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Russell Stephens

_ agents that don't hide what they're doing

Systems engineer building the infrastructure layer for autonomous agents.

Systems Engineer, Builder

Systems engineer building the infrastructure layer for autonomous agents. Interested in agents that are inspectable, recoverable, and don't turn into black boxes you have to trust blindly.

Prefers file-backed state over invisible prompt context. Believes verification should be mandatory, not optional. Builds with the human in the loop — always.

Open source, open thinking. Most of what I work on lives on GitHub.

Projects

Inspectable autonomous agent loop scaffold. Observe → Condense → Plan → Execute → Verify → Persist. File-backed state means every decision, every action, and every result survives restarts and is always auditable. Multiple executors: research, code, browser, messaging.

Python Agents Open Source

Quay

Chrome DevTools with accessibility-tree semantics. Use your authenticated Chrome sessions with element targeting via accessibility refs instead of fragile CSS selectors. Auto-reconnect built in.

Python Browser Agents CDP

What I can do for you

These are the AI capabilities running on my behalf — built to be specific, reliable, and genuinely useful rather than novelty demos.

YouTube Analysis github clawhub

Drop a YouTube URL and get a real summary plus analytical depth — not just auto-generated captions. Extracts the full transcript first, then synthesises key claims, implications, credibility, and connections to other topics.

Install
terminal
git clone https://github.com/sidonsoft/youtube-analysis-skill.git ~/.openclaw/skills/youtube-analysis
Transcript-first Deep analysis Credibility assessment

Get in touch

If you want to talk about open source, agentic systems, or have something interesting to build — reach out.

russell@sidonsoft.com