I let an AI agent run on my Mac mini for two months. It woke up every five minutes, picked one action, did it, wrote the result to a state file, and went back to sleep. After 2,734 ticks , I am publishing the loop itself as a skill.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/hamo_e38ec2422de5ab43c6c6/lessons-from-a-2734-tick-earning-loop-on-openclaw-4g92)