{"type":"post","stable_id":"post:qm-multiplayer-agent-harness","slug":"qm-multiplayer-agent-harness","title":"QM Turns Team Agents Into Scoped Runtime State","description":"QM points at a multiplayer agent harness where identity, memory, permissions, credentials, crons, and sandboxes are scoped by person, channel, and project.","retrieval_nugget":"QM points at a multiplayer agent harness where identity, memory, permissions, credentials, crons, and sandboxes are scoped by person, channel, and project. QM is interesting because it frames the company agent as a runtime, not a bot in a group chat. The repository describes a multiplayer agent harness for Slack and web use, with scoped memory, files, keychain access, permissions, crons, web apps, and durable sandbox","status":"published","published_at":"2026-08-04","updated_at":"2026-08-04","record_date":"2026-08-04","date_kind":"published_at","topics":["coding-agents","operations","developer-tools","slack"],"source_urls":["https://github.com/yc-software/qm"],"visuals":[{"id":"qm-multiplayer-agent-harness","kind":"editorial-diagram","role":"hero","src":"/images/drip/qm-multiplayer-agent-harness/qm-multiplayer-agent-harness.webp","alt":"Hand-drawn hub-and-spoke runtime map with a headless core, storage, scoped workspaces, memory, keychains, permission gates, crons, sandboxes, and adapters.","caption":"New Runtime synthesis: multiplayer agents need scoped runtime state, not just a shared transcript.","credit":"New Runtime synthesis from public source material","source_url":"https://github.com/yc-software/qm","generated_with":"gemini-3.1-flash-image","width":1600,"height":900,"legend":[{"label":"Scope","description":"Each person, channel, or project needs its own memory and permission context."},{"label":"Core","description":"The harness coordinates state, credentials, queues, and durable execution."},{"label":"Sandbox","description":"Work runs in recoverable environments instead of disappearing into chat history."}]}],"schema_version":"newruntime-agent-readable-v0.2","routes":{"html":"https://newruntime.com/posts/qm-multiplayer-agent-harness/","markdown":"https://newruntime.com/posts/qm-multiplayer-agent-harness.md","json":"https://newruntime.com/posts/qm-multiplayer-agent-harness.json"}}