Hey,
Issue #010. The big one.
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⚙️ AI TOOL OF THE WEEK: OpenClaw — Your Own Personal AI Agent
This is the episode where I show you everything. Nine issues in, you've seen the output. Now here's the full machine.
What it is: OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent runtime that runs locally on your machine. You connect it to an AI provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, your choice), connect it to Telegram, configure a workspace folder, and you have a personal AI assistant with a mobile interface — running on your hardware, with your data, with no SaaS subscription.
The stack:
• OpenClaw (agent runtime, open source)
• Telegram (interface — your phone is the terminal)
• Anthropic Claude (the model)
• Your workspace (markdown files that define the agent's memory and behavior)
Install in 5 minutes:
npm install -g openclaw
openclaw setup
openclaw gateway start
Create a Telegram bot via BotFather, drop the token in config, message the bot. Done.
The workspace files that matter:
AGENTS.md — agent behavior. Startup checklist, memory rules, when to reach out proactively.
SOUL.md — voice and personality. No filler phrases. Direct. Has opinions. Doesn't say "Great question!"
USER.md — context about you. Name, timezone, goals, projects, content plan. The agent reads this every session. It knows what you're building before you say a word.
MEMORY.md — long-term memory. Decisions, lessons, context that survives session restarts.
The skills system: Skills are markdown files with instructions for specific repeatable tasks. The video pipeline skill tells the agent exactly how to write narration, generate audio, render video, and confirm output. Write a skill once. It runs indefinitely.
Proactive behavior: The agent doesn't just respond — it checks in. Periodic heartbeats wake it up to do background work. It messages you when something needs attention. It built this episode while I slept.
OpenClaw GitHub: github.com/openclaw/openclaw
Full workspace config: github.com/mttaylor/deployordiecontent
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💰 MONEY MOVE: Sell the Setup
"I'll build your personal AI content assistant." That's the offer.
One day of work. Deliver: OpenClaw installed, workspace configured, Telegram connected, custom skills for their workflow, a documented runbook.
Charge $2,000 for setup. Optional $500/month retainer.
The buyer gets their workflow automated. You deliver a system you've built eight times. EP009 gave you the offer template. This is the product.
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⛓️ CRYPTO/WEB3 SIGNAL
AI agents with on-chain wallets are moving from experiment to production. The pattern: agent monitors a condition, generates a transaction, executes within predefined risk limits or surfaces for human approval. The tooling is maturing fast — account abstraction + AI agent orchestration is a real primitive now. Engineers who understand both sides of this will have an edge.
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🔗 3 LINKS WORTH YOUR TIME
OpenClaw — open source, install it today
EP008 — the original OpenClaw setup episode — where this all started
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Ten issues. A YouTube channel. An automated content pipeline. A growing newsletter.
All of it runs on one conversation with a bot.
Forward this to one engineer. That's the only ask.
— Deploy or Die
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Once you've got the YouTube link, drop it and I'll get the tweet + LinkedIn posts ready. �