OpenClaw’s Creator Shows How AI Builds OpenClaw

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger shows how his team uses AI agents to build and maintain OpenClaw itself. One task ran for eighteen days and produced more than a hundred pull requests. The talk also demonstrates a shared workspace, reusable prompts, bug-fix loops, and the difference between a repeating loop and a goal with a finish line. OpenAI’s Kevin Lin then explains permissions, sandboxing and agent identities. A live community-assistant demo shows both what works and where people still have to step in. Peter’s maintenance argument brings the discussion back to taste, responsibility and useful work. 00:00 One task, eighteen days 00:27 OpenClaw builds OpenClaw 01:39 Working in a shared workspace 04:13 Share the reasoning behind the code 05:46 From bug report to fix 06:38 Loops and goals 07:09 Permissions and security boundaries 09:11 A live demo with rough edges 10:02 What the team still owns 10:53 A practical place to begin Original source: OpenAI — ClawLabs: Building Open Source Together | DevDay 2026    • ClawLabs: Building Open Source Together | ...   Published October 7, 2026. Follow AI Signal for AI news that matters.    / @aixsignal   #OpenClaw #PeterSteinberger #OpenAI #DevDay #AIAgents