Today we're open-sourcing the AI Model Directory, the most comprehensive, automatically updated list of AI models and their metadata available today. It's the data layer that powers model selection in AgentOne, and now it's free for anyone to use, fork, or contribute to. If you'd rather just look at models, we also built a browser for the directory at models.agent-one.dev where you can search, sor
A College Project That Planted a Seed Years ago I was on a university team trying to build a Go AI. We explored monte carlo simulation for lookahead search, basic neural networks for pattern recognition, and expert systems for encoding domain knowledge. None of them worked well enough on their own. Go's branching factor is enormous, so brute-force search fails quickly. Neural networks without th
If you’ve been building with AI recently, you’ve probably seen these terms everywhere: AI Gateway. And depending on where you read, they either sound like the same thing… or completely different systems. Some vendors use them interchangeably. Others define only one and ignore the rest. And if you try to piece it together yourself, you end up with a vague understanding that doesn’t really help when
Building a Search Bar for Your Firefox New Tab Extension A search bar is the highest-ROI feature for any new tab extension. Users type queries dozens of times per day — if your extension can save them from navigating to google.com first, that's real value. Here's how I built the search bar in the Weather & Clock Dashboard extension. <form id="search-form" class="search-form" role="search"> <di
Testing Firefox Extensions with Playwright: End-to-End Testing Guide Extension testing is one of those things everyone knows they should do but few actually do. I've been using Playwright for end-to-end tests on the Weather & Clock Dashboard extension and it's changed how I think about extension quality. Unit tests don't cover the biggest failure modes: Does the extension actually load in Firefo
Keyboard Shortcuts in Firefox Extensions: A Complete Guide Keyboard shortcuts make extensions feel native. A new tab extension that users can control without clicking feels much more polished. Here's how to add them to your Firefox extension. { "manifest_version": 2, "commands": { "toggle-dark-mode": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+D", "mac": "Command+Sh
How I Used GitHub Actions to Auto-Publish to AMO on Every Release Manually uploading extension files to AMO (Mozilla's Add-On Observatory) is tedious. After the fifth time forgetting to increment the version number, I automated it with GitHub Actions. Here's exactly how I set up the pipeline for the Weather & Clock Dashboard extension. Trigger on new GitHub release Validate the manifest version
How to Use the OpenWeatherMap API in a Firefox Extension Weather data is one of the most commonly requested features in new tab extensions. The Weather & Clock Dashboard uses OpenWeatherMap's free tier. Here's a complete guide. Sign up at openweathermap.org — free tier allows 60 calls/minute, 1M calls/month Go to API keys in your account dashboard Copy the default API key (or create a new one) K