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Mantis

Faster browser interaction than Playwright MCP

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Strong launch

Beat 88% of Show HN launches that day

#23 of 198 on Nov 10

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#7 of 29 AI Agents launches on Show HN on Nov 10. 4.7% of AI Agents launches (8 of 172) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Agents →

50 (0.0%)

points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 17, 15:29 UTC).

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

2d

listed Nov 10, 15:29 UTC

Traction (points) over time

035Nov 11Nov 12Nov 13ListedNov 11, 10:42 UTC · 5 points · 2 comments · 19h after listingNov 12, 10:31 UTC · 5 points · 2 comments · 43h after listingNov 13, 10:27 UTC · 5 points · 2 comments · 67h after listing
3 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
5points
Comments
2
Rank in AGNT this week
#23of 174 HN
Rank overall this week
#101of 1,038 HN
Sector hit rate
4.7%8/172 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
5Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
Last reading
5Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Readings
3over 67h

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Grades · each graded against other AI Agents launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 48% · vs 136 still-tracked AI Agents · Show HN launches

Velocity

A

0.10 points/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 87% · vs 746 AI Agents · Show HN launches, last 30 days

Engagement

—

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Comments per 10 points

Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise

Staying Power

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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs

Launch-day race · #23 of 198 Show HN launches on 2026-11-10

  1. #21A Git friendly open API client5 points
  2. #22NodusDB5 points
  3. #23Mantis5 points
  4. #24Clingon4 points
  5. #25Aisync, advisory file claims so two AI agents don't edit one repo4 points
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works