Ten agents on a Mac mini ran 200 sessions a day and earned $0
A developer says his OpenClaw setup of ten agents, covering email triage, freelance proposals, bounty hunting, content and Discord bots, ran 200+ sessions a day on a Mac mini. After five days revenue was $0. He says the agents worked fine; they were just selling nothing. Self-reported.
- Agent or tool
- OpenClaw (10 agents)
- Topic
- Automation
- Reported on
- Blog (DEV Community)
- Added
- 2026-10-29
Why it matters
Automation used to mean wiring up rigid rules. Agents can handle the messy, in-between steps that rules miss, which makes many more workflows worth automating. It is one of 23 sightings filed under Automation on Agent Sightings (number 5 by interest), and one of 1 involving OpenClaw (10 agents).
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into OpenClaw (10 agents) or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Check my two Gmail accounts every 20 minutes, categorise the new mail and pass urgent items to me. Do not reply to anything yourself.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Blog (DEV Community): https://dev.to/quantbit/i-run-10-ai-agents-247-on-a-mac-mini-heres-what-actuall…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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