Clawdbot Ascends to the Gods, a 7x24 AI butler that causes Mac mini to sell out

Editor: Peach, New Intelligence

【New Intelligence Guide】It’s crazy! Silicon Valley has all gone crazy for Clawdbot overnight, hailed as “7x24h Jarvis.” It has unlimited memory, can be called upon at any time, and actively does work. The most outrageous thing is, it single-handedly popularized the Mac mini.

The iteration speed of AI in Silicon Valley is simply leaving no room for humans…

After a night’s sleep, the entire internet was flooded with posts about a 7x24-hour AI assistant—Clawdbot.

This is an open-source project developed by Peter Steinberger, which recently became wildly popular in the tech community.

Clawdbot can run smoothly on a Mac mini, serving two roles:

A locally running “AI agent” that can call various models like Claude, Gemini;

A “gateway” that allows interaction via chat apps like WhatsApp, iMessage.

No exaggeration—Clawdbot has completely reshaped people’s definition of a “personal AI super assistant” in 2026.

In fact, AI startup CEOs are exclaiming “We have AGI”! Since installing Clawdbot, it has silently handled a bunch of tasks—

The most outrageous part is, it solves the biggest pain point of current mainstream large models—memory. It remembers trivial things mentioned two weeks ago.

For a time, people shared their Mac configurations and posted various tutorials on Clawdbot.

Perhaps even Cook himself didn’t expect that his own Mac mini would sell out overnight!

Some developers configured 12 Mac Minis in one go. At the base price of $599 each, the total cost is $7188 (about 50,000 RMB).

The true ultimate Skynet is Clawdbot.

Clawdbot goes viral, “True·Jarvis” arrives

In fact, Clawdbot isn’t a brand-new AI; it was born at the end of last year.

At that time, Vienna-based software engineer Peter Steinberger published a lengthy article outlining his workflow for 2025.

He admitted, “The most profound change this year is that I almost no longer read code.”

Peter Steinberger makes a comeback after retirement

He created an “all-in-one personal butler” called Clawdis, with full access to all computers, messages, and emails.

Moreover, it’s also a physical “remote control,” integrated with home automation systems, capable of controlling cameras, lights, music, and even adjusting bed temperature.

It even has its own voice system running Clawdbot.

Actually, from Steinberger, known as the “Father of Clawdbot,” we can glimpse the key to its capabilities—

Clawd is an AI cyber butler with “highest authority,” managing human daily life and overseeing other AI agents working behind the scenes.

At the time, this article also received high praise from Karpathy.

Just like after the release of Claude Opus 4.5, it didn’t cause much stir for a long time.

A month later, and now, Claude Code demonstrated its true power to all of Silicon Valley. Clawdbot is the same.

It’s an open-source project on GitHub, with nearly 9.2k stars and 1.2k forks.

GitHub link: https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot

Clawdbot focuses on “7x24h personal assistant,” bringing the long-anticipated “Jarvis” into reality.

Silicon Valley explodes, AI takes over everything

The real killer feature of Clawdbot is its AI agent.

It can run entirely on a personal local computer; all settings, memories, and commands are stored as folders and Markdown documents on the hard drive.

Except for when calling large models that require 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 for external integrations.

Ultimately, everyone can have a self-evolving, fully controllable personal agent.

Compared to more descriptions, it’s better to see the developers’ “magic” demos directly.

Official impressive demo of Clawdbot: https://clawd.bot/showcase

Dan Peguine used Clawdbot to manage his parents’ tea business, unexpectedly handling:

automatic scheduling → following up with corporate clients → managing inventory → customer service, and it gets smarter the more it’s used.

He exclaimed, “In a few months, Clawdbot will be able to handle businesses of any size.”

Developer Nimrod Gutman said, Clawdbot helped him develop another super cool feature!

It automated the setup of a home assistant, intelligently controlling the boiler based on weather data from the past 12 hours, so even on cloudy days, no worries about cold showers.

AI browser Arc developer Andrew Jiang tested it and, after giving Clawdbot ideas for 24 hours, completed content scraping for 100 top accounts across platforms, totaling 4 million tweets.

Now, he can team up with the writing AI agent to craft the first story. Creating content in this era is truly amazing.

Some people are completely obsessed with Clawdbot’s capabilities.

A big shot said, Clawdbot is all you need.

Write your own code, beat Zapier

Developer Federico Viticci said: Clawdbot shows me what future AI personal assistants will look like.

During testing, he asked Clawdbot to add a feature to generate images using Google Nano Banana Pro model.

It not only did that but also obeyed commands to change its avatar to a “Zelda-style crab.”

In daily use, the “memory file” is actually a Markdown diary automatically generated every day, recording daily interactions.

The most exciting and also somewhat terrifying moment came.

Viticci asked if it could help him save money by stopping automation services he previously bought on Zapier and running locally on Mac mini instead.

For example, after sending the newsletter every Friday, automatically create a new project in Todoist.

Clawdbot thought for a moment and gave a plan: set up a cron job on Mac mini to check RSS feeds every few hours, and if there’s an update, call the Todoist API to create tasks.

