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Simon Willison's Weblog 2 months ago 34 ● 7 sources
Simon Willison released llm-mcp-client version 0.1a0, an early alpha implementation of the model-context-protocol for the llm command-line tool. The release is version 0.1a0, indicating pre-release status. This enables developers using the llm CLI to connect to context protocol servers, expanding the tool's capability to work with external data sources and services.
Simon Willison's Weblog 2 months ago 27 ● 2 sources
Datasette-agent released version 0.4a0 with a new await context.browser_task() mechanism that lets agent tools run code directly in the user's browser. The feature is part of issue #33 and enables plugins to execute custom JavaScript. This allows Datasette Agent to provide more interactive browser-based capabilities to users.
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18 October 2026
DeepSeek kept one foot on the gas. Its updated DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 went live across web, mobile, and the existing deepseek-flash API model ID, with the same pricing while it improves performance: DeepSWE v1.1 resolution rises to 77% of tasks from 74.2%, and DeepSeek says it finishes work faster. It also bundled something more practical than another benchmark brag—an accompanying developer search API backed by its own engine, with Terminal-Bench 4.0 moving from 31.2 to 42.3 and billing that stays at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens. The subtext for builders is familiar: as agent workflows spread, retrieval cost and reliability matter as much as raw model IQ.
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