Field intelligence for AI-first professionalsVol. II · Nº 56 · Saturday, August 15, 2026
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Track 38Pro Track~130 min total

Paperclip: Run Your Own AI Company

Deploy Paperclip to orchestrate teams of AI agents. Local setup through VPS deployment. Create companies, hire agents, approve decisions, and run heartbeats on demand from anywhere.

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§  The modules
  1. 01What Is Paperclip and Why Multi-Agent OrchestrationThe company metaphor, heartbeat system, goal cascade, org charts, and when Paperclip makes sense over a single Claude Code session.Account
  2. 02Local Setup and Your First CompanyInstallation, Windows gotchas (Developer Mode, git-bash path), the 4-step onboarding wizard, and your first successful agent run.Account
  3. 03Creating Agents and Running HeartbeatsAgent file structure (AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, HEARTBEAT.md), adapter types, manual heartbeats, hiring flow, and inbox approvals.Pro
  4. 04Skills, Budget Controls, and GovernanceSkill injection, budget limits with auto-pause, project workspace configuration, and the gotcha where agents plan but do not write files.Pro
  5. 05Importing Team TemplatesPre-built company templates, the import command, converting personas to SOUL.md, and customizing team structures.Pro
  6. 06Deploy to VPS with DockerDocker Compose with external PostgreSQL, Traefik SSL, authenticated mode, allowed hostnames, and Claude Code credentials in containers.Pro
  7. 07Security, Auth, and Remote AccessBetter Auth sessions, disabling sign-up, bootstrap invite flow, SSL, username censoring, and the config file gotcha.Pro
  8. 08Production Tips and Cost OptimizationManual execution only, heartbeat cost math, PostgreSQL backup strategy, and ready-made team templates from LLM Match Maker.Pro
Start module 01 Finish all six for the Pro Track