New Intelligence Report
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【New Intelligence Summary】 It's insane! Silicon Valley has all become obsessed with Clawdbot overnight, earning it the title of "7x24h JARVIS." It has infinite memory, can be summoned at any time, and proactively handles tasks. Most incredibly, it single-handedly made the Mac mini popular.
The iteration speed of AI in Silicon Valley is simply leaving humans no room to breathe...
Upon waking up, the entire internet was flooded with a 7x24-hour AI assistant—Clawdbot.
This is an open-source project developed by developer Peter Steinberger, which has recently become wildly popular in the geek community.
Clawdbot can run smoothly on a Mac mini, serving two roles:
An "AI agent" running locally, capable of calling various models like Claude and Gemini;
A "gateway" that allows conversation through chat apps like WhatsApp and iMessage.
It's no exaggeration to say that Clawdbot has completely reshaped the definition of a "personal AI super assistant" for 2026.
As a result, an AI startup CEO exclaimed, "We have AGI!" Since installing Clawdbot, it has silently handled a pile of tasks—
Most incredibly, it solves the biggest pain point of current mainstream large models—memory. For example, it remembers small details mentioned casually two weeks ago.
For a while, people were sharing their Mac configurations and creating various Clawdbot tutorials.
Even Tim Cook himself might not have expected that, overnight, his own Mac mini sold out!
A developer configured 12 Mac Minis in one go. If calculated at the base price of $599 per unit, the total cost is $7,188 (50,000 RMB).
The true ultimate Skynet is Clawdbot.
Clawdbot Has Gone Completely Viral
"The Real JARVIS" Has Arrived
Actually, Clawdbot isn't a brand-new AI; it was born at the end of last year.
At that time, a software engineer from Vienna, Peter Steinberger, wrote a long article explaining his workflow for 2025.
He admitted, "The most profound change this year is that I hardly read code anymore."
Peter Steinberger returned to work after retirement.
He created an "all-powerful personal butler" called Clawdis, which has full access to all computers, text messages, and emails.
Moreover, it's also a "remote control" for the physical world, integrated with home automation systems to control cameras, lights, music, and even adjust the bed's temperature.
It even has its own voice system running Clawdbot.
In fact, from the article by Steinberger, the "father of Clawdbot," we can get a glimpse of its capabilities—Clawd is an AI cyber butler with "highest privileges," not only managing human daily life but also overseeing other AI agents at work.
At the time, this article was praised by Karpathy.
Just like Claude Opus 4.5, which didn't make much of a splash for a long time after its release.
A month later, that is, now, Claude Code showed Silicon Valley its true power. Clawdbot is the same.
It is an open-source project. On GitHub, Clawdbot has received nearly 9.2k stars and 1.2k forks.
GitHub address: https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot
Clawdbot focuses on being a "7x24h personal assistant," bringing the long-imagined "JARVIS" into reality.
Silicon Valley Is in an Uproar, AI Takes Over Everything
The real killer feature of Clawdbot is still the AI agent.
It can run completely on a personal local computer. All settings, memories, and instructions are just folders and Markdown documents on the hard drive.
Except for the moment when it needs to call a large model and connect to the internet, everything else is local. This means it has access to the computer's shell and file system.
This is the most explosive part!
Because it has permissions, Clawdbot can execute terminal commands, write and run scripts instantly, install new skills, and even set up MCP servers to expand external integrations.
Ultimately, everyone can get a self-evolving, fully controllable personal agent.
Instead of more descriptions, it's better to directly show the "magic" demonstrations by developers.
Clawdbot official showcase: https://clawd.bot/showcase
Dan Peguine used the Clawdbot platform to manage his parents' tea business, and unexpectedly, it handled:
Automatic scheduling → following up with business customers → inventory management → customer service, and it gets smarter the more you use it.
He exclaimed, "In a few months, Clawdbot will probably be able to manage businesses of any size."
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Developer Nimrod Gutman said that Clawdbot helped him create another super cool feature!
It created an automatic setup for a home assistant that intelligently controls the boiler's heating time based on the weather of the past 12 hours, so you don't have to worry about cold showers even on cloudy days.
AI browser Arc developer Andrew Jiang tested it. After giving Clawdbot an idea 24 hours ago, it had already completed a content project to scrape 4 million tweets from 100 top X platform accounts.
Now, you can work with the writing AI agent to polish the first story. In this era, creating content is truly amazing.
Some people are completely fascinated by Clawdbot's capabilities.
Some大佬 said, "Clawdbot is all you need."
Write Code Yourself, Kill Zapier
Developer Federico Viticci said: Clawdbot showed me the future of AI personal assistants.
During testing, he asked Clawdbot to add the function of generating images using the Google Nano Banana Pro model.
It not only did it but also obediently changed its avatar to a "Zelda-style crab" as per the command.
In daily use, the "memory file" is actually a Markdown diary it automatically generates every day, recording daily interactions.
The most exciting and also thought-provoking moment for Viticci came.
Viticci asked if it could help him save money by stopping the automation services he previously bought on Zapier and switching to running locally on a Mac mini.
For example, after sending the newsletter every Friday, automatically create a new project in Todoist.
Clawdbot thought for a moment and gave a solution: set up a cron task on the Mac mini to check RSS every few hours, and once there is an update, call the Todoist API to create a task.
After 5 minutes of conversation, it really wrote all the code on the Mac and got the process running. No cloud dependency, no subscription fees, completely completed by LLM calling local shell tools.
