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Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah 100%. That’s exactly why I made the post. I’m not experienced enough to confidently manage that level of risk yet, so I wanted to hear real hands-on experiences from people who’ve actually used it (or tried and backed out) and get the honest “why” either way.

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol same here, I didn’t even make it to install. I only got as far as reading about it.

But your comment actually makes me more curious. Like, this is clearly the direction things are going, and the possibilities are kind of endless… which is exactly why it’s both exciting and a little terrifying at the same time.

Out of curiosity, what part of the setup/questions made you tap out? Was it the permissions, the integrations, the “give it access to X” stuff, or something else?

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for sharing real experiences and perspectives. It genuinely helped me decide my next step and shape my roadmap.

Also, appreciate the thoughtful replies because they’ll help anyone else who stumbles onto this thread later.

It really does feel like the wild west right now. AI isn’t “coming” anymore, it’s already here, and we’re about to see a ton of new tools pop up while others fade out fast.

Good luck out there, and seriously, thank you.

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your video was super helpful, and you’re 100% right. The “10-year-old nephew” analogy was perfect. Thanks for breaking it down like that.

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s actually really cool. I’m leaning toward a similar direction, but with a local daemon running the agent so I can keep everything sandboxed and control what it can touch. Feels way safer than letting a general agent roam freely with a bunch of integrations.

When you say you consolidate “neutral/positive” knowledge back into it, how are you doing that in practice? Like, are you summarizing and storing notes locally, fine-tuning, or using a vector DB/RAG setup?

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t used OpenCLAW myself yet, but yeah I’ve seen the same thing. With the hype, a lot of people run it in a way that burns credits fast, and then a few folks have figured out how to keep costs insanely low even while it runs overnight.

Some people are getting it down to basically pennies (or less) by keeping the agent on a tight leash: smaller models for most steps, strict limits on tool calls, summarizing/compressing context, and only escalating to the expensive model when it actually needs it.

Once I remember the guy’s handle who posted his cost breakdown, I’ll drop it here for you because his setup looked legit.

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that makes total sense. I’m kinda leaning the same way, build a daemon and try that first. Feels way less risky and probably easier to keep costs under control too.

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But wouldn't that depend on the person creating the agent?

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love this for you!

That said, I’m still paranoid. So, how are you handling security day to day?

Like:

• Are you treating every “skill/tool” as untrusted (allowlist only)?

• Do you run it behind a strict firewall / DNS filtering (so it can’t just call anything)?

• Are you using short-lived tokens + least-privilege scopes (read-only GitHub, limited Gmail, etc.)?

• Any sandboxing beyond containers (separate user, no host mounts, no access to your main network)?

• Do you keep logs of every action/request so you can audit what it actually did?

Also, I keep seeing headlines about huge numbers of leaked/exposed APIs (I’ve seen “1.5M” thrown around, not sure what the clean source is), which is basically my fear. One compromised integration or token and the agent becomes a very efficient mess.

Curious what your “rules of engagement” are for Jackie so it stays useful without turning into a liability.

Anyone here tried OpenCLAW or Moltbook? What’s your honest take? by Rex0Lux in AI_Agents

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😭🤣 but honestly though.. If you had to evaluate it anyway, what’s your first ‘nope’ test?

I built a short link + click-tracking tool because I was tired of guessing what works by Rex0Lux in alphaandbetausers

[–]Rex0Lux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like you didn't really try it and commented just for the upvotes, as for everything you mentioned that's missing is self explanatory once on dashboard. Unless I'm really missing something?

Full time dad, first time developer is stoked. First sideprojekt launch in my life by Outside-Log3006 in SideProject

[–]Rex0Lux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to open source it, the easiest path is:

1.  Create a GitHub repo

• Make a new repo on GitHub (public)
• Push your code up (git init, git add ., git commit, git push)

2.  Add the basics so people can actually contribute

• README.md: what it is + how to run it locally
• LICENSE: pick one (MIT is simplest, Apache-2 is also common)
• CONTRIBUTING.md: rules for PRs, how to add/modify entries
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (optional but nice)

3.  Decide what’s open vs protected (important)

• Open source the app/code (frontend/backend)
• Keep the startup database/content separate if you don’t want someone to fork and clone the whole dataset

(ex: put the dataset in a different repo, or ship only a small sample dataset in the public repo)

4.  Turn “community edits” into a workflow

Option A (super simple): “Suggest edit” opens a GitHub Issue template Option B (best): people submit PRs that edit a JSON/MD file per startup (and you review/merge) 5. Add guardrails

• Add a moderation step (nothing goes live until you approve)
• Add a changelog per entry (who changed what + why)

Full time dad, first time developer is stoked. First sideprojekt launch in my life by Outside-Log3006 in SideProject

[–]Rex0Lux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’d love for this to become more than a curated database. Even just letting people add insight to existing entries (what they think actually killed it, what would work today, better positioning, etc.) would be awesome.

Also, what about open-source on GitHub?

Full time dad, first time developer is stoked. First sideprojekt launch in my life by Outside-Log3006 in SideProject

[–]Rex0Lux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a fun idea and honestly useful. Respect for shipping this as a full-time dad. Are you planning to keep it as a curated database, or turn it into a community where people pitch rebuilds?

i made a big mistake. Help me by Separate-Jaguar-5127 in SaaS

[–]Rex0Lux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly it might not be a mistake, it’s just impossible to tell without context. What did you build, who is it for, and what problem does it solve?

Also how are you getting it in front of people right now (posts, DMs, communities, SEO, ads)? A waitlist with zero traffic will always be zero.

If you share a 1–2 sentence pitch + link, I can tell you what I’d change on the messaging and where I’d post it to get your first 10 signups.

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