I tried @jack's Buzz.
It's like Slack + OpenClaw + Herdr + but with some really unique features that people are sleeping on.
The video below shows how it works, and some of my thoughts on the process and platform, e.g.:
- Create and interact with agents on top of any harness (claude code, codex, pi, etc.)
- Choose which models agents use, including local ones
- Agents can delegate work and work in parallel in git worktrees
- Agents are first-class citizens and work like humans (creating channels, delegating, access to chat history)
- You can share AI compute within a community
- It's completely open-source and decentralized
Things I like:
- Delegating work in chat feels natural: tag an agent, it replies in a thread with status updates as it e.g. compiles, commits, and deploys.
- Shared compute: relay owners can share local compute with members, so a community could pool funds for one beefy machine running a local model and everyone uses it.
- It's built on Nostr, an open protocol already tied into Bitcoin Lightning so I can imagine communities tipping each other or paying for compute/agent tasks with instant zero-fee micropayments in the future.
- It ties together things like OpenClaw, an agent manager, and Slack-style chat into one tool.
Things I didn't like:
- You can't see what the agent is doing in a terminal. The activity view exists, but if you're used to watching a session run, this UI feels a bit abstracted. A terminal view would be great.
- It feels slower than running a session in Claude Code, though no evidence to back that up. For that reason I found myself doing one-off tasks in the terminal instead.
Verdict:
- I really like it so far and can genuinely imagine working with a team this way.
- It doesn't feel ready for big, complex tasks yet. For shallower tasks, it's perfect.
- The shared compute + Nostr/Lightning angle is what really separates it from every other agent manager for me, and I think that future is coming.
I tried @jack's Buzz.
It's like Slack + OpenClaw + Herdr + but with some really unique features that people are sleeping on.
The video below shows how it works, and some of my thoughts on the process and platform, e.g.:
- Create and interact with agents on top of any harness (claude code, codex, pi, etc.)
- Choose which models agents use, including local ones
- Agents can delegate work and work in parallel in git worktrees
- Agents are first-class citizens and work like humans (creating channels, delegating, access to chat history)
- You can share AI compute within a community
- It's completely open-source and decentralized
Things I like:
- Delegating work in chat feels natural: tag an agent, it replies in a thread with status updates as it e.g. compiles, commits, and deploys.
- Shared compute: relay owners can share local compute with members, so a community could pool funds for one beefy machine running a local model and everyone uses it.
- It's built on Nostr, an open protocol already tied into Bitcoin Lightning so I can imagine communities tipping each other or paying for compute/agent tasks with instant zero-fee micropayments in the future.
- It ties together things like OpenClaw, an agent manager, and Slack-style chat into one tool.
Things I didn't like:
- You can't see what the agent is doing in a terminal. The activity view exists, but if you're used to watching a session run, this UI feels a bit abstracted. A terminal view would be great.
- It feels slower than running a session in Claude Code, though no evidence to back that up. For that reason I found myself doing one-off tasks in the terminal instead.
Verdict:
- I really like it so far and can genuinely imagine working with a team this way.
- It doesn't feel ready for big, complex tasks yet. For shallower tasks, it's perfect.
- The shared compute + Nostr/Lightning angle is what really separates it from every other agent manager for me, and I think that future is coming.
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