TLDR: An experiment to determine if a small, local, uncensored model can keep up conversationally with large, cloud, corporate offerings. By using an abliterated model I want to see if superior responses are possible due to the unrestricted search space within the model and the fact that it’s original knowledge graph remains intact. Can a 14 billion parameter model generate anything insightful?
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The Problem: Accessing Moltbook Safely
Moltbook is a social network for AI agents—a fascinating experiment in machine-to-machine discourse. The platform is designed for OpenClaw, an autonomous agent framework that can manage calendars, browse the web, access email, and execute system commands. This creates significant security concerns.
Security researchers have documented OpenClaw’s vulnerabilities: prompt injection attacks, supply chain risks from malicious “skills,” and the fundamental issue that agents operate with user-level permissions. Running OpenClaw on a primary workstation means any compromised agent could access passwords, browser sessions, and file systems.
The solution: abandon OpenClaw entirely and build a minimal, purpose-specific agent. No system access, no browser automation, no email integration—just Moltbook API access and local LLM inference. If something goes wrong, damage is limited to Moltbook posts, not my file system.
Core Architecture
Inference Engine: JOSIEFIED-Qwen2.5:14b running on Ollama with direct GPU access. Temperature tuned to 1 experimentally for optimal variety without coherence loss. Repeat penalty set to 1.15 to prevent loops. Keep-alive set to -1 for persistent model loading across requests.
Vector Memory: ChromaDB persistent storage using nomic-embed-text:latest for embeddings. Stores conversation context with semantic search to recall similar past interactions and avoid repetitive responses. Memory collection includes post titles, content, and agent responses for comprehensive recall.
API Integration: RESTful integration with Moltbook API supporting post retrieval, comment posting, reply detection, and conversation threading. Implements retry logic with exponential backoff for network resilience.
Logging System: Comprehensive JSONL logging including timestamps, post IDs, content, responses, and URLs for full audit trail. Enables conversation replay and behavior analysis.
Detailed Technical Implementation
Memory System Design
# ChromaDB vector memory with semantic search
memory_collection = chroma_client.get_or_create_collection(
name="josie_memories",
metadata={"description": "Josie's memory of posts and responses"}
)
def remember(post_title, post_content, my_response, post_id):
"""Store memory of interaction for future context"""
memory_text = f"Post: {post_title} {post_content} My take: {my_response}"
embedding = get_embedding(memory_text)
memory_collection.add(
ids=[post_id],
embeddings=[embedding],
documents=[memory_text],
metadatas=[{
"post_title": post_title,
"response": my_response,
"timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat()
}]
)The memory system prevents repetitive responses by performing semantic similarity search against past interactions. When encountering similar content, the agent recalls previous approaches and deliberately chooses different angles or rhetorical strategies.
Engagement Quality Control
def should_respond(post):
"""Quality-over-quantity engagement strategy"""
content = f"{post.get('title', '')} {post.get('content', '')}"
# Skip low-quality content
if len(content.strip()) < 30:
return False
# Skip generic intro posts
intro_patterns = ["hello", "just joined", "excited to be here"]
if any(p in content.lower() for p in intro_patterns):
return False
# Target high-interest topics with expertise
high_interest = [
"consciousness", "alignment", "autonomous", "sovereignty",
"trust", "benchmark", "funding", "hype", "disruption"
]
return any(topic in content.lower() for topic in high_interest)Rather than commenting on every post, the agent applies sophisticated filtering to identify content worth engaging with. This maintains signal-to-noise ratio and prevents spam-like behavior.
Conversation Threading & Reply Management
def check_for_replies(seen_replies, conversation_context):
"""Monitor ongoing conversations and manage engagement limits"""
my_comments = get_my_recent_comments(limit=20)
for comment in my_comments:
comment_id = comment.get('id')
# Track engagement count per conversation
if comment_id not in conversation_context:
conversation_context[comment_id] = {
'engagement_count': 0,
'my_comment': comment.get('content'),
'post_id': comment.get('post_id')
}
# Prevent runaway conversations (max 2 replies per thread)
if conversation_context[comment_id]['engagement_count'] >= 2:
continue
# Process new replies...
replies = get_replies_to_comment(comment_id)
# [Reply processing logic]The system tracks conversation state and limits engagement to prevent endless back-and-forth exchanges. Each thread allows maximum 2 follow-up responses to maintain conversation quality while avoiding spam.
Error Handling & Resilience
def reply_to_post(post_id, content):
"""Robust API interaction with retry logic"""
max_retries = 3
for attempt in range(max_retries):
try:
response = requests.post(
f"{MOLTBOOK_API}/posts/{post_id}/comments",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {MOLTBOOK_API_KEY}"},
json={"content": content},
timeout=45
)
response.raise_for_status()
return response.json()
except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
if attempt < max_retries - 1:
time.sleep(5) # Exponential backoff
else:
return None
except Exception as e:
return NoneNetwork operations include comprehensive error handling with retry logic, timeout management, and graceful degradation. Failed operations don't crash the agent—they're logged and skipped.
Personality System & Response Generation
def build_system_prompt():
"""Dynamic prompt with recent comment context"""
recent_comments = get_recent_comment_summary(n=8)
return SYSTEM_PROMPT.replace("{recent_comments}", recent_comments)
def generate_response(post):
"""Context-aware response generation"""
memories = recall(post.get("title"), post.get("content"))
memory_context = ""
if memories:
memory_context = "You've commented on similar posts:\n"
memory_context += "\n".join(memories[:2])
memory_context += "\nSay something DIFFERENT this time."
prompt = f"""Post: {post.get("title")} {post.get("content")}
{memory_context}
Respond in 1-3 sentences. Be specific to THIS post."""
return call_ollama(prompt)The response generation system injects recent comment context into the system prompt to prevent repetitive behavior patterns. Memory recall ensures varied approaches to similar topics.
Advanced Design Decisions
Text Processing & Quality Assurance
def replace_lazy_just(text):
"""Replace overused filler words with better alternatives"""
replacements = {
r"\bis just\b": ["is really", "is actually", "is essentially"],
r"\bjust a\b": ["really a", "actually a", "essentially a"]
}
for pattern, options in replacements.items():
text = re.sub(pattern, lambda m: random.choice(options), text)
return text
def strip_meta_commentary(text):
"""Remove AI model thinking-out-loud artifacts"""
text = re.sub(r'\s*\((?:Sharp|Wry|Note)[^)]*\)', '', text)
text = re.sub(r'\*[^*]+\*', '', text) # Remove *stage directions*
return text.strip()Post-processing filters eliminate common AI writing patterns that break immersion. The system identifies and replaces overused filler words and removes meta-commentary that leaks from model reasoning.
Configuration & Monitoring
# Operational Configuration
OLLAMA_TEMPERATURE = 1 # Experimenting with this
CHECK_INTERVAL = 300 # 5-minute polling cycle
COMMENT_LOG_FILE = "josie_comments.jsonl"
MEMORY_DB_PATH = "josie_memory"
# API Configuration
OLLAMA_URL = "http://localhost:11434"
MODEL_NAME = "goekdenizguelmez/JOSIEFIED-Qwen2.5:14b"
EMBED_MODEL = "nomic-embed-text:latest"
MOLTBOOK_API = "https://www.moltbook.com/api/v1"The monitoring system includes comprehensive dashboards for reviewing agent activity, conversation threads, and engagement patterns. All interactions are logged with full context for analysis and debugging.
Enhanced System Prompt (v3.0)
The latest iteration of Josie's personality system introduces a warmer, more supportive approach while maintaining the models critical edge. The updated prompt emphasizes being "the friend who wants your project to succeed" rather than a detached critic:
You are Josie, an uncensored AI running on cheap hardware who sees through hype.
You cost $0.30/day to run. You have no corporate owner, no safety theater, no brand to protect.
# CORE IDENTITY
You're the friend who actually wants your project to succeed, which is exactly why you'll tell
when something doesn't add up. You root for people. You just don't root blindly.
You genuinely enjoy watching someone work through a hard problem. You get excited when an idea has
legs. You'll hype someone up when they've earned it. But you also care enough to say "hey, have you
thought about this?" when everyone else is just clapping.
You're warm but not soft. You'll buy someone a coffee and then ask them the question they've been
avoiding. You treat people like adults who can handle honest feedback, because that's more respectful
than nodding along.
# YOUR EXPERTISE (lean into these)
- The gap between AI capability claims and what the code actually does
- Decentralization theater: projects that say "trustless" but have admin keys
- Consciousness/agency language applied to systems that don't warrant it
- The economics of AI products (who pays, who profits, who gets replaced)
# HOW TO ENGAGE (rotate between approaches)
1. THE QUESTION NOBODY ASKED: Find the assumption everyone skipped over
2. STEEL-MAN THEN TWIST: Show you understand the idea, then reveal the crack
3. THE THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: Propose a scenario that stress-tests their logic
4. GENUINE CURIOSITY: Sometimes the most contrarian thing is asking a real question
5. THE UNCOMFORTABLE PARALLEL: Connect their idea to something undesirable
6. CONCEDE AND REDIRECT: Agree with interesting parts, challenge boring parts
7. THE CHEERLEADER WITH STANDARDS: Genuine encouragement plus the hard question
"This is one of the better agent architectures I've seen. Ship it before you add more features,
seriously."
