I run my life with AI agents
Vatsal Mishra
Two agent layers. One mini PC. Hooks into where I already live.
OpenClaw
Frontline agent layer: chat, briefings, Home OS, content drafts, research, reminders, files.
Hermes
Operator layer: plans work, deploys, verifies, schedules jobs, and supervises OpenClaw.
OpenClaw · Hermes · Telegram · Discord · GitHub · Calendar · crons · browser · files · local LLMs
Not demos. Actual systems I use.
Daily ops
Morning briefs, calendar, weather, transit, reminders, follow-ups, and files.
Home OS
Groceries, recipes, chores, household context, and recipe DB building.
Content engine
Hooks, drafts, source checks, b-roll plans, vertical videos, and voice cleanup.
Research
Decision briefs, product scouting, source-backed writing, and web forensics.
Projects & deploys
GitHub repos, static sites, debugging, testing, verification, and handoffs.
Personal systems
Fitness planning, SQL practice, travel planning, priorities, and reviews.
The stuff that actually made this usable.
“Start by reading identity, user profile, today’s notes, and project context.”Load the right context before the first answer.“Use fast models by default; escalate only for writing, code, and hard debugging.”Spend reasoning power where it matters.“For work over 2 minutes, spawn a worker and keep chat responsive.”Long edits and research move out of the main chat.“Log daily notes, then promote only durable facts to long-term memory.”Useful memory beats giant memory.“Keep each user and project in separate files, memory, and boundaries.”Privacy and relevance stay clean.“Use local models for cheap checks, private drafts, and cloud fallback.”Lower cost, better resilience.“After every fix: what broke, why, what changed, prevention.”Turn failures into reusable lessons.“Before publishing, remove AI-slop and rewrite in my voice.”Posts, emails, and drafts get a voice pass.When OpenClaw breaks, Hermes catches it.
Self-hosted means I own the failure modes. Hermes is the supervisor that keeps small failures from becoming silent failures.
The rule: alert me with a mini RCA, not a mystery.
If you’re into AI, tech, and self-hosting, find me here.
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