Descriptions:
Alex Finn walks through the complete setup of a custom “Mission Control” dashboard for OpenClaw — a locally-hosted Next.js interface that the OpenClaw agent itself builds from scratch with no manual coding required. Filmed from Shibuya, Finn treats the video as a live walkthrough of every panel he considers essential for managing an AI agent effectively.
The core components covered include a Kanban-style task board with a live activity feed (so users can monitor exactly what the agent is doing in real time), a calendar screen for tracking scheduled cron jobs and automated tasks, a projects screen for high-level goal tracking, a memory screen that organizes the agent’s stored conversation history by date into a readable journal format, and a docs screen that surfaces every document, plan, or report the agent has generated during past sessions.
A key technique Finn demonstrates is “reverse prompting” — asking the agent questions like “if you were to categorize five projects we’re working on, what would they be?” to let the AI surface structure rather than imposing it manually. The entire Mission Control can be bootstrapped with a single prompt instructing OpenClaw to build a Next.js app on localhost styled like Linear. Every tool shown was built the same way: a plain-language description to the agent, no code written by the human.
📺 Source: Alex Finn · Published March 03, 2026
🏷️ Format: Tutorial Demo
