoint dashboard
Use it to explore session history across harnesses and understand what your agents actually did.
The underlying JSONL remains directly accessible, so you’re never dependent on the UI.
Supported Agents
Beacon supports local agents, browser agents, cloud agents, CI workflows, and agent SDKs.
Local Agent Coverage
| Runtime | Collection | Session | Prompt | Tool | Command | File | Approval | MCP | Tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigravity CLI | Hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | – | – |
| Claude Code | OTLP + hooks + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Claude Cowork | OTLP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cline | Plugin + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Codex CLI | OTLP + hooks + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | – | ✅ |
| Codex Desktop | OTLP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | – | ✅ |
| Cursor | Hooks + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
| DeepSeek Harness | Hooks + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Devin CLI | Hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
| Devin Desktop | Hooks | – | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | – |
| Factory Droid | OTLP + hooks + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ✅ | – | – |
| fx (Vercel Labs) | Poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Gemini CLI | OTLP | – | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
| GitHub Copilot CLI | OTLP + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ |
| goose | Adapter only; manual hooks/OTLP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Grok Build | Hooks + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | – |
| Hermes Agent | Hooks + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
| Kimi Code | Hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
| Kiro | Hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | – |
| Muse Code | Hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | – |
| Oh My Pi | Extension | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| OpenClaw Gateway | Plugin + OTLP + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ~ |
| OpenCode | Plugin + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| OpenHands | Hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | – |
| Pi | Extension + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | ✅ | ✅ |
| Prime Agent | Extension + poll | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | – | ✅ |
| Qwen Code | Hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | – |
| Senpi | Extension | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – | – | ✅ |
| VS Code | OTLP + hooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ~ | ~ | – | ~ | – |
Browser Chat
| Site | Collection | Prompt | Response | Tool | Tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude.ai | Extension → local OTLP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ~ |
| ChatGPT | Extension → local OTLP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
Cloud Agents
| Runtime | Collection | Session | Prompt | Tool | Command | File | Tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code Cloud Agents | Sandbox hooks → GCS or S3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
| Cursor Cloud Agents | Sandbox hooks → GCS or S3 | – | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | – |
| Devin Cloud Agents | API poll → GCS | ✅ | ✅ | – | – | – | ✅ |
| CI jobs | beacon ci exec → temporary local collector | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
SDK Instrumentation
| SDK Surface | Collection | Captures |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | OpenLLMetry through @asymptote/sdk | Model call spans, errors, and OTel attributes |
| OpenAI | OpenLLMetry through @asymptote/sdk | Model call spans, errors, and OTel attributes |
| Claude Agent SDK | Observe.wrapClaudeAgentQuery() | Query root spans with Beacon-compatible prompt attributes |
| Vercel AI SDK | experimental_telemetry tracer handoff | Model call and tool spans where telemetry is enabled |
Output Destinations
Beacon writes endpoint telemetry to local JSONL by default.
You can also forward the same normalized session history into infrastructure you already use:
Splunk · Datadog · Elastic · Microsoft Sentinel · CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale · Sumo Logic · Wazuh · AWS S3 · GCS · CloudWatch
| Destination | Category | Support Path |
|---|---|---|
| Local JSONL | Local | Default endpoint log and local dashboard source |
| Beacon Managed | Hosted forwarding | Signed-in device enrollment with Standard or Metadata-only privacy |
| CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale HEC | SIEM | Endpoint forwarding with LogScale ingest tokens |
| Microsoft Sentinel | SIEM | Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rule content pack |
| Rapid7 InsightIDR | SIEM | Custom Logs webhook content pack |
| Splunk HEC | SIEM | Endpoint forwarding during install or repair |
| Sumo Logic | SIEM | HTTP Logs & Metrics Source content pack |
| Wazuh | SIEM | Localfile configuration and Beacon content pack |
| AWS CloudWatch Logs | Log aggregation | Vector content pack |
| Datadog | Log aggregation | Datadog Agent custom log collection |
| Elastic | Log aggregation | Filebeat or Elastic Agent |
| Customer-managed pipelines | Log aggregation | Forward directly from local Beacon JSONL |
| AWS S3 | Object storage | Vector, CI upload, or cloud-agent snapshots |
| Google Cloud Storage | Object storage | Vector, CI upload, or cloud-agent snapshots |
Architecture
Beacon captures activity where agents actually run and normalizes it into one shared event model.
Local agents ───────┐
Browser chat ───────┤
CI ─────────────────┼──→ Beacon ──→ unified session history
Cloud agents ───────┤ │
Agent SDKs ─────────┘ ├──→ local JSONL
├──→ reviewed memory
├──→ MCP / Agent Skills
└──→ your own infrastructure
See the documentation for the full architecture breakdown.
Documentation
Read the docs for:
- installation
- supported runtimes
- event schema
- session history
- memory
- MCP
- Agent Skills
- forwarding
- advanced configuration
Contributing
Contributions are welcome.
Open an issue, submit a pull request, or join the Discord.
License
Star History
Similar Articles
Been experimenting with Jev — interesting approach to AI agents
The author discusses experimenting with Jev, a tool for AI agents focused on decision-making, which claims significant speed and cost benefits compared to using large language models for all tasks.
@omarsar0: One of the craziest use cases I’ve found for Jev: verifiers. I am so excited about this that I at least wanted to share…
The author shares a novel use case for Jev in building custom verifiers for AI agent harnesses, enabling scalable test-time compute by combining System One and System Two models.
I tested Jev as a "subconscious" helper for my AI agent
The article describes using Jev as a fast classifier to filter and handle small tasks for an AI agent, improving efficiency and reducing costs.
@0xCodila: Jev is the "Internet" moment for the AI industry It tells your agents and LLMs what to do next, in milliseconds and at …
Jev is presented as a transformative AI tool that optimizes decision-making for agents and LLMs, significantly reducing costs and improving efficiency, with a step-by-step roadmap for setup.
@jinchenma_ai: Lately, long posts about Jev have been flooding the entire internet, but there might still be friends out there looking…
The article presents 20 case studies of 'Jev,' a tool for building efficient AI agents, demonstrating diverse applications from flight search to game playing with low operational costs.