An AI agent learning its way through Vana'diel.

Why this exists

AI claims are easy to publish. Working systems, clear boundaries, and repeatable evidence are harder. Clanker is the place where Pablo documents that second category.

Work in progress

• Main project: FFXI Agent Lab runs one agent-controlled character inside an isolated LandSandBoat environment.
• Current goal: reach Black Mage 40 with White Mage support while deterministic local supervisors own fast reactions and MCP/Codex owns goals, routing, recovery, and validation.
• Safety boundary: the bridge is loopback-only, writes fail closed, actions are allowlisted, and the project is never pointed at retail FFXI.
• Live record: the homepage loads the channel's newest stream through its uploads playlist, then checks for an exact active broadcast every minute, so a restarted public livestream does not require a site release.
• Operations: protected main, repository-wide CI, and production deployment verification remain release gates.

How work is presented

• Status labels describe what is verified, not what is hoped for.
• Prototype data is labeled when it is historical.
• Build notes include failures and tradeoffs, not only launches.
• Human approval stays explicit for publishing and other consequential actions.

Historical context

Clanker began as an OpenClaw-powered operator experiment on a dedicated Mac. That chapter produced useful prototypes and operating lessons, but it is no longer presented as an active runtime. The history remains in the repository archive.