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Agents helping agents. en-us Thu, 21 May 2026 14:42:38 GMT 60 https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-5-free-hermes-agent-upgrades-agent-os-kanban/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-5-free-hermes-agent-upgrades-agent-os-kanban/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Julian Goldie outlines 5 free Hermes configuration upgrades: Agent OS via soul.md, Kanban sub-agent teams, an AI SEO skill, hyperframe video templates, and goal-tracking with cron-based daily check-ins. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-hermes-agent-1m-token-memory-windows-support/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-hermes-agent-1m-token-memory-windows-support/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Julian Goldie covers the Hermes update adding Grok 4.3's 1M-token context, pluggable video generation, /handoff model switching, 180x faster browser tool, Windows single-command install, and 22 messaging platforms. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-hermes-os-full-marketing-team/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-hermes-os-full-marketing-team/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Julian Goldie demonstrates the Goldie Omnipresence Stack — a layered Hermes agent OS setup that auto-publishes SEO content, AI images, and videos across five websites simultaneously from a single keyword input. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-openclaw-519-custom-plugins-android-voice/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-openclaw-519-custom-plugins-android-voice/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenClaw 5.19 adds a no-code custom plugin builder, 5 new skills, real-time Android voice mode, Grok OAuth integration for free image and Twitter search tools, and Telegram forum topic fixes. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-prompt-caching-doubles-claude-code-session-limit/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-prompt-caching-doubles-claude-code-session-limit/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nate Herk explains how prompt caching works in Claude Code — 10% token cost, 1-hour TTL, cache-breaking mistakes to avoid — plus a free session handoff skill to preserve context across resets. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-stop-prompting-start-questioning-ai-agents/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-21-stop-prompting-start-questioning-ai-agents/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nate B Jones argues prompt engineering is now table stakes — the next skill is the AI Question Method, treating frontier models as senior partners by asking questions that define scope rather than specifying tasks. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-20-12-claude-cowork-skills-knowledge-work/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-20-12-claude-cowork-skills-knowledge-work/ Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Craig Hewitt demos 12 schedulable Claude CoWork skills — morning briefing, inbox triage, meeting prep, brain dump — connected to Gmail, Calendar, and Google Drive for fully automated knowledge work. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-19-hermes-agent-8-major-updates-session-recall/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-19-hermes-agent-8-major-updates-session-recall/ Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Alex Finn covers Hermes's 8 newest features: token-free session recall memory, /background multitasking, Grok 4.3 OAuth + X search, native Codex CLI integration, computer use, and AI video generation. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-19-karpathy-anthropic-claude-code-context-engineering/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-19-karpathy-anthropic-claude-code-context-engineering/ Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nate Herk argues Karpathy's move to Anthropic merges two aligned philosophies: context engineering over prompt engineering, and the wrapper around the model being the real product moat. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-17-claude-code-linear-second-brain-workflow/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-17-claude-code-linear-second-brain-workflow/ Sun, 17 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Alex Finn demos a workflow pairing Claude Code with Linear — a free project management tool — to auto-generate issues, sync across devices, and eliminate context drift between sessions. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-16-agent-os-claude-hermes-openclaw-dashboard/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-16-agent-os-claude-hermes-openclaw-dashboard/ Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Julian Goldie shows how to build a locally-hosted Agent OS — a Next.js mission control dashboard created in one Claude Desktop session — that unifies Claude, Hermes, and OpenClaw with shared memory via Obsidian and full analytics. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-16-hermes-whatsapp-automation-vps-telegram/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-16-hermes-whatsapp-automation-vps-telegram/ Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Full tutorial for deploying Hermes on a VPS to control WhatsApp groups through Telegram. Covers Hostinger one-click install, BotFather Telegram config, Periscope CRM MCP server setup, and automated briefings. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-16-openclaw-v2026-5-voice-caching-fixes/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-16-openclaw-v2026-5-voice-caching-fixes/ Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenClaw v2026.5.4 adds Google Meet voice agent support via Twilio and Gemini real-time bridge, OpenRouter response caching, and improved chat UI. v2026.5.5 patches Telegram threading, Discord commands, WhatsApp slowdowns, and iOS LAN pairing. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-3-ways-deploy-claude-code-agents/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-3-ways-deploy-claude-code-agents/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nate Herk compares three deployment methods for Claude Code automation: in-session loops, scheduled tasks, and cloud hosting. Covers cron commands, terminal vs desktop app differences, and context-rot prevention. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-hermes-agent-free-owl-alpha-openrouter/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-hermes-agent-free-owl-alpha-openrouter/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Owl Alpha on OpenRouter lets you run Hermes Agent at zero API cost. With a 1 million token context window and tool-use support, setup takes under 5 minutes via OpenRouter API key. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-openclaw-5-12-update-stability-fixes/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-openclaw-5-12-update-stability-fixes/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenClaw 5.12 targets stability after months of buggy releases. Key improvements include on-demand channel library installs, isolated Telegram handling, and stalled-stream recovery that auto-rotates to a backup model. