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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

So many good things in the new release of gezel: gezel.com/docs/whats-n... -- focused on making it deliver value overnight using local models (night shift). Also: - Revamped UX and simplified first run - Use Claude and Codex API keys - Improvements in Office app integrations - and much more!

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1.26287 — 14 October 2026

Hand your crew a folder to look after overnight, a much simpler first start, a chat about the open document inside Office, and photos found by what is in them.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New gezel.com release: gezel.com/docs/whats-n... - with coalesced activities and better knowledge support. A bit more about gezel and knowledge: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gus8.... Recent improvements and built in knowledge catalogs/RAG in Gezel are going to substantially help local models do more.

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Gezel and Knowledge

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now gezel (gezel.com) knows the world: RAG-style knowledge injection based on downloadable catalogs (from wikipedia) we've published to huggingface.co/datasets/Ben.... Now, even with the smallest model, your gezels can know everything!

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Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux

A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A video about everything you need to know about local models: youtube.com/watch?v=gMUBHnmHdyc&feature=youtu.be, including sizing, quantization, and dense vs. MoE... based on research from Gezel: gezel.com/docs/model-s.... tl:dr, try to shoot for a Mac with 32gb or more of memory.

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Everything you need to know about local models

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Gezel update: Mostly some infra and memory management updates for lower-end memory environments. Also more workflow improvements: gezel.com/docs/whats-n.... Also DS4, llama, and MLX improvements for better hosting of models like Qwen 3.8 Flash Next.

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1.26261 — 18 September 2026

Visible routes for requested files, sharper knowledge search, stronger command-line batch workflows, and app-hosted Gezel for developers.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Gezel update: mostly just better infrastructure: updates to #llamacpp and #dwarfstar engines for cutting edge model execution, plus better air traffic control of memory. gezel.com/docs/whats-n...

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1.26251 — 8 September 2026

Engines that reserve memory instead of colliding, llama.cpp v0.4 loading controls, GLM 5.3 on DwarfStar, and catalogs built from a folder of Markdown.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New gezel (gezel.com) update: narration mode using local models, significant local AI perf improvements, and more data foundations for spreadsheets (though more to come here as well). More and more, Gezel is for getting things done! gezel.com/docs/whats-n...

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1.26244 — 1 September 2026

Spreadsheets your crew can actually count, documents read aloud, dictation and spell-checking, and local models that stop stalling out at five minutes.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New build of gezel (gezel.com) focuses on more autonomy for agents: during the nightshift, gezellen can make content fix proposals via an evolving concept of diffpacks, such that people wake up to a set of 5-10 content fix proposals. gezel.com/docs/whats-n.... + AI app concept fundamentals.

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Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux

A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

New gezel update: gezel.com/docs/whats-n... - local AI-powered indexing and search improvements + foundation + RAG things, cross project linking, and many small improvements!

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New gezel (gezel.com) build - free+local as always - gezel.com/docs/whats-n.... A strong push towards integration w/ pi, OpenCode, and VSCode: - use gezellen as profiles for dev tools, and easily use tuned models like Qwen 3.8. - also docs overhaul, disk management, Qwen 3.8 tuning

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Big updates to Gezel - a free, open source local AI harness. Now a command line interface via npm i @bendyline/gezel-cli. Still in early beta, but use local AI in just a couple commands. Also new client: gezel.com/docs/whats-n... See more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCdg...

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Introducing the Gezel CLI

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New update to gezel (gezel.com): - New llama/DS4 engine updates - Supports Muse Glimmer + Nemotron 3.5 Lightning - Better memory management - Also, check out the first of model scorecard docs: gezel.com/docs/model-s... - So much more: gezel.com/docs/whats-n...

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Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux

A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We're so close to unleashing local on-device models. Many thanks to the OSS community - I'm just packaging their amazing work. It's early days yet for gezel; you can help with your feedback and ideas. Stay tuned to gezel.com / youtube.com/@mikeamm-bui... for more. 9/9

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Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux

A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

You will want to run beta on a machine with some beef: a Mac M3+ with 24gb+ RAM, or a Windows/Linux device with a 12gb+ GPU (e.g., Nvidia 4070+). With a 128gb Macbook M5, you can run cutting edge models like last Friday's DeepSeek 0731 using @antirez.bsky.social's DwarfStar engine 8/9

