Building a PDS the Hard Way agent.io/posts/building-a-pds
Building a PDS the Hard Way
agent.ioMar 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
New capabilities for building agents on the Anthropic API | Claude
Claude now offers code execution, MCP server connections, file storage, and extended prompt caching through the API—giving developers powerful tools to build agents that analyze data, connect to external systems, and maintain context for longer periods of time.
lewis.moe/bspds-sandbox
PDS software with bells & whistles you didn’t even know you needed. will move this to its own account when ready.
What is required to make a PDS implementation?
This Github thread from July 2024 had a long answer by Bryan Newbold that is included below:
New tools for building agents
AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents. Think of it as a README for agents.
PDS.RIP - Ephemeral Sandbox PDS
Welcome to a public sandbox PDS for the AT Protocol network. Create an account, test the protocol, build cool stuff.
Agent Plugins
A portable package format for reusable components that extend AI agents.
Building a PDS the Hard Way agent.io/posts/building-a-pds
Building a PDS the Hard Way
agent.ioDid a quick write up on the work I've been enjoying to make a PDS distributed. #atproto
The journey to a distributed PDS - Wills thoughts
willdot.leaflet.pubJust published a repo that's doing nightly builds for several spaces-enabled PDSes. It's mostly for @happyview.dev testing, but I figured some others may get some use out of it as well. Lemme know if there are any other PDS implementation I should add! #atproto
GitHub - happyproto/pds-test
github.comPDS Implementation Details
PDS implementation resources
Pilcrow's auth book
lucid-softworks/pds
PDS — a teaching port of the Bluesky personal data server
