Grok Bot, GPT Dots & Claude Duet Are All Wrong (Here’s How to Do It Right)

Anthropic has Claude Duet, OpenAI has Dots, and xAI has Grok Bot. They all make the same pitch: your own AI agent, with its own computer in the cloud, that works while you sleep. I use AI agents every day, and I don't think there's a single reason to pick one of these over the CLI those same companies already give you. Strip off the personality and you're left with the model you already have, running on someone else's computer, holding your logins. In this video: → What these products actually are, once you take off the lipstick → What each company's own docs say: Duet can't see the files on your computer, Dots hands real work to Codex (the CLI) and bills it against your Codex quota, and Grok Bots all share one computer and every login on it → Why a CLI gives you more control, more visibility and fewer surprises on your bill → How to build your own always-on agent in four steps: pick the box, install a CLI, write an AGENTS.md, keep it running and reach it from your phone And thank you to everyone who watched, shared and reached out after the last video. 1,800 views was way more than I expected. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Thank you for 1,800 views 1:15 Every lab shipped the same agent 2:56 What you're actually buying 3:40 Claude Duet: its own help page 4:04 ChatGPT Dots hands real work to Codex 4:35 What you get with a CLI 5:00 Dots memory and the "deeper work" quota 5:38 Duet's background work eats your limits 5:56 Grok Bot: one shared computer, every login 6:29 My walls, my limits, my plans 7:44 OpenClaw did this first 8:32 Make your own 8:48 Step 1: pick the box 9:11 Step 2: install a CLI 9:18 Step 3: write an AGENTS.md 10:34 Deny rules vs. suggestions 10:49 Step 4: keep it running, reach it from your phone 11:32 What the cloud agents can't do 11:45 "I'm not technical" 12:29 The rub 📎 Sources shown in the video • Claude Duet help page: https://support.claude.com/en/article... • Grok Bot docs (approvals, security and privacy): https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-... • Every's hands-on review of Duet: https://every.to/vibe-check/vibe-chec... • Dots limits, quotas and Codex delegation: https://smartscope.blog/en/blog/opena... • Dots memory: https://coursiv.io/blog/chatgpt-dots • AGENTS.md (OpenAI Codex guide): https://developers.openai.com/codex/g... • The Agentic AI Foundation: https://openai.com/index/agentic-ai-f... #AI #AIagents #ClaudeCode #Codex #GrokBot #ChatGPT #Claude #AGENTSmd #CLI