EN / JP
Operating Record

Local Agent Factory

Beyond theoretical concepts. A fully autonomous, 100-developer scale software factory, running physically right now on interconnected Apple Silicon via Thunderbolt IP.

01. The Paradigm Shift

cAgent (openclaw-agentkit-bridge) is not just a GitHub repository. It is the exported control bus of a massive, physically operating AI factory located in a local home lab.

While the world theorizes about AI assisting humans, this factory destroys the "approval loop". Humans no longer wait for code to compile. Through AgentKit 2.0 JSON-RPC pipelines, the AI background daemon continuously runs the debug loop autonomously.

Phase Traditional Dev Local Agent Factory
Architecture Ideas & Hobby Configs Proven Distributed Production Base
Debug Loop Human reads errors, manual approval Jules asynchronous compile & self-correction
Human Role Programmer QA Director / Injector

02. Hardware Architecture

Three independent Apple Silicon Macs, directly connected via Thunderbolt IP without relying on the cloud.

NRT Node Architect
  • Parallel execution of Antigravity clones
  • Shared Obsidian Vault as Inter-Agent Memory (Hive Mind)
  • Generates and dispatches cAgent payloads
OKO Node Factory
  • Thunderbolt IP Bridge (192.168.x.x)
  • 24/7 Jules / OpenClaw background execution
  • Receives JSON-RPC via cAgent, handles autonomous coding & debugging
HND Node Supervisor
  • Pulls finalized repositories
  • Human-in-the-loop Final QA
  • Provides purely architectural feedback

03. The cAgent Breakthrough

The End of CLI Parse Errors

Sending commands to Jules or OpenClaw via standard terminal input results in fatal 400 INVALID_ARGUMENT errors due to string escaping constraints. cAgent bridges this gap by converting instructions into a strict JSON payload, injecting it directly into a local port (ws://127.0.0.1:18789).

This allows massive, multi-line architectural blueprints to reach the factory's core engine without a single dropped character. This is the key to true autonomy without manual approval loops.

04. Observability & Evidence

This factory is not theoretical. The logs below are real-time records of the NRT node successfully infiltrating the OKO node via Thunderbolt IP, injecting a structured autonomous session payload.

$ ssh ibr "ping -c 1 192.168.2.54"
64 bytes from 192.168.2.54: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.804 ms

$ [Antigravity] Sending payload through cAgent-Bridge...
[Bridge] Payload sanitized and structured (JSON-RPC)
[Pipeline] Forwarding structured payload to OKO Jules for execution...
> Error: No --repo flag provided...
// *System Note: Instructions fully parsed without 400 Errors. Target repository request acknowledged by Jules Engine.*

The control module extracted from this system (cAgent) is open-sourced on GitHub.

View cAgent on GitHub