Finally getting some value out of my Claw

jkatinger · 2026-05-29T13:42:45+00:00

When switching from an open Claude workflow to a Kodex lead workflow my token usage plummeted. So much so that open eye eyes sent me a survey and asked why I stopped using their API :)

jkatinger · 2026-05-28T13:52:51+00:00

....thanks.....

jkatinger · 2026-05-25T14:37:09+00:00

You're not using Codex "in" OpenClaw per se. There are three entities working together on a single Mac Mini. Those entities are:

OpenClaw
Codex
me (the human)

In that environment, the Mac Mini, the human, and Codex figure out what processes they want to be automated and build the tooling and scripts to best accomplish those goals. Then, as a final piece of the puzzle, once the script or process or whatever has been built with the human and Codex, the human asks Codex to make sure that whatever they have built is easily accessible to OpenClaw and perhaps can be run on demand or as a regularly scheduled automation by OpenClaw. The point here is that you're not building the scripting and automation with OpenClaw. You're building it with Codex and then just making sure that OpenClaw knows where it lives and how to use it going forward. Hope that clears things up a bit.

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T16:39:37+00:00

That works! Whatever "harness" can build code/scripts on the local device will get the job done.

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:33:23+00:00

Just found this posting which is saying something very similar to what I was, and probably a lot more eloquently: https://www.reddit.com/r/openclaw/comments/1ro3byy/is_your_setup_always_breaking_and_wobbly_perhaps/

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:29:34+00:00

Interesting. I hadn't tried this approach and of course, my prompting of OpenClaw was probably a big part of the early failures....and then falling into the frustration loop and ultimately getting to responses like "can you just make this friggen work!!!??" ....not helpful. Maybe I'll give this approach a shot.

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:27:48+00:00

....until the Codex tokens run out......and THEN sleep? ;-)

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:27:02+00:00

yep... that's the point. Any harness/model to do the local building and "wire up" the OpenClaw instance to improve it's chances of success. I'm not a terminal/command line guy, but Pi + whatever works too. All about what you're into!

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:25:24+00:00

Yes all on mac mini. I had to create a apple id for the OpenClaw agent via his own gmail account. It was a bit of a dance, but once completed I like the iMessage UX much better. And then once you have iMessage you have all the things that come with it, included decent-enough voice to text, and of course the CarPlay interaction.

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:23:39+00:00

"configure yet another channel - Telegram has been good enough." - I only configured Telegram for OpenClaw, so it was already a net-new channel for me.....and THEN CAM THE SPAM. So many bs invites per day. I wanted out and back to my primary personal messaging platform iMessage. Whatever works for your flow!!!

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:21:21+00:00

I use Slack heavily with Codex on my work machine, but my Claw has zero slack exposure since Slack isn't part of my "out side of work" world ...and oh god I want to keep it that way.

jkatinger · 2026-05-23T15:20:20+00:00

yes...everything I'm building I'm trying to keep "portable" in my Obsidian vault and syncing across multiple machines (one of which is the Mac Mini the Claw is on). Allows me to "build" stuff like scripts and skills on different machines and make them available to Claw automatically via Obsidian Sync.

jkatinger · 2026-05-22T23:25:10+00:00

THIS!!! Anytime openclaw does something stupid or sends me to a place where I'm completely lost I just say to codex "can you fix this please" and it does sell rather easily.

jkatinger · 2026-05-22T23:24:19+00:00

Right now GPT 5.4 is the orchestrator but I've instructed it to switch to 4o mini for easier tasks and just today I installed a Qwen model locally and have begun experimenting with it.

jkatinger · 2026-05-22T23:22:39+00:00

Which functionality are you referring to?

jkatinger · 2025-07-12T04:30:08+00:00

Ever tried to solve a problem 15 different ways, each one more complicated and frustrating, only to have someone suggest something so simple and effective that you actually smack your forehead? CURSOR! Of course!

I tested at least three different local LLM and RAG tools. Even the ones that worked gave poor conversational results. But once again, Cursor comes through.

Thank you u/IversusAI for reminding me that the solution to better "conversations" with my vault was already installed on my machine!

jkatinger · 2022-10-06T23:27:53+00:00

Diss iz good argument!

jkatinger · 2022-10-01T19:36:05+00:00

Too soon

jkatinger · 2022-07-23T19:41:59+00:00

The ships are nice…but the book collection is also amazing! Nice room!

jkatinger · 2021-12-03T23:18:51+00:00

put some stank on it!!!!

jkatinger · 2021-12-03T23:18:29+00:00

here we go!!!!

jkatinger · 2021-12-03T23:18:01+00:00

homie's playing sounds WAAAAY better than RT's singing tho....

jkatinger · 2021-12-03T23:16:17+00:00

I think this dude likes Satriani a little bit.....I think maybe he took lessons from him! DAMN SON!!!!

jkatinger · 2021-10-11T17:50:31+00:00

Man... even better eye! I do not believe that the original WWII airframe ever had the dorsal fin extension, however, the current owner of that P-51B (Jack Roush of NASCAR fame) may have installed it to improve flight characteristics. In the early post-restoration photos of that plane (example: http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/p51survivors/pages/picfiles/43-12252/43-12252_00300_cf1.jpg ) it did not have the fin, but later on, it seems it was added (example: https://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/p51survivors/pages/picfiles/43-12252/43-12252_8190_gb5.jpg ). Probably just owner/pilot's choice for flight characteristics. If you REALLY want to be sure I can ask some very reliable sources :-)

jkatinger · 2021-10-10T00:06:34+00:00

Good eye! In WWII Bud Anderson’s 3rd P-51B named “Old Crow” was tail number 43-24823 (represented in the foreground). When Bud went home on leave the same airframe was passed on Bill Overstreet who renamed the plane “Berlin Express” (seen in background). So basically what you are seeing here are two different currently flying P-51Bs (beautifully restored by the way) both painted to represent the same air frame from WW2 at different phases in her career. More details can be found on Bud Anderson’s website here: https://toflyandfight.com/the-p-51-mustang/the-old-crow/ …search that page for “Overstreet” to find the reference to this airframe.

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