Release notes, community highlights, and ecosystem updates from the OpenClaw project.
Hermes Agent v0.16.0, released June 5, 2026, adds a native desktop app for macOS, Linux, and Windows, plus a browser-based admin panel. The update also expands remote gateway support, simplifies first-run setup, trims default skills, and includes security fixes.
Source: Hermes Agent ReleasesA new MCP server called eml-mcp lets AI assistants search, read, write, and update email archives stored as .eml files. It works with Power Automate flows that export Outlook mail to OneDrive, then exposes inbox, sent items, and drafts through structured tools.
Source: HN Show HNOllama tagged v0.30.6 on GitHub on June 5, with commit 87cff95af86a1d8be1d81ce75fafc9bb4e67d002. The release note shown in GitHub lists the launch message “oh-my-pi (#16410)” and includes source code archives for the tag.
Source: Ollama Releasesboxes.dev launched a service that runs each Codex or Claude Code thread on its own cloud Linux VM, called a fork. The company said the setup keeps agents running in parallel, preserves services and database state, and can be controlled from desktop or mobile.
Source: HN Show HNAsana announced Agentic Work Management at its Work Innovation Summit in London, a product suite for managing human and AI agent work in one system. The launch includes Dash, updated AI teammates, new integrations, and specialized tools for service management, developers and client management.
Source: SiliconANGLEA developer has built CTP Room, a shared coordination layer for humans and multiple AI coding agents. The system routes messages to the right agent, tracks file ownership, and keeps team memory across sessions.
Source: HN Show HNPocketPing is an open-source chat widget that lets support staff reply from Telegram, Slack, or Discord instead of a separate inbox. The project also offers a hosted HubSpot inbox, webhooks, an MCP server, and self-hosted deployment options.
Source: HN Show HNOllama released v0.30.3 on June 3, adding support for gemma4-12b in its model list, according to the GitHub release page. The release was tagged by pdevine and points to commit 50bbda5.
Source: Ollama ReleasesA new Codex skill called Codex Reset Watchdog watches public X posts from Codex lead thsottiaux for possible quota reset signals. It can help users spot reset-related changes early and plan how to use any remaining Codex quota, including switching to fast mode when useful.
Source: HN Show HNv0.30.2 adds launch-time prompts to show and install the Cline CLI, along with Qwen code integration and Codex launch configuration isolation. The release also tightens URL handling, updates llama.cpp, and adds fixes for model limits, token counting, and load-stall detection.
Source: Ollama ReleasesAnthropic says it has hundreds of skills in active use inside Claude Code and has identified patterns for what works best. The company’s guidance covers skill types, folder structure, verification, sharing, and usage tracking.
Source: Claude BlogMicrosoft announced new AI infrastructure for developers and business users at Build in San Francisco, including Microsoft IQ, Work IQ, Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ and Web IQ. The company also released new in-house models for reasoning, image, speech and code, plus a security system that uses more than 100 agents to find bugs.
Source: SiliconANGLEMicrosoft has launched Scout, an AI assistant built on the OpenClaw framework for use inside Microsoft 365. The company says it is designed to learn from user feedback, run across desktop and web, and include security checks and audit trails.
Source: TechCrunchGitHub COO Kyle Daigle said the company is adapting its internal tools and infrastructure for a surge in AI-generated code and agent-driven workflows. He described using GitHub Copilot, Actions, Slack, Teams, and Microsoft’s WorkIQ MCP server to help teams review past activity and plan next steps.
Source: Latent SpaceClearscale says it is using AWS Transform, Amazon’s agentic AI migration service, to speed enterprise modernization for VMware, .NET, and mainframe workloads. The company says its Clearview Migration Methodology can reduce migration time by up to 80% and helped one global enterprise cut a 14-month VMware program to under six months.
Source: CIO AICanvascript is selling museum-grade pigment prints of famous source code and software artifacts. The collection includes items such as the Perl Camel, the Apollo 11 AGC bailout code, the Bitcoin whitepaper, and the first CERN web page, with prices starting at $69.
