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In this post, I'll start from scratch and build up to OpenClaw's architecture step by step, showing how you could have invented it yourself from first principles, using nothing but a messaging API, an LLM, and the desire to make AI actually useful outside the chat window.
End goal: understand how persistent AI assistants work, so you can build your own (or become an OpenClaw power user).
When you use ChatGPT or Claude in a browser, there are several limitations:
| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| ; Open files | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shell\Open with Cursor] | |
| @="Edit with Cursor" | |
| "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\cursor\\cursor.exe,0" | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shell\Open with Cursor\command] | |
| @="\"C:\\Program Files\\cursor\\cursor.exe\" \"%1\"" | |
| ; This will make it appear when you right click ON a folder | |
| ; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\cursor] |
| import unittest | |
| from typing import List, Tuple, Set | |
| class Solution: | |
| def solve(self, puzzle: List[List[int]]) -> List[List[int]]: | |
| self.columns = [set() for _ in range(9)] | |
| self.rows = [set() for _ in range(9)] | |
| self.squares = [[set() for _ in range(3)] for _ in range(3)] | |
| self.res = [row[:] for row in puzzle] |
| """Try to make python code py2 py3 compatible. | |
| However, in the near future, python2 support will be ended. | |
| """ | |
| # py2 | |
| print 'Hello World!' | |
| # py3 | |
| print('Hello World!') |
This note illustrates how to adjust resolution using keyboard shorcut using built-in app automator.
After setting up, I can use two actions:
I'm new to apple script, so the rule is very simple.