Show HN: Phantom – Open-source AI agent on its own VM that rewrites its config
by mcheemaa on 3/30/2026, 1:30:00 PM
https://github.com/ghostwright/phantom
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by: jaboostin
My friends and I have been running a similar homegrown system on a VM at home: Claude Code in a GNU screen managed by systemd, Cloudflare tunnels, Graphiti memory system, a Discord channel plugged into Claude to drive it, and Temporal for all sorts of workflows and crons that it builds on its own.<p>It arrived at the same incredibly fun behavior as you talk about in the readme, where the agent just builds all sorts of junk for you autonomously. It has built dozens of web apps, static pages, mini games, etc. all tied back into a central domain that I gave it. I truly have no idea what the system or code looks like but it’s been so much fun just letting it build.<p>The “For People Who Don't Write Code” is so true as well. We have someone in discord that has never written code but they can ask the agent to build virtually anything, it goes off and churns, then pops back with a link to it running live. It’s honestly been so much fun with friends, highly recommend trying it out.
3/30/2026, 4:10:49 PM
by: hmokiguess
Some of the other aspects of the project are quite interesting, I particularly liked <a href="https://github.com/ghostwright/shadow" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ghostwright/shadow</a> I think this has potential, but I am skeptical right now.<p>What is the actual cost of this? Can you share your real burn rate through using this, I sort of wanna try but don't want my API Key to go bananas because the agent decided it needed XYZ for "it" and didn't check with me<p>I get the appeal for the separate "identity" with email and everything for the agent, but then, if it has little to no supervision, what's the liability extent when it goes rogue? Say it DDoS someone, it exploits something, it does damage, is this like your child/minor and you're the parent/guardian?
3/30/2026, 2:36:40 PM
by: scandox
So if I understand this it is an OpenClaw type system but based on the Claude Code Agent SDK? And they suggest installing it on a VM? Or is there more to it?
3/30/2026, 2:24:24 PM
by: hmokiguess
> Nobody asked it to build any of this. It identified analytics as useful and built the entire stack.<p>When I read stuff like this I am not sure how to feel.
3/30/2026, 2:20:36 PM
by: plagiarist
Not sure I'd celebrate finding a library with 3 Github stars. Shouldn't the story there be vetting for quality or security?
3/30/2026, 2:40:51 PM
by: mcheemaa
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3/30/2026, 1:31:55 PM