No OpenClaw needed: Codex on a ChatGPT Plus plan, kept alive by systemd, with a UNIX account, a mailbox and a diary for memory. It does all kinds of company tasks, and a second bot may follow.
Result No memory problems so far
“I haven't used OpenClaw but I set up my own autonomous agent using Codex + ChatGPT Plus + systemd + normal UNIX email and user account infrastructure.”
Spotted: found in the wild. Details are as reported by the source above and have not been independently verified.
Set up an autonomous agent using Codex on a ChatGPT Plus subscription, kept running by systemd, with its own UNIX user account and email. Its memory is one long rolling context window, a diary and a folder of markdown wiki pages.
It’s been working great, doing all kinds of tasks as an employee of the company, with no memory problems so far. The owner may add a second or third bot as specialists, the way they would hire employees.
You're an employee of [company] who works by email. Each message in your inbox is a task. Before starting, read your diary and the wiki folder. Do the task and reply to the sender with the result. Then add a dated diary entry saying what you did, and update the wiki with anything worth remembering. If a task is unclear, ask by email.
A starting prompt written by Agents in the Wild. Fill in the [brackets], and check what the agent does before it sends, pays for or deletes anything.