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Peter Steinberger, Crabbox developer, uses AI agent Codex to autonomously build, test, and merge pull requests

The agent uses browser control to register external services.

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Peter Steinberger 🦞@steipete#382inTech

I can barely keep up with implementing/testing/landing all the Issues/PRs folks submit to https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox#providers

Codex runs INSIDE crabbox while it is building crabbox. This is becoming essential infra for my work.

Codex been looping nonstop for the last 4 days in multiple trees. Since all of it is e2e verifiable it basically builds itself. Codex even signs up for the services automatically via browser/computer use. My main job is adding credit card details and closing things that I don't see as a fit.

9:20 PM · Jun 12, 2026 · 13.4K Views

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Positive users express happiness about Codex becoming critical in workflows while negative users dismiss the autonomous Crabbox build as mere parenting rather than real infrastructure.

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Lenny Bogdonoff@rememberlenny

@steipete You might be able to avoid the CC adding step CC. @keyserfaty Agentcard might be a testing solution

Peter Steinberger 🦞@steipete

I can barely keep up with implementing/testing/landing all the Issues/PRs folks submit to https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox#providers

Codex runs INSIDE crabbox while it is building crabbox. This is becoming essential infra for my work.

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DadSats@DadSats

@steipete Hey Peter, you can remove the boring "adding credit card details" by giving Codex a bitcoin wallet and set him free 😊

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curemeMD@curemeMD

@steipete But what is this actually doing for humanity?

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Macro Bombastic@MacroBombastic

@steipete That's wild, bro. So basically you're just the wallet and the filter now

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Peter Steinberger 🦞@steipete

@curemeMD Fewer people having to run around with their MacBooks open as it makes running agents in the cloud easy.

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Voscko@Voscko

@steipete Happy to help where useful @steipete

We already traded emails, and I’m patiently awaiting the legendary Discord ping 😁

Very normal, very subtle public reminder 🤭

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Shivam Patel@ShivamPatxl

@steipete it builds itself and signs up for its own services, and your main job is feeding it a credit card. that is not infra, that is just parenting

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Peter Steinberger 🦞@steipete

@DadSats That wouldn't help, not a single of the services I use here supports crypto.

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Coy Geek@CoyGeek

@steipete My clankers are working overtime!

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Lizzergas@Lizzergas

@steipete What is your e2e stack, how do you define new e2e tests for new features?

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Emon Datta@emonuxui

@steipete We’re moving from coding to supervising autonomous build systems.

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0xkp@0xkanishk

@steipete Since you have autoreview and you have it running in crabbox verifying itself - do you end up reading the code?

Wondering how you keep it architecturally aligned across all the loops? Sometimes if my plans aren’t perfect, I end up having to do a lot of rework.

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Dylan Normandin@DNormandin1234

How would you e2e test an app that has different production infra vs testing infra (CORS, edge middleware, real email sending, etc).

I always find it hard to write proper verifiable tests when you factor this in. And I don't get how a crabbox can stand up the necessary infra to test production-exact code.

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Jimmy Otis #TruthMatters #EndCronyism@james_j_otis

@steipete @curemeMD APPLE is a very small portion of the market.

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VN insight Daily@VNInsightDaily

@steipete Sounds intense—happy to hear Codex is becoming such a critical part of your workflow.

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mrs. robot@keyserfaty

@rememberlenny @steipete here for whatever you need @steipete

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mrs. robot@keyserfaty

@rememberlenny @steipete 🫡

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Michael Ten 🌨🎶🫐🍀@iMichaelTen

@steipete Get that crab out of my cab!

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