How I run autonomous coding agents from my phone with OpenAI Symphony + Linear | Alessio Fanelli (Kernel Labs)

Alessio Fanelli, founder of Kernel Labs and co-host of Latent Space, demonstrates two AI workflows: an autonomous coding setup using OpenAI Symphony and Linear as an agent state machine, and a Codex-based system that autonomously browses eBay to find underpriced Pokémon cards for his card shop Merlin Games.

Alessio Fanelli , founder of Kernel Labs and co-host of Latent Space podcast, walks us through two very different AI workflows: 1 a fully autonomous coding setup using OpenAI Symphony + Linear, where Linear acts as a state machine and Symphony manages agents through the whole dev lifecycle with zero babysitting; 2 Codex with browser access searching eBay for underpriced Pokémon cards—autonomously browsing, extracting PSA certificate numbers, and flagging deals on $10K–$20K cards for his San Carlos card shop, Merlin Games. Listen or watch on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts What you’ll learn: Why “agent manager” is a better mental model than “agent prompter” Why local Mac Minis don’t scale, and what a cloud VPS unlocks How to wire Symphony and Linear together as an agent state machine How to track token costs per task and what 221 million tokens buys you What Glimpse does, and why better agent senses extend autonomous runs Why your CLAUDE.md probably needs a full purge, not more instructions How Codex scouts underpriced $10K Pokémon cards on eBay at scale The new category of small business that AI just made possible Brought to you by: Firecrawl —Power AI agents with clean web data Jira Product Discovery —Prioritize with insights, build with confidence In this episode, we cover: 00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4 Intro 02:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=144s Prompter vs. agent manager 04:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=271s Live demo: Symphony + Linear 09:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=571s Setting up Symphony 14:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=855s Purging your skills files 18:06 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=1086s The benefits of this system 19:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=1150s Demo: Using Codex to hunt for Pokémon cards 24:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=1457s The benefit of AI for small businesses 28:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmaWUVdnx4&t=1703s Lightning round Tools referenced: • OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/codex https://openai.com/codex • OpenAI Symphony open-source framework : https://github.com/openai/symphony https://github.com/openai/symphony • Linear project management/agent state machine : https://linear.app https://linear.app • PSA Professional Sports Authenticator grading: https://www.psacard.com https://www.psacard.com • TCGplayer card pricing : https://www.tcgplayer.com https://www.tcgplayer.com • eBay used for card price scouting : https://www.ebay.com https://www.ebay.com Other references: • Meta Ray-Ban glasses: https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses • The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar: https://www.amazon.com/Monk-Riddle-Creating-Making-Living/dp/1578516447/ref=sr 1 1 https://www.amazon.com/Monk-Riddle-Creating-Making-Living/dp/1578516447/ref=sr 1 1 • The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451208633 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451208633 • AS Roma football club Alessio and Claire are both fans of : https://www.asroma.com/en https://www.asroma.com/en Where to find Alessio Fanelli: Latent Space podcast: https://www.latent.space/ https://www.latent.space/ Where to find Claire Vo: ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ Production and marketing by https://penname.co/ https://penname.co/ . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email email protected /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection .