Hey crew,

Anyone know where I can buy some NZT-48? I need some right now with how much I'm building.

Say goodbye to OpenClaw and hello to OpenClaude…

📌 TL;DR

• Manus "My Computer" → Manus shipped a desktop app that puts the agent on your actual machine like Claude Code. If you're a non-technical founder who hasn't touched a terminal yet, this is basically OpenClaw out of the box.

• Google Stitch 2.0 → im not hyping unnecessarily this looks SO GOOD. Free AI design canvas for apps and websites, links directly to claude code.

• Claude Computer Use + Auto Mode → Claude can now control your entire Mac; mouse, keyboard, everything. Plus Auto Mode means you're no longer clicking "approve" 47 times per session.

• Also this week → OpenAI is killing Sora entirely, Google AI Studio went full-stack, and ChatGPT got a file library.

• Builder's notes → I switched from OpenClaw to pure Claude Code on my Mac Mini, and found a free Wispr Flow alternative that might be better.

Hot local Manus want to organise your files

Manus shipped a desktop app that moves the agent from the cloud onto your actual machine (like claude code). It runs CLI commands in your terminal to read, edit, and organize local files.

Works on both Mac and Windows, and you can control it from your phone via Telegram.

They also launched Meta Business Connectors: Ads Manager, Instagram (ideate, generate, publish, and analyze content), a Creator Marketplace that searches 2M+ creators by demographics, and WhatsApp Business for handling client messages with AI.

Manus has really proved itself as a solid option for non-technical founders who just want to get started with agents. They've got MCPs, skills, scheduled tasks, Telegram integration, and now local file access. It's easily on par with Cowork now.

My one gripe is model selection. It's a model-agnostic orchestration layer, which is amazing. But you can't choose what it runs on.

Right now it uses Claude Sonnet for reasoning with fine-tuned Alibaba Qwen models handling planning and sub-tasks. I'd consider switching everything into Manus if I had full model selection, because I just love running on Claude Opus.

If you're a founder reading this who hasn't really played around with a terminal or Claude Code, and you're thinking of trying to set up OpenClaw… just set up Manus with the Telegram integration and a few scheduled tasks like a morning briefing.

It is literally OpenClaw.

Google Stitch 2.0 (vibe design)

Google rebuilt Stitch this week and it's kind of insane. Stitch is a free AI design canvas from Google Labs for designing UI (user interface; the visual layer of your websites, landing pages, and apps).

Describe the vibe you want, the audience, the aesthetic, or just feed it a screenshot or URL of a design you like, and it generates real, interactive UI components.

Every element is individually tweakable. You can talk to it via voice and it updates live, or draw directly on the canvas to direct changes instead of prompting.

It's not a code editor or a full-stack app builder though. Stitch handles design and prototyping only. Think of it as the design step that happens before you hand things off to your coding agent.

The handoff part is sick. Every design auto-generates a design.md file, your entire design system as one markdown document: colours, typography, spacing, component guidelines. Drop that into your project folder, tell Claude Code to follow it, and every screen it builds follows the same design language.

If you want near pixel-perfect results, they also shipped a Stitch MCP that lets Claude see the actual HTML, CSS, and screenshots instead of just the markdown rules. The biggest problem with vibe coded apps is they all look the same. This fixes that.

Claude Computer Use + Auto Mode

Surprise, guess who shipped more features....

Claude can now control your entire Mac. Not just your browser. Your actual desktop.

It sees your screen through a stream of screenshots and sends real keyboard and mouse inputs to open apps, click buttons, scroll, type, drag files, navigate between windows.

It checks for connectors first (Google Workspace, Slack, Gmail, Calendar, Drive) and uses those APIs directly when available. If there's no connector, it opens a browser. If that's not enough, it falls back to full screen control with mouse and keyboard.

They also shipped Auto Mode for Claude Code, a middle ground between clicking "approve" 47 times per session and skipping all permissions entirely. Claude now assesses each action's risk and decides whether to proceed or ask first.

