firstmate
firstmate is Backpass memory optimization for the always-loaded instruction surface. AGENTS.md shrinks from about 30.0k to 16.0k estimated tokens (-47%, using the startup memory budget's bytes/3 estimate) .... It is ranked #3124 on the Dev Radar, in AI dev tools, first seen 56 days ago and shared in 4 posts (86.7k views).
docs: move situational AGENTS.md sections into on-demand skills by kunchenguid · Pull Request #5872 · kunchenguid/firstmate · GitHub Skip to content Navigation Menu Sign in Search / Sign in Sign up Appearance settings You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You switched accounts on another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. Dismiss alert {{ message }} Repository navigation docs: move situational AGENTS.md sections into on-demand skills - # 5872 # 5872 Merged kunchenguid merged 3 commits into main kunchenguid/firstmate:main…
What people said about firstmate on X
i just got into Rex beta, so... firstmate now has full support for Rex! if you are using Rex, this is the most advanced chief of staff agent distro that allows you to talk to a single agent that orchestrates your entire crew across your projects and machines https://github.com/kunchenguid/firstmate free oss, dead…
— @kunchenguid, 11 days ago · 375 likes · see the post
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firstmate in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #3124 of 9220
- Shared in 4 posts by 3 accounts: @kunchenguid
- 86.7k views on those posts
- First seen 56 days ago, last shared 11 days ago
- Pricing seen by AGK Intelligence: open source
- Market: AI dev tools
FAQ
What is firstmate?
Backpass memory optimization for the always-loaded instruction surface. AGENTS.md shrinks from about 30.0k to 16.0k estimated tokens (-47%, using the startup memory budget's bytes/3 estimate) ... It was first shared on X 56 days ago and is ranked #3124 on the Dev Radar.
Is firstmate free?
It is open source.
Who shared firstmate?
3 accounts on X, including @kunchenguid, in 4 posts totalling 86.7k views.
Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 31.4k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 21 days, 9.2k tools, 12 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-11-04 03:07 UTC. Full method.