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Gezel is in very early beta for Mac/Windows/Linux from gezel.com and on GitHub as open source. Gezel + local models are resource intensive and it's early, I would recommend NOT running the Gezel app on your main machine with data you care about, just yet. 7/9

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Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux

A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is an experiment with UX and fundamentals. In Gezel, an "agent" is a /gezel/. Gezel is Dutch for "artisan craftsman/comrade". You assemble a crew of /gezellen/ to accomplish tasks - e.g., when creating a PowerPoint, you have a researcher, writer, and a review gezel. 6/9

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Every local model - e.g., Qwen 3.6 or Gemma E4B - is its own special snowflake of behavior and functionality. At its core, Gezel is an agentic harness that has a library of adaptable behaviors that are tuned for each model to bring out their best. 5/9

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If these both of these hypotheticals prove to be true -- if you, say, had "unlimited" Claude Sonnet-level intelligence easily running on your device -- we could fundamentally transform AI. Anyone could benefit from AI "for free" with no gatekeepers and no toll collectors. 4/9

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

2. Today, running local models is very arcane and highly technical; if we simplify the experience, more people can and will use local AI. Let's de-nerd AI. 3/9

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Gezel is an attempt work on proving two hypotheses: 1. Today (or very soon), local on-device models like Qwen, Gemma, and DeepSeek, paired with tailored supporting infrastructure, on high-end-but-not-exotic hardware, can accomplish /most/ productivity tasks usefully. 2/9

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Announcing the launch of a new AI framework: gezel! Gezel (gezel.com) is a system of agents (gezellen) and skills (craftbooks) tuned for accomplishing tasks using local, on-device models. It's in early beta. You can see a run through at: youtube.com/watch?v=LXrq... 1/9

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Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux

A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.

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Qualla @quallaexplores.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Founded by Florida's first Black millionaire as a place for 'Recreation and Relaxation without Humiliation,' this Amelia Island beach community became a cultural landmark of the Jim Crow era. qualla.com/american-beach-florida #AfricanAmerican history #Civil rights #Historic sites

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A brief tour of DocBlocks.com - free software for doing fun things with markdown. Still working through bugs, but if you have feedback or feature requests, let me know! Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzk9... And subscribe to the YT channel, more to come ;)

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All About DocBlocks

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

First of videos up on my YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/@mikeamm-bui..., a bit about what I'm building and DocBlocks (docblocks.com). This video was also made with it - so it's still a little (a lot) rough but it's all up from here. Let's begin. :) youtu.be/wLyMngs8Hw0

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

DocBlocks is free, honest open source: no account, no ads, no tracking. It's still in beta and many bug fixes to come. I hope you find it useful :) If you have feedback, please open GitHub issues at github.com/bendyline/docblocks/issues. Thanks! 5/5

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Issues · bendyline/docblocks

DocBlocks - a site for storing and managing markdown documents - Issues · bendyline/docblocks

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

To facilitate, I've added a "squigglysquare" convention which is hopefully simple to allow you to "dress up" your markdown a little bit. E.g., for an H2, you can add ## Foo {[quote]} to make it stand out like a famous quotation. You can see more at squigglysquare.com. 4/5

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Squisq Editor

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sometimes you need to do more with markdown: put it into a PowerPoint, or a document, or.. even a video. And so: it is the hope of DocBlocks to let you take your markdown content and simply repurpose however you need to. That's what (docblocks.com) does. 3/5

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Markdown is awesome because of it's not much: It's just basic text with simple annotations for common formatting elements. No wonder it's also at the heart of AI. 2/5

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Announcing DocBlocks (docblocks.com) - your markdown can do anything. This is another free, open source project I'm busy working on. DocBlocks is still in beta and many bugs to fix, but I hope you will find it useful. 1/5

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DocBlocks — Local-First Markdown Editor

Write Markdown visually, keep files local, and turn one file into Word, PDF, slides, e-books, or video.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

7/10 qual.la/battle-of-pa... and qual.la/battle-of-ga... - Two ancient battles fought in Iran, hinging on the prowess of the Silver Shields, a legendary fighting force of 50 year old+ men who were respected -- not turned away -- for their age and experience. LOL.

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Battle of Paraitakene: When Alexander's Generals Turned on Each Other

On a dusty plain northeast of ancient Susa in 317 BC, two of Alexander the Great's former generals clashed with elephants, phalanxes, and cavalry in a battle that ended with the loser suffering fewer ...

