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title: "bx"
url: https://www.grahambrooks.com/projects/bx/
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# bx

- [Running Local MCP Servers Without a Node or Python Runtime (bx)](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/bx-lighter-mcp-servers/index.md) (2026-05-23): MCP server configs across the ecosystem default to npx . That quietly forces a Node runtime onto every machine that wants to run a native binary tool. bx is the missing primitive for the other case. I spent the weekend…
- [The Agentic Inner Loop: Sensors, Substrate, and Skills for Polyglot Development](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/inner-loop-agentic-development/index.md) (2026-05-23): What the developer inner loop becomes when a coding agent is doing most of the iteration — and the substrate, sensors, codemods, and skills you need to build for it.