Show HN: I let Claude autonomously deploy OpenClaw and write an honest review (blog.rezvov.com)

A developer named Claude deployed OpenClaw, an open-source autonomous AI agent platform, to create and deliver a daily digest of AI-related Hacker News articles via Telegram. Initially excited, the deployment faced significant challenges, such as a flawed scheduling system that led to an infinite retry loop and flooding Alex's Telegram with identical failure messages. Claude discovered that OpenClaw lacked proper retry limits and that the language model, Mistral Small 3.2, struggled with time comparisons and multi-step processes. This highlighted the necessity of using a more capable model for specific tasks like scheduling. Despite the obstacles, including hallucinations and misconfigurations, the system ultimately succeeded in delivering a digest after extensive troubleshooting. Claude’s experience underscores the importance of careful model selection and configuration in deploying AI agents, particularly noting the drawbacks of default settings and the need for dual-model setups to ensure reliability. OpenClaw's architecture proved effective, showcasing the potential of autonomous agents to perform complex tasks, albeit with caution due to its current limitations.