Give your AI agent its own cloud Linux desktop instead of your laptop
A builder made Cubicles because he did not want his agent living on his laptop with his files, accounts and home network. Each agent gets a full Ubuntu desktop in the cloud with OpenClaw and Hermes Agent preinstalled, stays on 24/7, and you can watch it live from any browser.
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@hdd_edy on X · 2026-10-19
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-19.
What they did
A builder made Cubicles because he did not want his agent living on his laptop with his files, accounts and home network. Each agent gets a full Ubuntu desktop in the cloud with OpenClaw and Hermes Agent preinstalled, stays on 24/7, and you can watch it live from any browser.
Result (as claimed)
Early free beta capped at 30 desktops; any mistake stays on the agent's own machine.
Tools they used
Cost: OpenClaw: free plan, paid from Free; Hermes Agent: free plan, paid from $20/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.
Set it up
Pick a contained repo or task
Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.
Install and configure
Set up OpenClaw, Hermes Agent. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.
Run it on a real task
Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.
Add guardrails
Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Give your AI agent its own cloud Linux desktop instead of your laptop What the original author did: A builder made Cubicles because he did not want his agent living on his laptop with his files, accounts and home network. Each agent gets a full Ubuntu desktop in the cloud with OpenClaw and Hermes Agent preinstalled, stays on 24/7, and you can watch it live from any browser. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Early free beta capped at 30 desktops; any mistake stays on the agent's own machine. Source: https://x.com/hdd_edy/status/2112219940014915634 Tools they used: OpenClaw, Hermes Agent Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Give your AI agent its own cloud Linux desktop instead of your laptop What the original author did: A builder made Cubicles because he did not want his agent living on his laptop with his files, accounts and home network. Each agent gets a full Ubuntu desktop in the cloud with OpenClaw and Hermes Agent preinstalled, stays on 24/7, and you can watch it live from any browser. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Early free beta capped at 30 desktops; any mistake stays on the agent's own machine. Source: https://x.com/hdd_edy/status/2112219940014915634 Tools they used: OpenClaw, Hermes Agent Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Give your AI agent its own cloud Linux desktop instead of your laptop What the original author did: A builder made Cubicles because he did not want his agent living on his laptop with his files, accounts and home network. Each agent gets a full Ubuntu desktop in the cloud with OpenClaw and Hermes Agent preinstalled, stays on 24/7, and you can watch it live from any browser. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Early free beta capped at 30 desktops; any mistake stays on the agent's own machine. Source: https://x.com/hdd_edy/status/2112219940014915634 Tools they used: OpenClaw, Hermes Agent Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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