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Show HN: BYOTag – Build your own Claude tag alternative in 3 API calls

BYOTag ("Build Your Own Claude Tag") lets developers create a Claude Tag alternative using just three API calls. The project aims to provide a simpler, more customizable tagging system by leveraging existing infrastructure.

Background

- This is a project page for a tool called "BYOTag" (Build Your Own Tag), presented on Hacker News (Show HN). - It refers to "Claude tags" – a feature of the AI assistant Claude (by Anthropic) that lets users assign short, customizable labels (tags) to organize conversations or activate specific behaviors. These tags are proprietary and only available within Claude's interface. - BYOTag is a DIY, open alternative that replicates this functionality using just 3 API calls. It lets developers build a similar tagging system themselves, likely by calling Anthropic's or another LLM's API. - The significance: it demonstrates how simple it is to recreate a locked-in product feature using public APIs, highlighting the tension between proprietary AI features and open, hackable alternatives.

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