After a 5-minute conversation, it actually wrote all the code and ran the process on Mac. No cloud dependency, no subscription fees, all done via LLM calling local shell tools.

Mac mini sells out, Cook laughs

Now, many people have filled their homes with Mac minis just to run it.

Netizens joked that the “Father of Clawdbot” single-handedly boosted Apple’s Q1 sales. Even Cook must be smiling in his sleep.

Is it that without Mac mini, it’s not worth it?

Clawdbot’s creator said, no need to buy an extra device; just deploy a VPS.

Even unused MacBooks or gaming PCs can run it, and Raspberry Pi is barely enough.

A lobster ruling the world

On his personal page, the “Father of Clawdbot” aims to help a lobster dominate the world.

And now, he has truly succeeded.

Many are so obsessed with using it that they’re almost crazy. A developer shared some DIY tips and tutorials that non-developers can understand.

It can be understood like this: ChatGPT and Claude live on websites; humans have to actively find them, type, wait for replies, then copy and paste elsewhere.

Clawdbot is an AI “embedded” in your phone. Its popularity mainly comes from three reasons:

1. It really has “memory”

Ask Siri what you said yesterday, and it’ll probably be clueless.

Clawdbot remembers your last conversation, your preferences, even a trivial thing you casually mentioned two weeks ago.

It accumulates background info over time, becoming more understanding of you.

The Siri that Apple couldn’t fix in 13 years is now conquered by a retired AI veteran.

2. It will “proactively” find you

This is the coolest part. Ordinary AIs always wait for you to click on them. Clawdbot actively reaches out:

Hey, you have 3 urgent emails, and there’s a meeting in 20 minutes;

The stock you follow just dropped 5%;

The weather tomorrow isn’t great, you might need to adjust your schedule.

It feels like hiring a real private secretary who keeps an eye on things for you.

3. It can directly control your computer

It’s not just talking; it can really do work:

Fill out forms, send emails, move files, run programs, control browsers…

One guy, lying in bed watching Netflix, restructured an entire website. He never touched his laptop, just sent messages telling Clawdbot what to do.

Developers warn that many fall into misconceptions—

I’ve seen people stacking 3 Mac minis on their desk, pulling Raspberry Pis everywhere, making it look like a data center, but that’s really unnecessary.

Clawdbot running on a cheap $5/month cloud server is enough, cheaper than a cup of coffee, with a minimum cost of $25.

The technical requirements are actually simple:

A cheap cloud server (or your own computer)

Install Node.js (free software)

A subscription to Claude or ChatGPT, and you’re all set—no need to build a “Mac mini farm.”

Estimated basic costs—

Software: free (open source)

Server: $5-50/month (depending on usage). Most people buy a $5 Hetzner VPS or run it on their own PC ($0).

AI costs: $20-100/month. Claude Pro is $20/month, or pay per API usage.

Total: about $25-150 per month, and you get a truly functional AI assistant.

Think about it—some “AI consultants” charge $10,000 just to set up a basic bot. This price is insanely attractive.

So, what’s the difference between it and ChatGPT, 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?

Simply put, Clawdbot runs on a computer, connects to chat apps, and replies when you send messages.

Of course, it can also perform tasks on the computer.

From a professional perspective, it runs a “gateway” in the background, acting as a dispatcher.

Messages come in via Telegram or other channels, the gateway forwards them to AI. The AI thinks, replies, and triggers actions—like opening a browser or running scripts.

Besides calling Claude/ChatGPT APIs, no personal data is sent to any company’s server.

Some classic use cases:

Morning briefing: upon waking, your phone already has a summary: important emails, daily schedule, to-do list. Helps you clear your mind before getting out of bed.

Health tracking: “Connect to WHOOP fitness band, report data daily,” which takes about 5 minutes, and automatically provides health insights.

Email management: “Help me unsubscribe from all these spammy newsletters,” it logs into your email, finds spam, and handles it.

Research assistant: “Find 5 highly-rated restaurants near Tokyo hotels.” It searches, compares prices, and gives suggestions—all in the chat window.

Task automation: “Every Friday at 5 pm, send me a weekly review.” Set it once, and it runs forever.

High-end tricks: one user asked Clawdbot to write meditation scripts, generate audio with AI voice, add background music, and send it to him every morning automatically. Fully automated.

Do you need technical skills?

Honestly, you need to know a little.

If you can follow instructions, copy-paste commands, you can handle it. It’s not a “click-and-done” thing, but it’s not rocket science either.

Official site here: https://clawd.bot

Installation command is just one line:

curl -fsSL https://clawd.bot/install.sh | bash

Then follow the setup wizard, which will teach you how to connect chat software.

If that’s too hardcore, wait a few more months. The community keeps optimizing the process weekly, making it easier.

In this era of information explosion, what people lack is a second brain that filters, remembers, and executes for them.

Clawdbot is a typical example, helping many realize their dreams.

Perhaps in the future, a company only needs 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

https://www.macstories.net/stories/clawdbot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks-like/