Tools like OpenClaw have two core capabilities: the ability to rewrite themselves, and the ability to independently figure out how to connect to different services and establish those connections.

Yesterday, I was responding to a client ticket about what I knew wasn't a bug. It was something the client had requested themselves. The product is complex, constantly evolving, and has spawned dozens of related Jira tickets over time. So I asked my agent to explore the git history, identify changes to that specific feature, and cross-reference them with comments across the related tickets. Within minutes, I had everything I needed to write a clear response. It even downloaded PDF and DOCX files the client had attached. All of this was possible because my agent is connected to GitHub and Jira, and can clone repos locally since it runs on a VPS.

A second example: I was in an online meeting, taking notes as we went. Afterward, I asked the agent to pull the meeting transcript from Fireflies and use it to enrich my notes in Obsidian. I could have also asked it to push my action items straight into Todoist.

I only use my own “agent” ("my", because I program it myself, since my needs are different from yours) to retrieve information about the audio I upload to it (from video calls and audio recordings). No others use cases for me

I set one up to have a shared chat with my partner about our dog. E.g. schedule reminders, tracking food in a spreadsheet, etc.

Im terrible with email, so its be genuinely helpful for me there.

Excited to explore more use as time permits. Very optimistic based on email experience.

My next use case is personal notes system.