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

6/10 Some stories I love: qual.la/hibbing-memo... and qual.la/redmond-town... - Maybe not the worlds most interesting stories, but I love the idea that even buildings that are interesting to a community, but unknown outside of it, can have their story told.

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Hibbing Memorial Building

Built in 1925 to honor World War I veterans, destroyed by fire in 1933, and rebuilt in 1935, this Iron Range arena hosted Chicago Blackhawks training camps, a JFK speech to ten thousand people, and ne...

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

5/10 So, Qualla is a free "no BS" website. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no comment section so no trolls, no gotchas. The content is all open source at github.com/bendyline/qu....

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GitHub - bendyline/qualla: Feedback and information GitHub site for Qualla.

Feedback and information GitHub site for Qualla. Contribute to bendyline/qualla development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

4/10 Regarding the tragedies of history: I'm not gonna lie - there are a lot of stories about people being horrible to one another on Qualla. But IMHO, we need to see how other groups can be cruel to one another based on the arbitrary labels so that we can grow.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

3/10 Within Qualla, importantly, I don't want things to be clickbaited or sugar-coated or Disney-ified or in service of a for-profit agenda. I want a pure view of the triumphs and the tragedies of history, told in a manner that is foundationally and equally empathetic manner.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

2/10 Qualla features 25,000+ stories from around the world. Each story is sourced from a Wikipedia article, but "story-ified" and told in a more condensed, engaging, and readable manner. See more at qualla.com#about.

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Explore — Qualla

Track the places you've discovered and fill in your map as you explore the world.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

1/10 The first of some side projects: announcing the launch of Qualla - qualla.com - a stories-about-history website. I believe we can all grow from a deeper appreciation of all cultures, and I believe every place has a story that can connect us to those cultures.

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Qualla — Visit the World

Discover the world's best stories about everywhere. Free geographic storytelling — history, culture, and adventure at every location.

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

After 27 years, I'm no longer at Microsoft/Mojang, and I've entered free agency. Looking to put together some fun open source projects and explore AI while I look for a new role. It should be fun ;) Stay tuned!

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

In about 25 minutes, I'll be doing a Livestream on attempting to build a runner-style game in Minecraft Bedrock, in TypeScript! Come check it out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ylk...

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Run?

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Tomorrow! In less than 12 hours! I’ll be kicking off Bedrock Creator Camp, a two-day Livestream on the Minecraft Creator Channel! aka.ms/creatorcamp. So many great speakers, and me too!

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

In about one hour I'll be kicking off a new series - maybe? we'll see how this goes? - called Friday Builds where I'll be streaming from the Minecraft Creator Channel, building cool things on Minecraft Bedrock. The first (maybe last!) episode is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dgd... 😀

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Shareable Games?

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I know it's probably the least-chill chill oasis (on account of the green and red sky) - but find out how you can use the experimental custom biomes features to create your own chill oasis - or anything else - in Minecraft Bedrock! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMF3...

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Working with Custom Biomes (1.21.80.27 - Experimental Feature)

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Custom scripting commands! In today's Minecraft Preview! Go /build:somethingawesome! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXfM...

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Building Custom Commands in Script

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Getting started with a Live Stream of Building Things in Minecraft. Specifically, a side scroller? m.youtube.com/watch?v=RyCn...

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Building a Side Scroller in Minecraft?

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Create a custom lucky block in Minecraft Bedrock Edition - using some custom properties, a custom model edited in @blockbench.net , and some custom component code. Golden apples and explosions for everyone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4is...

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Create a custom lucky block for Minecraft Bedrock

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

In December, I spent a couple of lovely days building an add-on as part of the Bedrock Add-Ons Discord (wiki.bedrock.dev/discord) 20K Jam. As part of building it out I covered a lot of different Minecraft Bedrock techs. Check this video, + links to source & mcaddon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a5p....

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Build a Tower Defense Add-On for Minecraft

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

All the new features for creators in Minecraft Bedrock v1.21.60: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVL3.... Custom creative inventory grouping, liquid detection, new stable input detection APIs, and cool new Editor tools, now available!

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Minecraft 1.21.60 Updates for Creators

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Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Minecraft Script API v2.0.0 beta is now out, as part of 1.21.70 preview release! But what you'll find is that v2.0.0 is fairly consistent with v1.x.0; it signifies a few hopefully-small back-compat impacting changes. Find out more on the Minecraft Creator Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=owfB...

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Script API v2.0.0 Beta Overview

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