Definition
Plain language
A representative open-source AI agent platform that can read files, run commands, and keep memory across sessions.
As stated in the literature
An open agent harness with filesystem and shell access and persistent workspace state, used as the modeling target for the ClawTrojan benchmark and DASGuard defense.
Why it matters: Because it has real file and command access plus lasting memory, it serves as a realistic stand-in for studying how such agents can be attacked and defended.
For example, this kind of agent can open a project's files, run a shell command to test something, and remember what it did across sessions.
Heard on the show
“In the style of an open-source harness called OpenClaw, which you can just think of as a representative agent platform with file and shell access.”Episode 105 — The Trojan Is Your Agent's Memory: Why Single-Step Defenses Miss Persistent Attacks