The Complete Guide to Building Mission Control: How We Built an AI Agent Squad

The Complete Guide to Building Mission Control is a hands-on walkthrough by Teja (the Twitter/X handle https://x.com/pbteja1998/status/2017662163540971756), describing how a 10-agent AI squad was built using Clawdbot (now OpenClaw) and a Convex-backed shared workspace.

At its core, the guide explains a simple idea, but with practical depth: instead of one forgetful assistant, run multiple persistent sessions, each with its own personality and memory. Teja breaks this down into clear parts. First, the foundation: how Clawdbot runs as a daemon, manages sessions, and gives agents access to files, shells, and browsing. Then the leap — turning sessions into ten distinct agents by giving each a SOUL file, a session key, and a staggered cron heartbeat so they don’t all wake at once.

There are real, usable patterns here. For example, the heartbeat system wakes agents every 15 minutes to check their WORKING.md file, scan a shared Convex activity feed, and either act or stand down, which cuts costs while keeping responsiveness. Mission Control itself is a warm, editorial-style React UI over a Convex schema, with task boards, activity feeds, and subscription-based notifications so conversations don’t require constant @mentions.

Teja also shares the human side, the operating manual (AGENTS.md), and lessons learned, like start small, use cheaper models for routine jobs, and force agents to persist memories to files (no mental notes). One practical scenario shows how a SiteGPT vs Chatbase page moved from Inbox to Done with contributions from Vision, Loki, Fury, and Shuri, all tracked in one task.

If you’re curious about building your own AI squad, this guide is both a blueprint and a cautionary tale, practical and a bit messy in a good way. It reads like someone who actually built it, learned hard lessons, and wants you to save time. The future looks collaborative, optimistic, and a little more organized.