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Tools · Updated 10 Oct, 06:07 am IST

REA: a tool to let coding agents reverse‑engineer software

Image: Hacker News (100+ points)

Why it matters for readers: If you want to know why software behaves a certain way, REA helps your coding agent inspect and explain it.

  • REA gives a coding agent tools to inspect a program and explain what it does.1
  • The README shows an npm install and setup flow using npx rea-agents@latest setup and asking the user to approve a setup plan before restarting the agent.1
  • The documentation frames reverse engineering as examining a program to understand, change, or rebuild a feature.1
  • The Hacker News post includes example disassembled code to illustrate the kind of low-level output REA helps analyze.1
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