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Give your AI agent a body.

Hackshop helps you build a small gadget for your AI agent. Describe it, get the right board and parts, and start a build with the steps and a brief your coding agent can follow. It starts with Meta's Muse: 24 ESP32 boards and any Raspberry Pi.

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Ask my agent

Or point your agent at hackshop.dev

Paste this into Claude, ChatGPT or your coding agent. It will ask you a few questions, pick the board, make the shopping list and walk you through the build.

Go to https://www.hackshop.dev and help me build a body for you. Read https://www.hackshop.dev/agents.md first. Ask me a few quick questions about size, features and budget, pick a board, give me the full shopping list with links (don't buy anything without asking me), then walk me through putting it together and pairing it.
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M5Stack StickS3 board
Pocket voice remoteM5Stack StickS3 · $22
Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C (round) board
Round desk displayWaveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C (round) · $40-42
Seeed SenseCAP Indicator (D1 series) board
Air-quality screenSeeed SenseCAP Indicator (D1 series) · $49-89

How it works

Two ways to build it

Let your agent drive, or do it yourself here. Both end with a saved build.

With your agent

Point your agent at hackshop.dev

  1. Paste the prompt into Claude, ChatGPT or your coding agent.
  2. It asks you a few questions: size, features, budget.
  3. It finds the build and makes the shopping list for you to approve.
  4. It walks you through assembly, flashing and pairing.
On your own

Use the planner on this page

  1. Answer a few quick questions, or describe the gadget.
  2. Compare the boards that can do it, with prices.
  3. Press Start this build: parts, steps and a checklist save to My builds.
  4. Hand any step to your agent with one click.
Find your board →
  1. Youwhat it should do
  2. Your agentasks a few questions
  3. hackshopboards, parts, steps
  4. Shopping listyou approve
  5. Assemble + flashstep by step
  6. Muse apppair and say hi

Next: the assembly steps are machine-readable, so a robot can follow them too.

Find your board

Answer a few quick questions, describe the gadget, or both. We'll pick boards that can do it, then save it to My builds.

A few quick questions, all optional
Where will it live?
How will you use it?
Should it sense the room?
Budget
Or try:

Ideas

Gadgets you can build this weekend

Each one starts from an officially supported board. Press Start this build to save it.

Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C (round) board

A desk orb that shows what Muse is doing

Round AMOLED avatar on your desk: push-to-talk, Muse's replies as text and images from Muse, in a printed stand.

Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C (round) · ~$40-45

See the steps
M5Stack StickS3 board

Pocket push-to-talk remote for Muse

M5Stack StickS3 on a keychain or desk dock: press, talk, read Muse's answer on the screen.

M5Stack StickS3 · ~$22-25

See the steps
Seeed reTerminal E1001 (7.5" e-paper) board

E-paper status board Muse can draw on

7.5" reTerminal E1001 on the wall showing Muse's status and black-and-white images.

Seeed reTerminal E1001 (7.5" e-paper) · ~$69-79

See the steps
Seeed SenseCAP Indicator (D1 series) board

Air-quality sensor Muse can read

SenseCAP Indicator D1S/D1Pro reports CO2, tVOC, temperature and humidity when Muse asks.

Seeed SenseCAP Indicator (D1 series) · ~$49-89

See the steps
Seeed SenseCAP Watcher board

A camera Muse can use to check your 3D printer

SenseCAP Watcher on a stand: Muse can grab a frame and tell you if a print failed.

Seeed SenseCAP Watcher · ~$55-61

See the steps
Revive an old mini PC as Muse's home-server hands board

Revive an old mini PC as Muse's home-server hands

Muse Linux SDK on a thrift-store thin client: shell, files and Home Assistant, with a USB Bluetooth dongle.

Linux mini PC · ~$40-100

See the steps

Supported boards

Pick a board

Every board Meta's Muse SDK supports today, plus the Raspberry Pi.

AIPI Lite board
AIPI Lite
Screen and voice$36

Voice in · Battery

M5Stack CoreS3 board
M5Stack CoreS3
Screen and voice$60

Voice in · Touch · Battery

Raspberry Pi 5 board
Raspberry Pi 5
Linux box$110-175

Shell and files · Server-ready

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For agents

Use it from your agent

Hackshop is also an MCP server. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor and ask it to plan a gadget. Your agent gets the same planner, build steps, shopping lists and assembly instructions you see here.

No MCP? Agents can read /agents.md and call the plain JSON endpoints listed there.

https://www.hackshop.dev/mcp
  • Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the URL.
  • ChatGPT: Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode → Create, paste the URL.
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Hardware scout

Repurpose hardware you already have

Old Kindle, spare phone, a Roomba in the closet? Ask the hardware scout which ones are hackable and what they could become. Browse templates →

Top ideas for agent bodies

See all ideas and vote
  1. #1Round desk companion0 votesWaveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C (round)
  2. #2Desk camera helper0 votesSeeed SenseCAP Watcher
  3. #3Air-quality monitor0 votesSeeed SenseCAP Indicator (D1 series)

Questions

FAQ

What is hackshop?

A free, open-source helper for building physical gadgets for AI agents. It picks a board that can do what you want, lists the parts with store links, and gives you build and assembly steps plus a brief your coding agent can follow. It also scouts old hardware you could repurpose.

What is Muse?

Muse is Meta's personal AI agent. Its open-source Gadgets SDK turns small off-the-shelf boards into devices Muse can talk through, show things on and control. Hackshop tracks all 24 supported ESP32 boards and the Raspberry Pi.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Muse Code) does the typing. You plug in a USB cable, press a button when asked, and pair it in the Muse app.

What does it cost?

Boards start at about $10. Hackshop itself is free.

Does hackshop buy anything for me?

No. Store links open the store. If your agent helps you buy the parts, it shows you the exact items and total and waits for a clear yes before it checks out. Amazon and eBay checkout is always yours.

Can I use it without Muse?

Yes. The hardware scout, the templates and the MCP tools work for any hardware project.

Where are my builds saved?

In your browser. Sign in to keep them on all your devices.