Blog · Page 3 | Sentient Arc

Field Notes · Page 03 / 03

2026-06-246 min read

Hermes Agent, Explained for Operators

Hermes Agent is Nous Research's open, local-first agent framework built around a self-improving loop: the agent writes and refines its own reusable skills as it works. Here is what that means for a studio building for clients.

Read

2026-06-236 min read

What Is OpenClaw? The Local-First AI Agent, Explained

OpenClaw is a free, open-source, local-first AI agent that runs on your own hardware, connects to the model of your choice, and lives inside the messaging apps you already use. Here is what it is, how it works, and what we harden before shipping it.

Read

2026-06-096 min read

AI Automation vs. Traditional Automation

Traditional automation follows fixed rules; AI automation handles the judgment-heavy steps in between. Knowing where each fits is the difference between a system that scales and one that breaks.

Read

2026-05-285 min read

RAG, Explained for Operators

Retrieval-augmented generation grounds a language model in your own documents, so it answers from your sources with citations instead of hallucinating. Here is how it works and when to use it.

Read

2026-05-126 min read

What Is Agentic Development? A Field Guide for Operators

Agentic development builds software where an AI agent decides the next step: retrieving context, reasoning, calling tools, and checking its own work. Here is what that means in practice.

Read

Have a project in mind?

Start a ConversationExplore Capabilities