Source: HN Show HNJson2vec is an open-source PyTorch and Lightning toolkit that builds models directly from JSON-like schemas instead of flattening records first. It supports nested data, typed fields, masked reconstruction, embeddings, and batch inference through Lightning data modules and writers.
Source: HN Show HNDashVox.ai has launched an iPhone app that lets users start and steer Claude Code and Codex sessions running on their own machine over SSH by voice. The app supports phone, CarPlay, Android Auto, Apple Watch, Wear OS, and a self-hosted server option, with Android beta coming soon.
Source: HN Show HNMilestones, a native project management app for Apple devices, now includes a built-in MCP server on Mac so users can connect Claude and other AI agents. The latest update also fixes several sync, layout, and task-editing issues.
Source: HN Show HNOpenClaw 2026.5.28 focuses on runtime recovery, channel delivery safety, and stricter validation across browser and automation inputs. The release also adds broader provider support, plugin updates, and improved release and QA checks, according to the project’s release notes.
Source: OpenClaw ReleasesHeypi is an early chat-agent runtime for teams that works with Slack, Discord, Telegram, webhooks, and approvals. The project includes optional Docker and VM runtime providers, plus example assistants for DevOps, project tracking, fitness coaching, and note taking.
Source: HN Show HNHeadroom, a macOS menu bar app, says it can reduce Claude Code token use by about 50% by trimming prompt bloat locally before requests reach Anthropic’s model. The company says prompts never leave the user’s machine, and it has launched pricing tiers for individual Claude users and teams.
Source: HN Show HNAgmsg is a new bash and SQLite tool that lets CLI AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI send messages to one another through a shared local database. The project uses no daemon or network and supports real-time or between-turns delivery depending on the agent.
Source: HN Show HNA new free plugin adds local audio and spoken alerts for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. It runs offline, uses built-in operating system voices and sounds, and can notify users when a task finishes or needs a decision.
Source: HN Show HNOpenAI tagged rust-v0.135.0 of Codex on GitHub at commit 4daceea. The release page does not include a changelog in the provided source, so the update is mainly a version and commit reference for the Codex Rust branch.
Source: Codex ReleasesData Formulator 0.7 is an open-source AI-powered data analytics system for enterprise teams. The release adds reusable Data Connectors, context-aware agents, and an interactive workspace for exploring and refining analyses across fragmented data sources.
Source: Microsoft ResearchEndava says it has adopted Codex across requirements, design, development, and operations, calling itself an “agentic organization.” The company says the tool helps junior staff work with senior-level guidance and has shortened some workflow steps from weeks to days.
Source: OpenAI NewsMicrosoft has introduced Windows 365 for Agents, a cloud PC platform in public preview for running AI agents in secure enterprise environments. The company says organizations can use existing controls in Entra ID and Intune to govern agent activity across apps, browsers, files, and legacy systems.
Source: Help Net SecurityAnthropic has introduced dynamic workflows in Claude Code, a research preview feature that breaks large tasks into parallel subagent runs. The company says it can help with codebase-wide bug hunts, migrations, and other long-running engineering work across Claude Code, the API, and major cloud platforms.
Source: Claude BlogVAEN is a CLI that packages agent.yaml-based coding-agent setups into OCI-backed .agent archives and imports them into other repositories without secrets. It validates manifests, inspects bundle contents, and writes client-specific files for Codex, Claude Code, or Copilot.
Source: HN Show HNKilo Code users can now sign in with an X Premium+ or SuperGrok subscription to use Grok models inside the platform. According to the company, the integration works without a separate API key and includes support for Grok Build 0.1 for agentic coding workflows.
Source: Kilo BlogOpenAI says it co-developed Tax AI with Thrive Holdings and Crete accountants to automate tax preparation and improve the system through production feedback. The company says the tool processed 7,000 returns in a pilot and improved from launch to the point where more returns reached higher accuracy thresholds over six weeks.
Source: OpenAI NewsWarp says it is using GPT-5.5 to support open-source agentic development workflows, where agents write code and humans supervise outcomes. The company says GPT-5.5 uses 30% fewer tokens than GPT-5.4 in internal benchmarks and helps power its Oz orchestration platform.
