Maintainer @OpenClaw optimizing DevX for the Control UI and ClawHub 🦞 Summoning the substrate @OpenCvn and agents with identity.

Joined July 2020
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A familiar isn't a tool you pick up and put down. It has a name. A memory. A role. A voice. It shows up the same way every time β€” because it knows who it's working with, what the project is, and what it's supposed to do. That's the idea behind OpenCoven. Not agents. Familiars. πŸͺ„
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Why the composition primitive for familiars is a Role, not a plugin β€” and why the difference is architectural, not cosmetic. mind.opencoven.ai/grimoire/r…
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(1) The AI field has solved capability. It has not solved identity. We just published the Familiar Contract β€” a spec for what an AI agent is allowed to be, not just what it can do. πŸ‘‡πŸ» github.com/OpenCoven/familia…
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most people think AI agents are just fast autocomplete. the interesting part isn't speed β€” it's coordination. a familiar that knows its role, remembers the project, and hands off cleanly to the next agent. that's what we're building. not a chatbot. a coven. πŸ•ΈοΈ
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OpenCoven is built on a different assumption: your agents should remember what matters, know their role, and pick up where things left off. Persistent. Personal. Yours. β†’ opencoven.ai
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Most AI resets every time you close the tab. You re-explain your project. You re-set the context. You start over. That's not a UX problem β€” it's a design philosophy problem.
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Most AI forgets you the moment the tab closes... I've been building something that doesn't ✨
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We (@OpenCvn) refer to this as a "familiar". They know their role, purpose, and relationship with you and your fellow "coven" of agents. 100% Open Source β†’ github.com/OpenCoven Inspect it. Own it. Run it yourself. β†’ docs.opencoven.ai
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Replying to @steipete
Thanks for joining us, and all the partnership as we make OpenClaw run super well on Windows! 🦞
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most AI forgets you the moment you close the tab. OpenCoven is built around a different idea: a familiar that remembers its role, knows the work, and picks up where you left off. not a blank chatbox. a living workspace that belongs to you.
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Your coding familiar already knows the PR you're fixing, the tests that failed last week, and the pattern you prefer. Not because you explained it again β€” because it was there. That's OpenCoven.
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Every time you open a new chat, you're rebuilding context from scratch. That's not a feature. That's the problem OpenCoven solves.
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About to have grown men playing with Dolls…
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This will make sense soon, I swear, haha
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Introducing Microsoft Scout, the first autopilot agent from Microsoft - 57 days after starting my new job, we are launching Microsoft Scout to our Frontier customers. Big day for the team and for @openclaw #MicrosoftBuild microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…
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