Your setup docs, tested from a clean machine

The README,
that fixes itself.

HUMBLE

Your README, proven on a clean machine.

  1. Reads your setup docs
  2. Runs every step on a brand-new machine
  3. Hands back a fixed README, with proof

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Your setup docs, tested from a clean machine

The README,
that fixes itself.

HUMBLE follows your setup docs on a brand-new machine, the way your next teammate will. It fixes the steps that break, proves every fix by doing the whole setup again from zero, and hands you a README that works.

[recorded run] acme-shop demo · no sign-in

Watch a README get proven.

A blue thread stitches every step. Pink crack = break. Blue stitch = fix. Taut replay = verified. Every command, failure, diagnosis, fix and duration comes from the real recorded run.

Six specialized agents · orchestrated by IBM Bob How they work ↓
31public repos audited on a clean machine
19 of 31READMEs broke on a clean machine
36breaks fixed and proven from zero

Numbers from an audit of 31 public repositories pinned to exact commits. See the audit

Day one is where setup docs fail.

Docs drift. A version moves on, a service gets added, a step lives in someone's head.

The newest teammate finds out on day one, alone.

How it works

Six agents do the work. IBM Bob steps in when the rules can't explain a failure.

Six specialized agents · orchestrated by IBM Bob
  1. 01

    Harvey

    Scout · reads the repo

    Reads the docs next to what is actually true: manifests, lockfiles, compose files, CI and code.

  2. 02

    Unity

    Planner · sequences the run

    Turns the prose into the exact commands a newcomer would run, in order, and flags where docs and code disagree.

  3. 03

    Mach

    Runner · runs on a clean machine

    Runs every step on a brand-new machine. Nothing installed, nothing assumed.

  4. 04

    DR.BO

    Doctor · diagnoses and fixes

    When a step breaks, finds out why. Known causes get known fixes; the rest go to IBM Bob.

  5. 05

    Larp

    Verifier · proves from zero

    Throws the machine away and replays the repaired guide from zero. A fix only counts if it passes here.

  6. 06

    Echo

    Scribe · rewrites the README

    Writes the smallest README change that makes it true, with the evidence for every line.

Real runs you can open

Every number here comes from recorded runs you can open and replay.

When HUMBLE stops, it tells you exactly why.

No silent failures. Every stop becomes a clear next step, and every stop makes the next run smarter.

Written down, line by line

The exact README line, the command, the error and every fix it tried, in the run's report.

It asks only for what you hold

An API key, a paid service, a login. 12 of 31 repos are fixed up to that one step and wait on you.

Every stop trains a rule

Today's stops are tomorrow's automatic fixes. IBM Bob's fixes already became free rules.

[recorded run] maitraysuthar/rest-api-nodejs-mongodb: bcrypt and the MongoDB placeholder fixed, 1 step left for you · sahat/hackathon-starter: MongoDB started for you, 4 steps flagged for the maintainer with the failing line.

Check a README

Paste a public GitHub repo. In a few seconds HUMBLE shows where its docs and its code disagree, without running anything.

Try:

Built on IBM Bob

DR.BO. When no rule recognises a failure, Bob reads the repository and returns a structured fix. HUMBLE refuses anything that would change the application itself and keeps it as a suggestion for the maintainer.

Guide mode. A newcomer switches Bob to Guide mode and gets walked through the verified steps on their own machine, one at a time.

Lens. Circle an error anywhere on screen. If HUMBLE has already proven a fix for it, you get that fix instantly; otherwise Bob explains it.

Your README, proven on a clean machine.