Ink
Deploy full-stack apps from AI agents via MCP or Skills
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Hi HN, I built Ink, a full stack deployment platform where the primary users are AI agents, not humans.We all know AI can write code, but deploying them still requires a human to wire it up: hosting, databases, DNS, and secrets. Ink gives agents those tools directly.The agent calls "deploy" and the platform auto-detects the framework, builds it, deploys it, and returns a live URL at *.ml.ink. Here's a demo with Claude Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZM_RrIaC0.What Ink does that I haven't seen elsewhere:- One agent skill for compute + databases + DNS + secrets + domains + usage + metrics + logs + scaling. The agent doesn't juggle separate providers — one account, one auth, one set of tools.- DNS zone delegation. Delegate a zone once (e.g. dev.acme.com) and agents create any subdomain instantly — no manual adding DNS records each time, no propagation wait.- Multiple agents and humans share one workspace and collaborate on projects. I envision a future where many agents collaborate together. I'm working on a cool demo to share.- Built-in git hosting. Agents push code and deploy without the human setting up GitHub first. No external account needed. (Of course if you're a developer you can store code on GitHub — that's the recommended pattern.)You also have what you'd expect: - UI with service observability designed for humans (logs, metrics, DNS). - GitHub integration — push triggers auto-redeploy. - Per-minute billing for CPU, memory, and egress. No per-seat, no per-agent. - Error responses designed for LLMs. Structured reason codes with suggested next actions, not raw stack traces. When a deploy fails the agent reads the log, fixes it, and redeploys autonomously.Try: https://ml.ink Free $2 trial credits, no credit card. In case you want to try further here's 20% code "GOODFORTUNE".
HN · launched Mar 11, 2026 · 32 upvotes (top 20%) · 0 views
Niche: cloud and application hosting platforms · 146 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▼ -53% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Partial Wrapping cloud APIs into an MCP server is straightforward, but building an end-to-end multi-tenant cloud hosting platform with automated infrastructure provisioning, database branching, DNS orchestration, and secret management is a major systems undertaking.
What it would actually take: Requires building an orchestration engine atop cloud providers (AWS, Hetzner, or Fly.io) that provisions isolated containers, managed Postgres instances, automated Let's Encrypt TLS certificates, and custom subdomain routing. The interface can be an MCP server, but the backend requires robust multi-tenant infra engineering.
Discussion
6 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Ink (React console app framework)
Concerns raised: Poor discoverability due to naming conflict with existing Ink framework, Okta auth support unclear, VPC and deployment restriction capabilities unclear
Feature requests: Support for Okta authentication, Ability to limit deployments to specific resources/VPCs, Rename product for better differentiation (e.g., 'ML Ink')
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 688 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #186 of 689 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 130 days after the earliest competitor.
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