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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.

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.
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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

Beacon

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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

RuntimeCollectionSessionPromptToolCommandFileApprovalMCPTokens
Antigravity CLIHooks
Claude CodeOTLP + hooks + poll
Claude CoworkOTLP
ClinePlugin + poll
Codex CLIOTLP + hooks + poll
Codex DesktopOTLP
CursorHooks + poll
DeepSeek HarnessHooks + poll
Devin CLIHooks
Devin DesktopHooks
Factory DroidOTLP + hooks + poll
fx (Vercel Labs)Poll
Gemini CLIOTLP
GitHub Copilot CLIOTLP + poll
gooseAdapter only; manual hooks/OTLP
Grok BuildHooks + poll
Hermes AgentHooks + poll
Kimi CodeHooks
KiroHooks
Muse CodeHooks
Oh My PiExtension
OpenClaw GatewayPlugin + OTLP + poll~
OpenCodePlugin + poll
OpenHandsHooks
PiExtension + poll
Prime AgentExtension + poll
Qwen CodeHooks
SenpiExtension
VS CodeOTLP + hooks~~~

Browser Chat

SiteCollectionPromptResponseToolTokens
Claude.aiExtension → local OTLP~
ChatGPTExtension → local OTLP

Cloud Agents

RuntimeCollectionSessionPromptToolCommandFileTokens
Claude Code Cloud AgentsSandbox hooks → GCS or S3
Cursor Cloud AgentsSandbox hooks → GCS or S3
Devin Cloud AgentsAPI poll → GCS
CI jobsbeacon ci exec → temporary local collector

SDK Instrumentation

SDK SurfaceCollectionCaptures
AnthropicOpenLLMetry through @asymptote/sdkModel call spans, errors, and OTel attributes
OpenAIOpenLLMetry through @asymptote/sdkModel call spans, errors, and OTel attributes
Claude Agent SDKObserve.wrapClaudeAgentQuery()Query root spans with Beacon-compatible prompt attributes
Vercel AI SDKexperimental_telemetry tracer handoffModel 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

DestinationCategorySupport Path
Local JSONLLocalDefault endpoint log and local dashboard source
Beacon ManagedHosted forwardingSigned-in device enrollment with Standard or Metadata-only privacy
CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale HECSIEMEndpoint forwarding with LogScale ingest tokens
Microsoft SentinelSIEMAzure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rule content pack
Rapid7 InsightIDRSIEMCustom Logs webhook content pack
Splunk HECSIEMEndpoint forwarding during install or repair
Sumo LogicSIEMHTTP Logs & Metrics Source content pack
WazuhSIEMLocalfile configuration and Beacon content pack
AWS CloudWatch LogsLog aggregationVector content pack
DatadogLog aggregationDatadog Agent custom log collection
ElasticLog aggregationFilebeat or Elastic Agent
Customer-managed pipelinesLog aggregationForward directly from local Beacon JSONL
AWS S3Object storageVector, CI upload, or cloud-agent snapshots
Google Cloud StorageObject storageVector, 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

Read the docs →


Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

Open an issue, submit a pull request, or join the Discord.


License

MIT

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