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Published by Hacker News · Show HN (50+ points) (T2 source). The original is at https://github.com/lajosdeme/mole.

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Show HN post for Mole, a free open-source deep research agent that runs in the terminal. Features include an enforced budget with claimed 0% overshoot, source citations for every claim, and local data processing that keeps files on the user's machine. It works with most LLMs including local models.

Addresses three concrete pain points of research agents: runaway costs, unverifiable claims, and data leakage. Useful reference for anyone building or evaluating agentic research tools.

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