Show HN: I built an open-source alternative to Claude Cowork

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Hey HN,A few months ago, I tried to automate some of my work with the popular AI agent OpenClaw, and then I quickly realized how difficult it is to get it to work with APIs and third-party services securely, which is essential for a lot of work-related tasks.Then I realized OpenClaw is more of a personal assistant and it was not designed to get actual work done as a coworker.

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So I started to build Valmis, an alternative to OpenClaw that works with more than 100 apps and services, with security being the priority.Valmis addresses the security issue by designing a proxy system: dockerized agent runtime can only request the host machine to make API requests by providing the relevant credential ID.

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With this design, you can even turn off the internet access of the agent container while making it work.Our proxy system now supports 100+ business and productivity integrations, including all Google...

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