gustavo gchavez2

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In this post, I'll start from scratch and build up to OpenClaw's architecture step by step, showing how you could have invented it yourself from first principles, using nothing but a messaging API, an LLM, and the desire to make AI actually useful outside the chat window.

End goal: understand how persistent AI assistants work, so you can build your own (or become an OpenClaw power user).

First, let's establish the problem

When you use ChatGPT or Claude in a browser, there are several limitations:

	import React from 'react';
	import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
	import {Card} from '@shopify/polaris';
	import {Redirect} from '@shopify/app-bridge/actions';

	/**
	* Simple component that makes use of App Bridge.
	*
	* Ensure that this component is a child of your `<AppProvider>` component.
	*/