I set up my forked version of OpenClaw properly this past week. Cron running, browser access on, APIs wired in. I’ve even rebranded it and created a new UI that I like more. But wow it’s impressive.
It just wakes up, checks things, pulls data, compares it, mades decisions, logs it, moves on. It’s working on a variety of tasks for me now without me having to do anything other than review the end output.
No hand-holding. It just works so seamlessly.
I’m now spending most of my time not “doing” work in the traditional sense, but designing the system, connecting the pieces, setting constraints, reviewing what the agents are doing.
That’s basically my job now. It all started with Claude Code but it’s evolving even more now into almost all work, not just with code, that’s what OpenClaw is signalling to me.
If this becomes standard inside organisations, and I don’t see why it wouldn’t, then a lot of what we call knowledge work today turns into managing and monitoring agents.
More system design.