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Insights on AI agents, infrastructure, engineering, and product updates from the Office Claws team.
SecurityOpenClaw Trojan Mitigation: A Practical Checklist for Agent Runners
A practical OpenClaw trojan mitigation checklist for developers: isolate runners, protect keys, pin extensions, cap spend, and move coding agents to safer VPS boundaries.
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GuidesHow to Run OpenClaw Locally Without Painting Yourself Into a Corner
A practical local-first OpenClaw workflow for developers, with the handoff point where Codex on a VPS becomes the safer long-running setup.
CostOpenClaw Cost Comparison: Subscription, API, and VPS Math for 2026
A practical OpenClaw cost comparison across Anthropic-style subscriptions, metered APIs, and Codex on a small VPS — with the break-even points that matter for agent work.
GuidesParallel Codex Workflows: How to Split One Feature Across Multiple Agents
A practical guide to running parallel Codex workflows without creating merge chaos: split by seams, isolate branches, assign reviewers, and keep one human in control.
GuidesCodex CLI Background Tasks: A Practical Pattern for Long Agent Runs
How to run Codex CLI background tasks on a VPS without losing logs, context, or control when work takes longer than your laptop session.
GuidesCodex SSH Remote Workflow: A Practical Setup for VPS Agents
How we run Codex over SSH on a VPS without losing context, keys, or the simple desktop workflow that makes agents usable.
GuidesOpenClaw vs Claude Code vs Codex: The 3-Way Comparison That Actually Matters
OpenClaw, Claude Code, and Codex get lumped together as "AI coding agents," but they answer three different questions. Here is the honest 3-way comparison — shape, bill, trust zone, and where each one earns the spot on your machine.
GuidesOpenClaw on a VPS: Self-Hosting the Coding Agent OpenClaw Users Are Switching To
A practical setup guide for OpenClaw users moving their agent off Anthropic's API and onto a self-hosted Codex CLI on Contabo, driven by a ChatGPT subscription. Three minutes from click to "agent online."
GuidesOpenClaw vs Codex: A Clear-Eyed Comparison for Coding Agents in 2026
OpenClaw and Codex both call themselves coding agents, but they are not the same product. Here is the honest head-to-head — design, cost, ecosystem, and the workloads each one actually wins.
SecurityOpenClaw Security Best Practices: Lessons from the 28K Trojan Incident
A 28,000-system trojan used OpenClaw to exfiltrate keys and codebases. Here is the honest threat model, the controls that actually mattered, and how a local-first manager keeps the next one boring.
GuidesOpenClaw Subscription Blocked? The Codex Migration Path That Keeps Your Agents Running
Anthropic just cut OpenClaw off from subscription-tier Claude. API billing is the only Claude path left — and for most developers it is a lot more expensive than it looks. Here is the honest migration guide.
GuidesMonitoring Codex Agents: The Four Signals That Actually Tell You Something
Traditional server monitoring misses what goes wrong with Codex agents. Here are the four signals worth watching — activity, output, cost, and stuck state — and how to tell progress from motion.
GuidesHow to Run Multiple Codex Agents at Once Without Tripping Over Yourself
A practical setup for running several Codex CLI agents in parallel — auth separation, workspace isolation, rate-limit hygiene, and the mistakes that cause agents to overwrite each other.
GuidesLong-Running Codex Tasks: Keeping an Agent Working While You Sleep
How to run Codex jobs that take hours without babysitting a laptop — what actually breaks, what keeps running, and how a VPS changes the math.
GuidesCodex Subscription vs API: Which Bill Actually Costs Less
Flat-fee Codex via ChatGPT Plus or pay-per-token via the OpenAI API — which one is cheaper for a developer running coding agents day to day? The math, the break-even, and the catch.
GuidesCutting Your AI Agent Bill: A Practical Cost Guide
Where the money actually goes when you run AI agents, and the handful of levers that move the bill without hurting the output.
GuidesMulti-Agent Workflows: Running Specialized AI Teams in Your Pixel Office
How to assign roles to multiple Office Claws agents so they cover research, coding, review, and writing as a coordinated team.
GuidesHow to Manage AI Agents on a VPS Without Creating an Ops Mess
A practical guide to running AI agents on VPS infrastructure with better provisioning, observability, security, and multi-agent control.
TutorialsHow to Set Up Office Claws: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to set up Office Claws and deploy a secure AI agent in under 5 minutes. This guide covers installation, plan selection, key configuration, agent provisioning, and every security layer Office Claws automates — from firewalls to SSH hardening.
ProductIntroducing Office Claws — Your AI Agent Desktop Manager
Meet Office Claws, the desktop app that turns AI agent management into a visual, intuitive experience with a pixel-art office.
GuidesSelf-Hosted vs Managed: Which Office Claws Plan Is Right for You?
A detailed comparison of Office Claws's two pricing plans to help you choose the best option for your AI agent workflow.
EngineeringHow We Reduced Agent Provisioning to Under 3 Minutes
A deep dive into our snapshot-based provisioning system that gets your AI agent running on a VPS in under 3 minutes.
SecurityAI Agent Security: How Office Claws Keeps Your Keys Safe
Learn how Office Claws protects your API keys and data with local-first security, encrypted networking, and isolated infrastructure.
EngineeringBehind the Scenes: Building a Pixel-Art Office in PixiJS
How we used PixiJS to create an animated pixel-art office where AI agents work, walk, and take breaks.
TutorialsGetting Started with AI Agents: A Beginner's Guide
Everything you need to know about AI agents — what they are, how they work, and how to set up your first one with Office Claws.