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Welcome to My ZeroClaw Lab

Four weeks ago, I had never SSH'd into a server. Today, I run a delegation-capable AI agent system from a $6/month VPS — and you're reading the documentation for it.

What this is

This is my personal knowledge base from the Super Individual Founding Workshop. It documents every step, every blocker, and every breakthrough from going zero to deploying a multi-agent AI system.

The journey

  • Week 1 — Purchased a Hetzner VPS, installed ZeroClaw, connected it to Telegram, and sent my first command
  • Week 2 — Locked down permissions, encrypted API keys, and set hard spending limits
  • Week 3 — Built Nova, my Content Intelligence Officer, and learned delegation
  • Week 4 — You're looking at it

Meet Nova

Nova is my first sub-agent — a YouTube Intelligence Officer that lives in a sandboxed workspace on the server. I send it a video link via Telegram, and it returns a verdict-first brief: HIGH ROI or LOW ROI, key findings, and actionable takeaways.

Blockers I hit (and how I fixed them)

  1. YouTube authentication broke — Migrated from a browser-cookie package to the Apify YouTube MCP server
  2. OpenRouter credits ran out mid-task — Topped up and learned to manage max_tokens and model routing
  3. Tool registration mismatch after migration — Updated Nova's allowed tools to match the new Apify server names

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