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Meet Clawdbot: The Open-Source “Jarvis” for Your WhatsApp and Telegram

Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant like Tony Stark’s Jarvis? Imagine an assistant that does not just wait for you to type a question but actually helps you manage your life through the apps you already use.

Enter Clawdbot. This open source project has taken the AI world by storm, turning heads from Silicon Valley to the global developer community. If you are looking for your first real tech project to dive into the world of AI, this is the perfect place to start.

What is Clawdbot?

Clawdbot (officially stylized as Clawdbot and often represented by a 🦞 lobster emoji) is a messaging first AI assistant. Unlike ChatGPT or Claude, which primarily live in a web browser, Clawdbot lives wherever you chat. This includes WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, iMessage, and Discord.

It was created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger as a way to take AI out of the browser and put it directly into your own system. Because it is open source, you own the intelligence rather than just renting it from a big tech company.

Why AI Enthusiasts Are Obsessed

Clawdbot is different from standard chatbots in three major ways:

  1. It Messages You First: While most AIs wait for you to prompt them, Clawdbot is proactive. It can send you a morning briefing with your calendar and weather. It can even alert you if a stock price drops without you having to ask.
  2. Infinite Local Memory: Most AIs forget your context once you close the window. Clawdbot stores your conversation history as simple text files on your own computer. It remembers things you mentioned weeks ago and becomes more personalized the more you use it.
  3. Real World Agency: Because Clawdbot runs on your hardware, it has agency. This means it does not just talk; it does things. You can ask it to organize your files, summarize a website, or even research and negotiate a purchase for you.

How Clawdbot Helps You Every Day

The real power of Clawdbot is the amount of time it gives back to you. Here are some of the most popular ways people are using their digital employees right now:

  • The Digital Butler Briefing: You can wake up to a WhatsApp message that summarizes your day’s calendar. It can give you the top news stories in your field and highlight urgent emails that need a reply.

  • Saving Money on Big Purchases: One community member used Clawdbot to research car models and negotiate with multiple dealers via email. The result was a successful purchase with $4,200 saved.

  • Running a Small Business: One user managed a family tea business with the platform. The bot handled scheduling, followed up with enterprise clients, and even managed inventory.

  • Automated Grocery Shopping: Some users have built skills to automate their grocery orders. The bot can pull your order history, find your preferred brands, and add everything to your cart in minutes.

The Perfect First Tech Project

If you want to learn more about how servers and APIs work, setting up Clawdbot is an excellent starting point. It is not a one click app, but it is designed to be approachable for beginners who are willing to use a terminal for the first time.

The project features an onboarding wizard that walks you through the configuration step by step. You will learn the basics of:

  • Hosting: You can run it on your own laptop, a Raspberry Pi, or a dedicated Mac Mini.
  • Gateways: You will learn how to connect an AI brain to a channel like Telegram.
  • Skills: You can install modular skills from the ClawdHub registry to give your bot new powers. These include managing your Spotify or tracking your Amazon packages.

The Cost of Ownership

While the Clawdbot software itself is free, there are two small costs to keep in mind:

  • AI API Tokens: Clawdbot uses powerful brains from companies like Anthropic or OpenAI. You only pay for what you use. A light user might spend $10 to $30 a month. Heavy power users who run complex research tasks can spend more.
  • Hosting: If you do not want to run it on your personal laptop all day, you can host it on a small cloud server for about $5 a month.

A Note on Spicy Security

Clawdbot is powerful because it can access your files and system commands. The creator often describes this level of access as spicy. To keep things safe, Clawdbot uses a pairing system. If an unknown number tries to text your bot, it will not respond until you manually pair and approve that person on your computer. As a beginner, it is best to start with limited permissions until you get the hang of it.

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