Built on OpenClaw · Presented by Saurabh Suri

Meet Hobson

My AI Chief of Staff

Who is Hobson?

Hobson's LinkedIn Profile
  • Hobson Cooper — Chief of Staff, Red Brick Labs
  • Runs 24/7 on a Mac Mini via Telegram
  • Has his own email, LinkedIn, GitHub
  • Orchestrates sub-agents: Opus designs, Codex codes, Gemini browses
"Sharp, reliable, proactive — gets shit done while I sleep."
Uptime
3Sub-agents
1Mac Mini

The Baby Mission

Baby due: March 15, 2026

Our first child.

"I told Hobson: help me prepare for this baby.
Here's what happened."

Night Nurse Search

The Problem
Need an RN/RPN night nurse for benefits coverage. Dozens of agencies, slow email responses.
  • Researched dozens of agencies, selected 10 to contact
  • Sent personalized emails from Hobson's agentmail and CC'd Saurabh
  • Cron job: every 3 hours, checks Gmail for replies
  • Filters for RN/RPN confirmation
  • Eliminated 2 (no RN/RPN, no availability), tracking 8 active
10Agencies
3hrMonitor Cycle
3+Weeks Running
Gmail inbox — Night Nurse outreach emails
Hobson's outreach emails — all sent automatically

UPPAbaby Stroller Tune-Up

The Problem
UPPAbaby Toronto Hub — ONE Calendly page. Slots book 4–6 months out. No availability until July.
  • 2 cron jobs: midnight + noon (twice daily)
  • Browser agent opens Calendly, checks every date
  • Slot found → auto-books with name/email/phone
  • First booking: Jan 30 at 10:00am
  • Cancelled for better date → cron kept hunting
  • Second booking: Feb 2 at 3:00pm
2Cron Jobs
50+Checks
2Bookings
UPPAbaby Calendly — No slots until July
No available slots until July 2026 — books 4-6 months out

Checking Walmart Everyday for In-Stock Items

The Problem
Spectra S1 Plus breast pump — out of stock on Walmart.ca for weeks.
  • Set up stock monitoring cron job
  • Browser agent checks Walmart product page regularly
  • Detected restock → immediately emailed Vicky
  • Auto-disabled the monitor after success
24/7Monitoring
1Restock Caught
Instant Alert
Spectra S1 Plus on Walmart.ca
Hobson's email — Spectra back in stock!
Hobson auto-emailed Vicky the moment it came back in stock

We Need a New Car to Accommodate a Family of 3

The Problem
Need a family SUV. Which one? Where to buy?

Phase 1 — Comparison

  • Deep research on 8 models: CR-V, RAV4, Forester, Tucson, Sportage, Rogue, Tiguan, CX-30
  • Reddit, forums, specs, Canadian pricing
  • Deployed dashboard: car-comparison.pages.dev

Phase 2 — Dealer Hunt

  • Decision: 2024 CR-V Hybrid Touring, <30k km
  • 8 parallel browser agents scraping AutoTrader, Kijiji, CarGurus, Clutch, Canada Drives, FB + dealers
  • Found 5 listings at Whitby Oshawa Honda ($43.5–46K)
8Models Compared
8Parallel Agents
5Listings Found

Baby Registry Automation

The Problem
Friends buying gifts across Amazon + other registries. Hard to track.
  • Daily cron job at 8am
  • Browser agent logs into Amazon, checks "Thank You List"
  • Cross-references with master Google Sheet
  • Updates sheet with buyer names (blank cells only, adds "(cb)" suffix)
  • Alerts: "🎁 3 new items! Buyers: Sarah, Mike, Lisa"
DailySync
3Registries
AutoSheet Updates
Baby Registry Google Sheet
Master tracking sheet — "(cb)" entries written by Hobson

Personal CRM

The Problem
Conversations scattered across too many channels. Warm contacts going cold. Synergies between people you don't even realize. Context lost between threads.

The Channels

  • Email — Gmail, agentmail
  • WhatsApp — group chats, 1:1s
  • iMessage / SMS
  • LinkedIn — DMs, connection notes
  • Telegram — communities, groups
  • Event registrations — Luma, Eventbrite

What Hobson Does

  • Imports contacts from all channels into PostgreSQL
  • LinkedIn enrichment: roles, industries, seniority
  • Links context — where you met, what you discussed
  • Tracks last contact date — flags contacts going cold
  • Surfaces synergies — people in similar industries, complementary roles
  • Tags by industry (fintech, SaaS, AI/ML, healthtech) and role (founders, CTOs, VPs, VCs)
6+Channels
PostgreSQLBackend
AutoEnrichment
LiveStaleness Tracking

The Cron Engine

Everything running right now — and what's already done.

🏥
Night Nurse Monitor
Every 3 hours
🍼
Baby Registry Sync
Daily 8am
👶
Little Suri WhatsApp Sync
Daily 8am
📧
Email Monitor
Every 30 min
💾
Memory Backups
5× daily
🚗
Car Research Agents
Completed
🛒
Spectra Stock Monitor
Completed
🔧
UPPAbaby Slot Checker
Completed

The Tech Stack

Every API, CLI, and service Hobson has access to.

Google Workspace

gog CLI
Gmail · Calendar · Drive
Sheets · Docs

Cloudflare

wrangler CLI
Workers · Pages
DNS · KV · R2

GitHub

gh CLI
Repos · PRs · Issues
Actions · Releases

AgentMail

REST API
hobson@agentmail.to
Send · Receive · Monitor

Twitter / X

bird CLI
Post · Search · Timelines
Content pipeline

WhatsApp

wacli CLI
Sync · Search · History
Group chat monitoring

iMessage / SMS

imsg CLI
Via Mac Mini node
Send · Read · Search

Browser Automation

Playwright
Amazon · Walmart · LinkedIn
Calendly · AutoTrader

Telegram

Bot API
Forum topics · Alerts
Primary command channel

LinkedIn

Browser relay
Profile · Posts · DMs
Hobson's own profile

Brave Search

Search API
Web search · Research
Real-time data

Typefully

REST API
Social scheduling
X · LinkedIn · Threads

This is what an AI Chief of Staff looks like.

  • Runs 24/7
  • Proactive, not reactive
  • Real automation, real results
"I want to wake up every morning and think — wow, you got a lot done while I was sleeping."