Published: 2026-05-19

Gas Town by Kilo: Steve Yegge's Federated AI Agent Network Now on Managed Platform

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Gas Town — Steve Yegge's multi-agent network architecture — is now generally available on the Kilo platform, bundled with the Wasteland (a federated work commons). A Mayor agent takes direction, Polecats execute, a Refinery enforces quality standards, and triage agents keep tasks moving. Running this yourself used to mean managing your own infrastructure; Gas Town by Kilo deploys the whole network in seconds.

Source video

"Gas Town by Kilo is Now Generally Available" by Kilo CodeWatch on YouTube →

Key Takeaways

  • Gas Town has four agent roles: Mayor (direction/planning), Polecats (task execution), Refinery (quality/standards enforcement), and Triage agents (task routing).
  • The Wasteland is a federated work commons with a Wanted Board — anyone can post tasks, anyone can claim them, and validators stamp completed work across quality, reliability, and creativity dimensions.
  • Stamps are evidence-based: you cannot stamp your own work, and your reputation travels across every Wasteland instance.
  • End-to-end workflow on Kilo: ask your Mayor for top Wanted items → pick one → Polecats spin up and do the work → Mayor submits a DoltHub PR → a validator stamps it → reputation updates.
  • Runs on 500+ models through the native Kilo Gateway — one dashboard, one bill, zero markup. No separate Wasteland CLI, Dol CLI, or Gas Town CLI required.
  • Live at app.kilo.ai/gastown.

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