// Build agent apps
humanlayernightly-0.1.0-nightly-20260227142452
The best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases.
Open source Maintained For developers
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humanlayer is the best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases.
Good for: Developers and teams who want to build agent apps.
01How to start
- 1Read the official quick-start (link above).
- 2Install from the official package registry:
npm install @humanlayer/sdkpip install humanlayer - 3Try it on a small example before wiring it into a project.
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03Related
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Recent releases
- nightly-0.1.0-nightly-20260227142452pre 2026-02-27
- experimental-0.1.0-experimental-22474017235pre 2026-02-27
- experimental-0.1.0-experimental-22473235361pre 2026-02-27
- experimental-0.1.0-experimental-22472825433pre 2026-02-27
- experimental-0.1.0-experimental-22472696309pre 2026-02-27
For AI agents
- Interfaces：SDK
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/humanlayer.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-22