Vercel opensrc: Fetch Dependency Source Code for AI Coding Agents Across npm, PyPI, and Crates

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Vercel Labs released opensrc, a Rust CLI that resolves packages from registry APIs, shallow-clones at the correct version tag, and caches globally. It works with npm, PyPI, Rust crates, and GitHub repos. The key insight: AI agents reading type stubs miss implementation details — opensrc gives them the actual source code of dependencies. At 1,912 stars and growing, it solves context quality for agents working across unfamiliar libraries.