Tip: Run Poolside's 'pool' CLI Agent for Local SWE-bench-Grade Coding Without API Costs

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Alongside Laguna XS.2, Poolside released 'pool' — a lightweight terminal-based coding agent that runs locally. Combined with XS.2's 3B active parameters (fits in 36GB RAM on Mac via Ollama) and 68.2% SWE-bench Verified score, you can run a competitive agentic coding agent entirely offline. This is the same agent environment Poolside uses for RL training, now available as a research preview. For developers concerned about API costs or data leaving their machine, this is the first local option that clears the 65% SWE-bench threshold.