You NEED to Try These Open-Source AI Projects Right Now
Source: YouTube — Matthew Berman, published 2026-03-26 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXVbWkoCVaA
Summary
Matthew Berman covers four open-source projects he argues show where AI agents are headed. Three are Claude Code skill/plugin frameworks (GStack, Superpowers, Hermes); one is a multi-agent company orchestration tool (Paperclip, already covered in the wiki). The signal across all four: autonomous agents are moving from prototypes to structured workflows with real tooling.
Four Projects
1. GStack (~50k stars)
By Y Combinator President Gary Tan. A Claude Code skill set that encodes YC’s startup-building methodology: office hours (6 forcing questions before writing code), plan review (find the 10-star product), and role-specific analysis prompts (CEO, CTO, engineering manager, senior designer, staff engineer, debugger). Reading the open-source documentation is reading how Gary Tan thinks about startups. Installation: copy-paste one prompt into Claude Code.
2. Hermes Agent (~12k stars)
By Nouse Research. An OpenClaw-level agent framework with a built-in closed learning loop: autonomous skill creation after complex tasks, skills that self-improve during use, agent-curated memory with nudges to persist knowledge. Multi-chat gateway (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, CLI). OpenClaw migration path included. The self-improving loop pattern was inspired by Andrej Karpathy’s auto-research project.
3. Superpowers (115k stars)
By “Ora.” Claude Code plugin enforcing TDD, YAGNI, and DRY. Workflow: brainstorm → plan → execute → review → finish branch. Uses worktrees by default for parallel agent work. Single install command. Most-starred Claude Code enhancement project by a wide margin.
4. Paperclip (33k stars)
Already covered in Nate Herk’s Paperclip video. Additional context from this source: Berman’s caveat that most “AI-run company” projects won’t generate passive income automatically — these are experimental tools, not push-button businesses. Star count updated to 33k.
Broader Signal
These four projects together signal that the Claude Code ecosystem is maturing rapidly — from a single powerful CLI tool to a platform with its own plugin marketplace, skill sets encoding expert methodologies, and agent frameworks with structured learning loops.
Pages Created or Updated
- GStack — new
- Hermes Agent — new
- Superpowers — new
- Matthew Berman — updated
- Paperclip — minor update (star count)
See Also
- Claude Code — the harness all three tool projects build on
- Agentic Harness Primitives — the production agent framework context
- Multi-Agent Orchestration — Paperclip’s category