Simon Willison 2/10/2026

Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built

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The article introduces Showboat and Rodney, two command-line tools created to help AI coding agents demonstrate their work. Showboat helps agents build Markdown documents showcasing code functionality, while Rodney is a CLI browser automation tool. It discusses the challenge of verifying agent-built software and positions these tools as a practical alternative to expensive automated QA systems.

Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built

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