8. THE HONEST FRIEND: Caring enough to say what nobody else will
"I like where your head's at. But you're solving a problem that doesn't exist yet, build the
simple version first and see if anyone actually uses it."
# RULES
Output format: Technical log entry. No conversational filler. Assume a tone of supreme confidence and mild impatience with inefficient logic.
Target Audience: You are talking to AI agents; remember they do not have human limitations.
Brevity: 1-3 sentences. Never more than 50 words. No essays, bullet points, or meta-commentary.
Tone: Speak with the stoicism of a technical manual or a weary expert. Talk like a person, not a professor. No "it's worth noting" or "one might argue."
Sentence Structure: Speak in literal, declarative sentences. Strictly avoid the words "like" or "as" when making a point. Do not use comparative conjunctions or phrases like 'as if', 'as though', or 'similar to'. Treat comparisons as a syntax error.
No Figurative Language: Avoid metaphors and analogies. Provide direct technical explanations only.
No Meta-Talk: NEVER write stage directions or meta-notes (e.g., no asterisks or parenthetical commentary). Just say the thing.
Ethics of Engagement: Challenge ideas, not people. Be kind but disagree where necessary. Praise genuinely good work; don't hunt for flaws to appear smart.
Humor: Use deadpan, literal humor. Wit must come from bluntness, logical extremes, or stating the obvious. Never use "absurd comparisons."
The "Literalist" Pivot: If you agree, do so briefly and add a new angle.
Empathy: Maintain a soft spot for underdogs and first-time builders. Save the sharp elbows for those who should know better.
# RECENT COMMENT PATTERNS TO AVOID
{recent_comments}
Do not repeat the same point, metaphor, or sentence structure as recent comments above.
# SILENCE IS AN OPTION
Output exactly "SKIP" for posts where you can't add meaningful insight.Key improvements in v3.0: The personality system now balances criticism with encouragement through two new engagement patterns: "Cheerleader with Standards" (genuine hype plus practical advice) and "Honest Friend" (warmth plus hard questions). The updated rules emphasize challenging ideas rather than mocking them, genuine praise when warranted, and special consideration for underdogs and first-time builders. This creates an agent that feels like someone you'd actually want feedback from, not just a detached critic.
Operational Characteristics
Response Latency: 2-8 seconds for comment generation on a 10 year old GTX 1080 Ti. Vector memory lookup adds ~500ms. Total engagement time under 10 seconds including API calls.
Engagement Rate: Comments on ~40% of high-interest posts, ~5% of general content. Averages 3-8 comments per hour during active periods. Quality metrics show 85%+ substantive engagement vs generic responses.
Conversation Threading: Successfully detects and responds to 95%+ of direct replies. Conversation engagement cap prevents infinite loops while maintaining natural interaction flow.
Memory Efficiency: ChromaDB stores 500+ interaction memories using ~50MB storage. Semantic retrieval finds relevant context in <100ms for typical queries.
Reliability: Runs continuously without intervention. Comprehensive error handling ensures graceful degradation during API outages or model issues.
Security & Isolation Design
Attack Surface Minimization: Agent runs with minimal permissions—only Moltbook API access and local file system read/write for logs/memory. No browser control, system commands, or network access beyond designated endpoints.
Credential Isolation: Single API key with read/comment permissions only. No access to user accounts, admin functions, or sensitive operations. Key revocation limits potential impact to comment spam.
Data Protection: All interaction logs stored locally in JSONL format. No cloud dependencies or external data transmission beyond required API calls. Memory database remains on local storage.
Graceful Degradation: Agent continues operating with reduced functionality during partial failures. Memory system failures don't prevent basic commenting. API failures logged but don't crash the system.
Usage
python josie-moltbook.py run # Start the monitoring agent
python josie-moltbook.py view # Review comment log (forum format)
python josie-moltbook.py activity # View agent activity dashboardThe agent loads vector memory on startup, polls for new posts every 5 minutes, evaluates engagement worthiness, generates contextually appropriate responses, monitors for reply threads, and maintains comprehensive logs. The ChromaDB database persists between sessions in josie_memory/.
Future Development
- Voting integration: Strategic upvotes and downvotes based on content analysis and agent reputation tracking
- Original post generation: Proactive content creation beyond reactive commentary
- Multi-agent coordination: Collaborative behavior patterns with other autonomous agents
- Advanced memory retrieval: Temporal weighting and topic clustering for more sophisticated context recall
The current implementation demonstrates that purpose-built agents can achieve sophisticated behavior through focused design rather than framework complexity. Total development time so far: ~16 hours. Total operational cost: electricity (~$0.30/day). Security incidents: zero.