Mac mini Sells Out, Tim Cook Smiles
Now, many people are stacking Mac minis at home to run it.
Netizens joked that the father of Clawdbot, with his own efforts, promoted Apple's first-quarter sales. Tim Cook would probably wake up smiling.
Does it mean that without a Mac mini, you're not qualified?
The father of Clawdbot said that you don't need to buy an extra device; you can just deploy a VPS to use it.
Even a long-unused dusty MacBook or gaming PC can run it, and a Raspberry Pi is barely passable.
A Lobster Rules the World
On his personal homepage, the "father of ClawdBot" aimed to help a lobster rule the world.
Now, he has really succeeded.
Many people are almost obsessed with using it. A developer shared some self-use experiences and tutorials that can help non-developers get started.
It can be understood this way: ChatGPT and Claude live on websites, and humans have to actively go to them, type, wait for a reply, and then copy and paste elsewhere.
Clawdbot is an AI that "grows" in your phone. The reason it's so popular is mainly due to three reasons:
1. It really has "memory"
Ask Siri what you said to it yesterday, and it will definitely look confused.
Clawdbot remembers your last conversation, your preferences, and even a small detail you casually mentioned two weeks ago.
It will accumulate background information over time and become more and more understanding of you.
Apple's Siri, which hasn't been solved for 13 years, was actually conquered by an AI expert who returned after retirement.
2. It "actively" comes to you
This is the most amazing point. Ordinary AI always waits for people to open it. Clawdbot takes the initiative:
Hey, you have 3 urgent emails, and you have a meeting in 20 minutes;
The stock you're watching just dropped 5%;
The weather is not good tomorrow, you might need to adjust your schedule.
This feels like hiring a real personal secretary who helps you keep an eye on things.
3. It can directly control the computer
It's not just talking and answering questions; it really can work:
Filling out forms, sending emails, moving files, running programs, controlling browsers...
A guy restructured the entire website while lying in bed watching Netflix. He didn't touch his laptop at all; he just sent a text message telling Clawdbot what to do.
Developers say many people have fallen into a misunderstanding—
I've seen people stack 3 Mac minis on the table and pull Raspberry Pi cables everywhere, as if building a data center, but it's really not necessary.
Clawdbot can run on a cloud server that costs $5 a month, which is cheaper than a cup of coffee, with a minimum cost of $25.
The technical requirements are actually very simple:
A cheap cloud server (or your own computer)
Install Node.js (free software)
A Claude or ChatGPT subscription, and you're all set. You don't need to build a "Mac mini farm."
Estimated basic costs—
Software: Free (open-source)
Server: $5-50 per month (depending on usage). Most people can get a $5 Hetzner VPS, or run it directly on their own computer (free).
AI fees: $20-100 per month. Claude Pro is $20 per month, or you can pay directly based on API usage.
Total: About $25-150 per month, and you can have a truly capable AI assistant.
Think about it, some "AI consultants" charge $10,000 just to build a basic robot. This price is incredibly attractive.
So, what's the difference between it and ChatGPT and Siri?
ChatGPT is a chat box; Clawdbot is an assistant living in your personal life. Siri's memory is like a goldfish; Clawdbot really has a brain.
How to Get Started?
In simple terms, Clawdbot runs on a computer and can be connected to chat software. You send a message, and it replies.
Of course, it can also execute tasks on the computer.
From a professional perspective, a "gateway" runs in the background, which can be seen as an operator.
Messages come in from channels like Telegram, and the gateway forwards them to the AI. The AI thinks, replies, and triggers actions—such as opening a browser or running a script.
Except for calling Claude/ChatGPT's API, personal data will not be transmitted to any company's server.
Some classic use cases:
Morning Briefing: When you wake up, your phone already has a summary: important emails, daily schedule, to-do items. It helps you organize your thoughts before getting out of bed.
Health Tracking: "Connect to the WHOOP sports bracelet and report data daily." Someone spent 5 minutes setting it up and can automatically get health insights every day.
Email Management: "Help me unsubscribe from all these messy news emails." It will log into the email itself, find spam emails, and handle them.
Research Assistant: "Help me find the 5 best-rated restaurants near 5 Tokyo hotels." It will search, compare prices, and give suggestions, all done in the chat box.
Task Automation: "Send me a weekly review every Friday at 5 PM." Set it up once, and it will run forever.
Advanced Tricks: A user asked Clawdbot to write meditation scripts, generate audio with AI voice, add background music, and send it to him every morning on time. 100% automated.
Do You Need to Know Technology?
To be honest, you need to know a little.
If you can follow the instructions and copy and paste command lines, you can handle it. It's not the kind of thing that "click and it's done," but it's not as difficult as building a rocket.
Official website here: https://clawd.bot
The installation command is just one line:
curl -fsSL https://clawd.bot/install.sh | bashThen follow the setup wizard, and it will teach you how to connect to chat software.
If you think this is too hardcore, you can wait a few more months. The community is optimizing the process every week to make it simpler.
In this era of information explosion, what people lack is a second brain that can filter, remember, and execute for them.
Clawdbot is a typical representative, helping many people realize their dreams.
Perhaps in the future, a company will only need a CEO and many Clawdbots.
References:
https://x.com/NoahEpstein_/status/2015136736989397011?s=20
https://x.com/nickvasiles/status/2014790519529095447?s=20
https://x.com/naruto11eth/status/2015030005370417636?s=20
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