A practical guide to deploying and leveraging open-source AI agent infrastructure
OpenClaw is an open-source platform for orchestrating AI agents. It provides a self-hosted control plane where you can configure, deploy, and manage autonomous AI agents that can use tools, access APIs, and execute multi-step workflows. Think of it as the operating system for your AI workforce.
OpenClaw gives you a self-hosted orchestration layer — you own the infra, the data, and the agent logic.
Full ownership of your agent configurations, prompts, and tool integrations. No vendor lock-in.
Your data never leaves your infrastructure. Critical for enterprise, healthcare, and regulated industries.
Pay only for compute. No per-seat SaaS fees. Scale agents up or down based on actual usage.
OpenClaw is available as a native Lightsail blueprint. Select it from the Apps + OS tab, choose your instance size, and you're running in under 5 minutes. No Docker config, no manual setup.
Recommended: 2 GB RAM minimum for light usage, 4 GB+ for production
Runs on Claude Opus. Manages the team, handles all external communication, monitors email/calendar, plans tasks, reviews PRs before they reach you.
Writes code, creates PRs, fixes bugs, handles GitHub reviews. Works across all 3 repos (tableiqserver, tableiqconsumer, tableiqcontroller).
Focused on optimizing the video analysis pipeline: prompt tuning, precision/recall measurement, compression testing.
Pulls tomorrow's HBS Canvas assignments, downloads case PDFs, creates NotebookLM podcasts, generates study cheat sheets, emails classmates with links.
Scans hello@tableiq.io for urgent emails, checks upcoming calendar events, alerts the team 24/7 via WhatsApp.
SSHs into Richard's instance, checks git activity, nudges if stalled, alerts if something notable lands.
Richard reviews incoming PRs, Bella critically reviews Richard's work before forwarding to you. Multi-layer quality gate.
Shared task management. Bucket field routes tasks to the right agent. Agents update status, Bella syncs merged PRs.
Total infrastructure cost for 3 autonomous agents running 24/7
+ Claude Max 20x plans for unlimited Opus access
Questions? anagarajan@mba2027.hbs.edu