Summary
NetworkChuck takes a close look at Paperclip, an open-source meta harness that lets people manage many AI agents as if they were employees in a company. Rather than replacing tools like Claude Code, Codex, Hermes or Open Claude, Paperclip brings them together under one organization with managers, assigned tasks and a traceable activity history.
The video is a practical build. The host sets up an agentic IT department to diagnose a recurring problem at his studio, where network storage disconnects whenever a certain event happens. He installs Paperclip on a virtual machine or cloud server, then hires a team: three Hermes agents acting as CTO, network engineer and storage engineer, a Claude Code agent as CEO, a security reviewer on Codex, and helpdesk and scanner agents on the Pi harness using local models.
Viewers see how agents communicate through tasks rather than open-ended chat, how projects and cases are created, and how blocked agents escalate to a manager before bothering the human board member. The creator of Paperclip also appears to explain the design philosophy. The demo is candid about rough edges, including agents that time out, making it a useful look at where multi-agent management stands today.
📺 Source: NetworkChuck · Published September 24, 2026
🏷️ Format: Hands On Build
