Building Your Own AI Coding Agent: From Bash Loops to Autonomous Code Wizards
Building Your Own AI Coding Agent: From Bash Loops to Autonomous Code Wizards In the rapidly evolving world of AI-assisted development, tools like Claude Code have redefined how engineers work, blending large language models (LLMs) with direct filesystem access for agentic coding[1][2]. But what if you could build your own lightweight version from scratch? This post dives deep into creating a nano AI coding agent using nothing but Bash and a simple LLM loop, inspired by open-source projects that strip agentic AI to its essentials. We’ll progress through 12 hands-on sessions, each adding a core mechanism, turning a basic script into a powerful, autonomous code companion. ...