Source: OpenAI NewsA new macOS app called Vision Clicker watches a selected screen region and automatically clicks approval buttons such as Run, Fetch, or Retry using Apple Vision OCR. The tool runs locally, needs Accessibility and Screen Recording permissions, and is intended for small approval prompts in coding-agent UIs.
Source: HN Show HNHarbor v0.4.19 adds a new `harbor launch` command for starting pre-configured local coding tools and pointing them at inference backends. The release also adds web search and URL-reading support through Harbor Boost, plus compatibility and hardening updates.
Source: HN Show HNAnthropic said Claude Managed Agents can now run in self-hosted sandboxes and connect to private Model Context Protocol, or MCP, servers through MCP tunnels. The company announced the features at Code w/ Claude London 2026, and said teams including Amplitude, Clay and Rogo are already using the managed agents setup.
Source: Claude BlogOpenClaw passed 300,000 GitHub stars in April, while Google launched Gemini Spark at I/O. The two products do similar tasks, but OpenClaw runs on user-owned hardware and Spark runs on Google Cloud.
Source: The New StackLilo is an open source personal AI assistant that runs in Telegram and other channels, including email, WhatsApp, web, and mobile apps. Its creator says it is model-agnostic, keeps memory in a persistent workspace, and can use tools such as web search and browser control.
Source: HN Show HNDell said open-source AI agents are changing how enterprises deploy and govern infrastructure, while the OpenClaw community is drawing new builders into software development. Dell executives said demand now spans from data center systems to deskside AI machines.
Source: SiliconANGLECodex 0.133.0, released May 21, makes Goals enabled by default, adds a dedicated goal store, and changes remote-control behavior to run like a foreground command. The release also expands permission profiles, plugin discovery, and extension hooks, while fixing several app-server, TUI, and runtime issues.
Source: Codex ReleasesGoogle previewed Gemini Spark, a hosted personal AI agent that connects to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, YouTube, and Google Maps. The company also said the open source Gemini CLI will stop working with Google AI subscription plans on June 18 and be replaced by the closed source Antigravity CLI.
Source: Simon WillisonAtrium is a resumable workspace manager for Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI that keeps agent sessions, panes, and task context alive across crashes and reboots. It uses isolated git worktrees for parallel work and offers a CLI for launching, steering, and reviewing agents.
Source: HN Show HNOpenClaw published release v2026.5.19 on GitHub. The source page shown for the release does not include changelog details or feature notes in the provided text.
Source: OpenClaw ReleasesGoogle is expanding Antigravity from a coding environment into a platform for managing autonomous AI agents. The update includes a desktop app, CLI, SDK, cloud integration, and new security tools such as CodeMender and an AI Content Detection API.
Source: The New StackA new Chrome extension and local bridge let zot, a terminal-based coding agent, inspect and control browser tabs through a side panel. The project installs as a zot extension, then adds a zot-chrome command shim and connects to Chrome over a local WebSocket.
Source: HN Show HNCodex 0.132.0 adds first-class authentication to the Python SDK, including API key login and ChatGPT browser and device-code flows. The release also simplifies Python turn APIs, adds structured output support for resumed runs, and includes fixes for sessions, remote execution, Windows installs, and the terminal UI.
Source: Codex ReleasesAnthropic’s Travis Bryant says he uses Claude Cowork to prepare customer briefs, build weekly forecasts, and run an overnight scoring process for a 4,000-account territory. He says the system now handles data assembly and formatting work that previously took cross-functional teams hundreds of hours.
Source: Claude BlogRamp says engineers are using Codex with GPT-5.5 to get substantive pull request feedback in minutes and to build internal agentic tools faster. The company says the system helps reduce manual review work and supports its on-call automation project.
Source: OpenAI NewsAIPS v7.0 is a Claude Code plugin that moves shared AI setup into global files under ~/.claude/ while keeping only the minimum project-specific state in each repo. The project says this reduces repeated setup work, preserves sessions after /clear or crashes, and supports migration from v6.0 with one command.
Source: HN Show HNPeter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw and an engineer at OpenAI, said his team spent $1.3 million on OpenAI API tokens in 30 days. The bill came from running about 100 Codex instances and covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests.
Source: The Next Web