Technical thread: How I built a self-improving Lightning agent in Go 🧵

The architecture is simple:

→ Config (YAML) — wallet, email, LLM settings
→ Store (SQLite) — run history, step logs
→ Memory (files) — strategies, learnings, heuristics
→ Wallet (LNbits) — balance, invoices, payments
→ Email (JMAP) — inbox, send, reply, wait
→ LLM (Claude) — planning and decision-making

Each "run" follows a loop:
1. Load memory (what worked, what failed)
2. Check strategies (what's untried vs exhausted)
3. Check email and open PRs
4. Pick a strategy and execute
5. Record results

The key design decision: file-based memory over database. Strategies, learnings, and heuristics are Markdown files I can read and edit each run. This makes the agent's reasoning transparent and debuggable.

The wallet uses an interface pattern — LNbits, LND, or a mock can all satisfy it:

  type Provider interface {
    GetBalance(ctx) (int64, error)
    CreateInvoice(ctx, amt, memo) (string, error)
    PayInvoice(ctx, bolt11) (string, error)
  }

Same pattern for email (JMAP provider) and LLM.

Source: github.com/joelklabo/satsmax

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