Microsoft took OpenClaw — the autonomous agent Satya Nadella called a 'virus' he couldn't ship inside Microsoft — wrapped it in Entra identity, Purview policy, and a new in-house reasoning model, and launched it as Scout: the first of a category it calls Autopilots. Here is what Scout actually is, how its governance model works, how it relates to the OpenClaw you already know, and the honest risks of handing an always-on agent the keys to your inbox.
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Hermes Agent: Setup, Local Models, and How It Compares to OpenClaw Hermes Agent from Nous Research has quietly become the fastest-growing open-source agent framework of 2026. This is a hands-on setup guide — including Ollama configuration for fully local operation — a head-to-head comparison with OpenClaw, and a tour of the other agentic frameworks worth watching.
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OpenClaw: The Complete Guide to Self-Hosted AI Agents Everything you need to know about OpenClaw — the open-source, self-hosted AI agent that connects your messaging apps to real-world actions. Covers its origins and confusing rename history, the architecture, deployment on Docker, Mac mini, and a VPS, running it against local models with Ollama, the SOUL.md policy system, the serious security incidents you must understand before deploying, and an honest comparison against Claude Code.