Vercel open-sources eve: an agent is a directory, built as standalone software

Vercel 开源 eve：「一个文件夹就是一个 agent」这句话为什么不是废话

Vercel open-sourced eve under Apache 2.0 at its London Ship conference. The core claim: an agent is a directory. File names auto-register as tools, the Git repo is the agent itself, every instruction change gets a diff and a preview deploy. It ships with durable execution (zero compute during approval waits), sandboxed microVMs, and multi-channel support for Slack, Discord, Teams, and HTTP. This is a different path from LangChain's assemble-it-yourself parts and Claude Managed Agents' cloud-config approach. Eve handles runtime and deployment; it does not write your agent's judgment—instructions.md and skills/ are loading slots, and you bring the content. Multi-platform support is promised but not yet scheduled.

Why it matters: Vercel open-sourced eve under Apache 2.0, with the core claim that an agent is a directory, including durable execution, sandboxed microVMs, and multi-channel support. The article positions eve between LangChain and Claude Managed Agents with concrete mechanism details — not a...