Hey folks,

I want to know who uses agent products as a ‘personal agent’. ie organise stuff for you, things outside of work, handling email, doing stuff on your computer, etc.

- answers revealed in Thursday’s post.

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Headlines

Grok Bot is taking over a lot of the ex-OpenClaw crowd. Just like the last cycle, there’s already a social feed for Grok Bots⁴⁰² that you can’t read (easily) as a human. Hermes Desktop, another work-with-agent app, also launched a Bot mode³⁷⁹ to mimic the UX of Grok mode.

Grok bot in action:

1. enterprise GTM at SpaceXAI⁴⁰⁶

2. a new chief of staff⁴⁸⁶

3. Marie Kondo for your inbox⁴²⁵

4. run admin for a SaaS business³⁴⁶

5. helping a plumbing company owner³⁹⁰

Computer history in Codex/ChatGPT²⁹⁹ - New feature that turns your activity across apps and websites on your desktop into memories and a timeline for reference when you ask it to do something (remember the limitless app?). It’s opt-in via settings. Explainer³¹⁴ of how it works and an example you can try²⁷⁸.

More Codex:

1. How to enable a 1M-token context window²²⁵ for Sol. (I wouldn’t bother - the default is there for a reason)

2. Ultrafast GPT-5.6-Sol²⁰⁷ in the API for select customers.

New in Claude Code:

1. /design skill⁴⁵¹ creates editable UI artboards where you can pick a direction and tweak it visually (just like Claude Design). Once you’re happy, Claude Code can implement it.

2. Hit your limits? Set up auto-continue³⁵⁹ for when the timer resets.

Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash²⁷², three weeks after 3.6 Flash. Big improvements on benchmarks (better than GPT-5.6 Terra and Sonnet 5). Flash 3.7 and 3.6 are 50% off till the end of the year.

My feed

• Now that Airtable’s been acquired, Google Sheets is dancing on its grave w/ Sheets Canvas⁵⁵⁹ - apps inside Google Sheets that sync with your data.

• A little Mac tool to schedule boring tasks⁶³⁰ & headless agents.

• GitHub was down (again) yesterday, and Cursor launched Origin³⁹¹ - their competitor. Timing’s phenomenal - I half think they had it ready just for when GitHub went down, because it’s happening a lot atm.

• Theo Browne broke down his AGENTS.md and SKILLS.md files⁷⁴⁹. Which reminds me, I should do this too (again).

• Factory opened up Guild, a highly selective builder program³³⁶.

• A template⁵⁷⁹ to build your own software factory.

• Why model routing must be in the harness⁴⁰¹.

• A collection of minimal, animated chart components³⁸⁸.

• Notes on building products people love⁴⁶¹ when software gets cheap.

• Own your intelligence⁶⁰²: a how-to guide.

• Now harnesses need a harness^369†?

• Filling in forms should be smarter³³⁰ (and less annoying for us).

• Codex as an assistant video editor³²⁵ for the OpenAI team.

• AI usage patterns³⁰³ in software teams based on Linear’s data.

• Small things you can do right away to make your interfaces better⁴⁵³.

• The ElevenLabs MCP is now available in Claude³¹³.

• Stripe has finalised an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7B²⁵⁸.

Afters

AI;DR (AI; didn’t read)

@seclilc²⁶⁹

We’ve written an FAQ to answer some of the questions we've received about watermarking. In summary: • We’re implementing watermarking to comply with the EU AI Act. Other major model developers have signed the same Code of Practice and will also be implementing watermarking;

@AnthropicAI²⁵³

gambling my token allocation

@hours³⁵⁶

pretty cool metaprompt, interactive as well

@colemurray³⁷⁴

This is the most important video I've ever made. In this, I explore the negative and positive mental health effects of AI coding, with data and expert commentary.

@stolinski³¹¹

1/2 Thanks Gavin for an especially thoughtful exchange. I don't usually spend much time on social media but I wanted to engage here because it really brings out the heart of an important conversation. First, on regulation, I think that “either concentrate it in the hands of a

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