--- title: I Made AI Build a Cybersecurity Mod in Minecraft | daily.dev description: A livestreamer with no Minecraft or modding experience attempts to have the AI coding agent Codex build a Minecraft mod that visualizes open directories found... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-ai-build-a-cybersecurity-mod-in-minecraft-mlxdfu1gl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Made AI Build a Cybersecurity Mod in Minecraft | daily.dev og:description: A livestreamer with no Minecraft or modding experience attempts to have the AI coding agent Codex build a Minecraft mod that visualizes open directories found... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-ai-build-a-cybersecurity-mod-in-minecraft-mlxdfu1gl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mlXDFu1GL.png og:image:alt: I Made AI Build a Cybersecurity Mod in Minecraft og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Made AI Build a Cybersecurity Mod in Minecraft **[John Hammond](https://daily.dev/sources/johnhammond)** · 29 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A livestreamer with no Minecraft or modding experience attempts to have the AI coding agent Codex build a Minecraft mod that visualizes open directories found on the internet (via hunt.io) as explorable worlds, with files represented as mobs. The stream chronicles a chaotic, unpolished process: setting up Fabric modding environments, upgrading to Minecraft 1.26.2, fixing broken super-flat world generation, enabling operator commands, debating Velocity vs BungeeCord proxy architecture, and attempting to wire up the hunt.io API for real data. By the end, a barebones mod exists that partially talks to hunt.io but isn't functional or polished, with more parts promised. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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