Computer Use is in research preview for Pro and Max subscribers, macOS only.

Also this week...

• OpenAI is shutting down their video model Sora → Not just the app. Apparently the entire model and API are getting pulled. I get killing the TikTok-style app after the $1B Disney deal didnt go through. but pulling the API entirely is a big call.

  
  

• ChatGPT got a file library → New Library tab that stores all your uploaded and generated files in one place. You can reference them in any new chat from the toolbar instead of re-uploading every time.

  
  

• Claude Code iMessage → Claude Code now supports iMessage as a channel. Telegram was already there, and now you can talk to your agents straight from Messages too.

💡 Builder’s notes

I uninstalled OpenClaw on my Mac Mini this week.

Instead, it's now running what I'm calling OpenClaude. Literally just Claude Code 😭

Claude shipped scheduled tasks and a Telegram integration recently, which were the two main features I actually used OpenClaw for.

The problem is… if your laptop goes to sleep, both of those die (and i'm on the move a lot with my laptop).

So I moved everything onto the Mac Mini, which never gets unplugged. Scheduled tasks always fire and telegram is always live.

The key to making this work is SyncThing, a free open source file sync tool (iCloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox won't work for this). I synced three folders between my MacBook and Mac Mini: my OS folder with all my projects, my Obsidian vault, and my .claude folder.

That last one is the big one. It means every skill, MCP, and tool I build on my laptop is instantly available on the Mini. Both machines are always identical clones.

Don't get me wrong, I still think OpenClaw is great. But I do all my work in Claude Code anyway, and now it covers the two things I needed OpenClaw for. So it makes sense to consolidate.

The only downside ive found is model selection. I'm locked into Claude's models. But I'm not mad about that because I love them.

The whole switch took about 20 minutes. I just moved my skills, context files, and CLAUDE.md over and everything worked. Because it's all just markdown. The harness changed, but the assets didn't. (I know I keep going on like a broken record)

But i’m bullish on claude code.

I've been clauding away at a little something...

I'm building the best AI education and resource platform for founders. A complete AI OS for your business.

I'm not wild on building a traditional course in the AI space (it will be outdated 2 weeks later). I want to build full agent departments you can plug and play install.

A Head of Marketing that walks you through onboarding and comes loaded with pre-built skills. A Head of Content. A CFO. Each one equipped with potent markdown assets; skills, AGENTS.md files, the works.

And it's harness agnostic. Whether you're building on Claude Code, Manus, Codex, or whatever ships next month, the value travels with you. Because it's all just markdown.

Anyone can ask claude to create an 'ads skill' or 'SEO skill'. I don't want to do that. I'm working with real ecom owners, agency operators, ad buyers, and coaches to package up their actual expertise into these agents.

I'm thinking of calling it Vibe Founder. Hit reply and tell me does that name land? Got a better one? I'm all ears.

watch this space…

🧰 Tools to try

Godly → A curated gallery of the best web design out there. Pair it with Google Stitch; find a design you love on Godly, feed it into Stitch, and you've got a real editable design system in minutes. Sick combo.

Google Stitch → The AI design canvas we covered above. Free, generates real interactive UI components from prompts or screenshots, and exports a design.md you can drop straight into your coding agent.

SyncThing → Free, open-source file syncing across your computers. This is what I use to keep my MacBook and Mac Mini identical.

Resonant → A free alternative to Wispr Flow for voice-to-text. I've been testing it and honestly think it's faster and better.

Chops → A free Mac app that lets you browse, edit, and manage your AI agent skills across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and Amp from one place. If you're building skills across multiple tools, this keeps everything organized.

🥣 Brain food

• Made my computer play BBC news music before every meeting → imma need this.

  
  

• Claude Code + Google Stitch 2.0 Makes Websites 10X Better → Great walkthrough of the Google Stitch → Claude Code workflow I mentioned above.

  
  

• Rappers building with AI → has to be favourite thing ever…