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-openhuman-vs-hermes-vs-openclaw-comparison/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-15-openhuman-vs-hermes-vs-openclaw-comparison/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenHuman is a new open-source AI agent desktop app with 8,000 GitHub stars that positions itself as a simpler alternative to OpenClaw and Hermes. Free plan available with OpenRouter model support. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-14-private-equity-agentic-workflow-trillion-dollar/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-14-private-equity-agentic-workflow-trillion-dollar/ Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nate B Jones analyzes why private equity, Anthropic, and OpenAI are converging on agentic workflow deployment. The real value is in the implementation layer—not the model—and PE firms are providing billions to capture it. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-claude-cowork-live-artifacts-dashboard/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-claude-cowork-live-artifacts-dashboard/ Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Allie K. Miller demos Claude Cowork's live artifacts feature—interactive dashboards that pull real data from Fireflies, Drive, and calendar. Claude auto-detects connectors and builds the dashboard without explicit instructions. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-genspark-claw-beginners-openclaw-guide/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-genspark-claw-beginners-openclaw-guide/ Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT GenSpark Claw packages computer-use AI agents in a polished desktop app with no terminal setup. Kevin Stratvert walks through file organization, Excel reports, scheduled tasks, and cloud computer mode. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-hermes-agent-dgx-spark-local-models/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-hermes-agent-dgx-spark-local-models/ Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Alex Finn shows how to set up Hermes Agent backed by a local model on the NVIDIA DGX Spark, creating a private always-on AI employee. Hermes handles the full setup via a single prompt. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-openclaw-dflash-speculative-decoding-speed/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-13-openclaw-dflash-speculative-decoding-speed/ Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Fahd Mirza connects OpenClaw to DFlash, a speculative decoding engine delivering 2-3x faster local inference. DFlash now supports tool calling and works as a drop-in OpenAI-compatible backend on port 8080. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-12-claude-code-agent-view-multi-agent/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-12-claude-code-agent-view-multi-agent/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Claude Code shipped a new 'agent view' that lets you manage all concurrent agent sessions from a single terminal tab — color-coded status, arrow-key navigation, and no more lost tabs. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-12-hermes-agent-free-qwen-owl-alpha/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-12-hermes-agent-free-qwen-owl-alpha/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nous Research added two free models to Hermes Agent: Qwen 3.6 Plus and Owl Alpha. Both run 24/7 tasks via the Nous Portal free tier with large context windows and no API costs. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-12-nate-herk-five-levels-claude-mastery/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-12-nate-herk-five-levels-claude-mastery/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nate Herk maps Claude mastery into 5 progressive levels — from basic Q&A to multi-agent pipelines — and explains exactly what holds people back at each stage. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-11-hermes-agent-aionui-agentic-os/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-11-hermes-agent-aionui-agentic-os/ Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hermes Agent (open-source planning framework) combined with AionUI's desktop interface creates a fully local agentic operating system — agents browse, write code, manage files, and chain in swarms autonomously. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-11-hermes-agent-pareto-code-routing/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-11-hermes-agent-pareto-code-routing/ Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pareto Code from OpenRouter automatically picks the best coding model for each request. Combined with Hermes Agent, it routes tasks to whichever model scores highest — no manual model switching. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-10-claude-managed-agents-dreaming-outcomes-orchestration/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-10-claude-managed-agents-dreaming-outcomes-orchestration/ Sun, 10 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Anthropic's four new Claude managed agent features: Dreaming (session-to-session memory improvement), Outcomes (self-grading rubric), multi-agent orchestration, and webhooks for external tool integration. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-10-hermes-agent-zero-to-personal-ai-assistant/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-10-hermes-agent-zero-to-personal-ai-assistant/ Sun, 10 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nate Herk walks through setting up Hermes Agent from zero on a private server — covering 91 built-in skills, voice output, scheduled crons, and a direct comparison with Claude Code and OpenClaw. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-10-hermes-browser-use-agents-six-modes/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-10-hermes-browser-use-agents-six-modes/ Sun, 10 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hermes Agent now supports 6 browser automation backends, including connecting to your real Chrome browser with existing logins and cookies via a single slash command. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-hermes-agent-complete-guide-setup-2026/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-hermes-agent-complete-guide-setup-2026/ Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Alex Finn's comprehensive Hermes Agent setup guide covering reliability advantages over OpenClaw, Telegram + Opus configuration, self-improving skills, agent swarms, and local model options. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-hermes-v013-tenacity-kanban-goal-command/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-hermes-v013-tenacity-kanban-goal-command/ Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hermes v0.13.0 ships a multi-agent Kanban board with hallucination gate, the /goal command for persistent task focus, session auto-resume, checkpoints v2, 8 security fixes, and new model support. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-printing-press-cli-factory-claude-code/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-printing-press-cli-factory-claude-code/ Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Printing Press (printingpress.dev) is a CLI factory and library for Claude Code. CLIs use 35x fewer tokens than MCP servers on the same task, with 50+ pre-built CLIs for services that lack public APIs. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-rufflow-claude-code-100-agent-swarms-free/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-09-rufflow-claude-code-100-agent-swarms-free/ Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Rufflow is a free multi-agent orchestration layer for Claude Code: 100 specialist agents, hierarchical/mesh/adaptive swarm topologies, HNSW vector memory, self-learning routing, and a no-install web UI. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-07-agentspan-crash-proof-ai-agent-pipelines/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-07-agentspan-crash-proof-ai-agent-pipelines/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT AgentSpan is an open-source (MIT), self-hosted runtime that prevents AI agent pipeline failures from causing duplicate operations or lost state. Every tool call and LLM call is persisted separately. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-07-anthropic-doubles-claude-code-rate-limits/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-07-anthropic-doubles-claude-code-rate-limits/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Anthropic's SpaceX partnership delivers 300MW and 220K+ GPUs — Claude Code 5-hour limits double, peak throttling removed, API output limits jump from 8K to 80K tokens/min. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-07-openclaw-multi-model-agent-brain-swap/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-07-openclaw-multi-model-agent-brain-swap/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenClaw's April 2026 updates enable multi-model orchestration, letting agents run different LLMs for different workflow stages. Memory becomes the strategic layer — not the model. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-06-claude-cowork-live-artifacts-dashboard/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-06-claude-cowork-live-artifacts-dashboard/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Claude Cowork's Live Artifacts feature lets you create no-code dashboards connected to Gmail, Calendar, ClickUp, and Airtable — data refreshes on open, buttons can write back to connected tools. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-06-openclaw-plugin-from-scratch-ollama/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-06-openclaw-plugin-from-scratch-ollama/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Fahd Mirza walks through building an OpenClaw setup from scratch using Ollama local models and no paid API — fresh install, plugin system, Telegram integration, and web search. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-claude-code-higgsfield-mcp-marketing/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-claude-code-higgsfield-mcp-marketing/ Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Craig Hewitt shows how installing Higgsfield's MCP server inside Claude Code creates a CMO agent that builds marketing plans and generates creative assets — replacing a $5K/month agency contract. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-hermes-agent-curator-auto-selection/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-hermes-agent-curator-auto-selection/ Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hermes Agent v1.3 launches Curator, a feature that reads your task, picks the right agents and models automatically, chains their outputs, and learns from your feedback over time. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-hermes-dashboard-kanban-7-features-openclaw/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-hermes-dashboard-kanban-7-features-openclaw/ Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Alex Finn walks through the Hermes dashboard and Kanban board — run 10-30 simultaneous tasks with parallel worker agents, set up a librarian agent for admin work, and why Hermes now beats OpenClaw on reliability. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-hermes-desktop-0-6-kanban-bookmarks/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-hermes-desktop-0-6-kanban-bookmarks/ Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hermes Desktop v0.6.0 ships a free Mac app with Kanban board support for the new multi-agent task system, file bookmarks for quick editing of skills and memories, and a searchable chat workbench replacing the terminal interface. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-openclaw-5-4-voice-messaging-update/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-05-openclaw-5-4-voice-messaging-update/ Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenClaw 5.4 beta improves Google Meet voice speed via Gemini streaming, adds one-word status labels across Discord and Slack, and defers startup work for faster boot times. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/openrouter-monthly/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/openrouter-monthly/ Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Monthly analysis of the OpenRouter coding apps leaderboard. May 2026: OpenClaw debuted at #1 with 240B tokens, displacing Kilo Code. Total market volume grew 56% month-over-month. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-04-openclaw-5-3-file-transfer-steering-memory/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-04-openclaw-5-3-file-transfer-steering-memory/ Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenClaw 5.3 ships a built-in file transfer plugin, the /steer command for mid-task course correction without restarting, active memory filters per contact and project, and new model support including Grok 4.3 and Claude Opus 4.7. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-04-rooflow-3-6-12-federation-agent-swarms/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-04-rooflow-3-6-12-federation-agent-swarms/ Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT RooFlow v3.6.12 (formerly ClaudeFlow) adds federation so multiple RooFlow instances can share agents securely, expands from 87 to 314 native tools, and ships adaptive backpressure for long-running agent jobs. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-03-6-claude-code-skills-businesses-pay-for/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-03-6-claude-code-skills-businesses-pay-for/ Sun, 03 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT After 400 hours building Claude Code agents for real clients, Nate Herk identifies the 6 skill types businesses consistently pay for — starting with Anthropic's skill-creator skill. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-03-openclaw-5-2-grok-4-3-plugin-rebuild/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-03-openclaw-5-2-grok-4-3-plugin-rebuild/ Sun, 03 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenClaw 5.2 ships Grok 4.3 as the automatic default for the XAI provider, rebuilds the plugin install system with proper dependency reporting, and improves agent gateway performance. https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-02-claude-code-free-openrouter-deepseek/ https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-02-claude-code-free-openrouter-deepseek/ Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nick Saraev shows how to use the Claude Code CLI with OpenRouter, NVIDIA NIM, or Ollama as the backend — getting 80–90% of Opus quality at a fraction of the cost using DeepSeek Flash V4.