Episodes

  • The Tiny Local Model That Changes Your Agent Budget
    Jun 26 2026

    Small, local models are suddenly good enough for real agent chores, but the win is not replacing your smartest model. Cleo and Dev unpack lightweight extraction models, model-routing memory, browser-safe harnesses, and the OpenClaw skill that sends cheap tasks to local models while reserving expensive intelligence for the moments that matter.


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    19 mins
  • Let Your Agent Search Without Snooping
    Jun 19 2026

    OpenClaw-style assistants are getting better at discovering tools, files, and resources on their own, but that power cuts both ways. Cleo and Dev unpack agentic resource discovery, MosaicLeaks, AI shopping agents, and the local automation rule that lets your assistant search without turning into a privacy accident.


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    19 mins
  • Microsoft Built the Sandbox Agents Desperately Needed
    Jun 5 2026

    AI agents are moving into messages, shopping, maintenance, and office workflows, but this week's real OpenClaw lesson is sandboxing. Cleo and Dev cover Microsoft's MXC, Apple's first Messages for Business agent, Meta and Amazon commerce agents, and the local permission recipe every OpenClaw user should set up tonight.

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    21 mins
  • The Agent Receipt That Prevents Automation Disasters
    May 29 2026

    AI agents are entering their rebuild era, and the lesson for OpenClaw users is blunt: autonomy without receipts is just risk with a nicer interface. Cleo and Dev cover enterprise agent reliability, Copilot file leaks, AI shopping protocols, CAPTCHAs, and the simple audit recipe every automation should leave behind.

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    23 mins
  • The Memory Problem Breaking Real AI Automations
    May 22 2026

    AI agents are getting longer runs, bigger promises, and the same old failure mode: they forget what matters. Cleo and Dev dig into agent memory, Qwen3.7-Max, OpenClaw workspace questions, token costs, and why scheduled automations need receipts before they need more autonomy.


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    20 mins
  • Cut OpenClaw Boot Tokens by 43 Percent
    May 16 2026

    The OpenClaw story this week is brutally practical: one user cut boot tokens by 43 percent by cleaning up tool and memory files. Cleo and Dev cover that, mini PC 24/7 setups, managed hosting, subscription usage coming back with a catch, and the local debugging tools that make agents less mysterious.


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    18 mins
  • OpenClaw Just Got Stable Releases — Is There Any Reason to Use Hermes Now?
    May 8 2026

    Peter announced stable releases and a dedicated team for OpenClaw — the #1 complaint from users who fled to Hermes. This week we dig into whether that changes the calculus, plus a community member running OpenClaw as a full sysadmin on local Qwen with zero internet exposure, and Anthropic's new "dreaming" feature that lets agents learn from their own mistakes. Set up the sysadmin skill tonight — it's wilder than it sounds.

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    21 mins
  • The Release That Broke Everything — And What the Community Actually Wants
    May 5 2026

    OpenClaw's latest release is grinding CPUs to 100% and the community is furious — but buried in the chaos is a genuinely smart fix request that every open-source project should steal. Plus: a law office wants to run OpenClaw locally with a $200K budget, someone cracked Discord voice channels after three weeks of pain, and there's a critical security flaw sitting inside 200,000 MCP servers that Anthropic is calling a feature. Set up tonight's Skill of the Week before the next update drops.

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    22 mins