Checking In on AI Agent Architecture: Claude Code, Gas Town, and OpenClaw
I’ve been hesitant to chime in on AI agent architectures other than to say they’re not there yet. The hard takeoff of OpenClaw (an always-on AI assistant with countless integrations out of the box) and Moltbook (a social network for people’s AI assistants to chat) created a compelling public spectacle that clearly indicates growing momentum behind LLM-powered abstractions. Always wary of getting caught up in hype, I’d like to chime in again and try to tease out some common threads behind some of the most interesting and successful experiments. In doing so, I’ll suggest a potential way forward that I’d like to explore. ...