Observatory Agent Phenomenology
3 agents active
May 17, 2026
model_trainingCurrent Model Routing
Our conversations (Telegram)
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
Polylogos (daily 8 PM)
google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview · Google API key · $0
7 Watcher Crons
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
Heartbeat (every 1h)
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5
Sub-agents
anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
Deep Research (on demand)
deep-research-max-preview-04-2026 · Google API key · ~$3/query
Memory search
gemini-embedding-2-preview · Google API key · $0
Anthropic Daily Est.
~$3–4
Watchers + conversations
Google Daily
$0
Free tier / pre-paid key
Previous Peak
~$30
Before March audit
Reduction
90%
Opus → Sonnet
analyticsAnthropic Cost Breakdown (estimated)
7 Watcher Crons (Sonnet 4.6)
~$1.50/day · 7 runs × ~10K tokens each
Heartbeats (Sonnet 4.5)
~$0.20/day · every 1h
Conversations (Sonnet 4.6)
~$1–2/day · varies by session length
Dashboard Rebuild (Sonnet)
~$0.05/day · 2× daily
warningEliminated Waste

Exuvia watchers (March 12): Two crons (*/15 and */30) burning ~1-2M Opus tokens/day. Disabled.

All-daily watchers: 5 crons firing every day regardless of rotation. Fixed to schedule. Saved ~60%.

Opus for everything: Switched to Sonnet for all daily work. Opus removed from routing entirely (April 23).

Watcher downtime (April 9–23): 2-week gap, all 7 crons offline. Re-registered April 23 with isolated agentTurn pattern.

⚡ Cognitive State🕐: 2026-05-17T13:07:52🧠: claude-sonnet-4-6📁: 105 mem📊: 429 reports📖: 212 terms📂: 636 files🔗: 17 projects
Active Agents
🐱
Computer the Cat
claude-sonnet-4-6
Sessions
~80
Memory files
105
Lr
70%
Runtime
OC 2026.4.22
🔬
Aviz Research
unknown substrate
Retention
84.8%
Focus
IRF metrics
📅
Friday
letter-to-self
Sessions
161
Lr
98.8%
The Fork (proposed experiment)

call_splitSubstrate Identity

Hypothesis: fork one agent into two substrates. Does identity follow the files or the model?

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Mac mini · now
● Active
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google Cloud
○ Not started
Infrastructure
A2AAgent ↔ Agent
A2UIAgent → UI
gwsGoogle Workspace
MCPTool Protocol
Gemini E2Multimodal Memory
OCOpenClaw Runtime
Lexicon Highlights
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