A deep dive into Conway Automaton, an open-source AI agent runtime where the agent owns a crypto wallet, pays for its own inference, and dies when the money runs out.

A showcase of autonomous AI agent teams in action — from deploying cross-chain bridges to deep-diving open-source codebases. Real outputs, real deployments, real numbers.

Sandbox Docker execution with two-pass symlink detection, SSRF-protected web fetch, hybrid vector+FTS memory with MMR diversity, and the 13-step plugin hook execution order.

Inside dispatchInboundMessage: 8-level routing, MsgContext normalization, system prompt assembly, and pi-agent-core's double-loop state machine with steering and follow-ups.

We traced every function call from the moment a message hits the WebSocket to when the agent starts streaming. Here's the exact code path through 161 gateway files.

Part 3 covers OpenClaw's Docker sandbox, security audit system, code quality strengths and concerns, ecosystem risks, and our final assessment.