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Stratagems Newsletter Issue 1.
In This Issue:
Stratagems Trailblazers: The AI Assistant That Actually Does Things
Good Reads: Machine, Platform, Crowd
Stratagems Detours: Acumen
Stratagems Detours: Limericks
Stratagems Trailblazers:
The AI Assistant That Actually Does Things
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The “iPhone Moment” for Personal AI? Why Clawdbot Is Breaking the Internet
We’ve spent the last two years chatting with AI in browser tabs. We ask, it answers, we close the tab, and it forgets everything. It’s a tool, not a teammate.
But what if your AI lived in your WhatsApp or Telegram? What if it texted you first because it remembered you had a flight to catch? What if it could actually do things on your computer instead of just talking about them?
Enter Clawdbot.
The Breakdown: If you haven’t heard the buzz yet, you will. Clawdbot is the open-source, self-hosted assistant that is currently setting the developer world on fire. It’s not just another wrapper; it’s a fundamental shift in how we interact with Large Language Models.
Unlike the passive chatbots we’re used to, Clawdbot is:
- Messaging-First: It lives where you communicate (iMessage, Discord, Slack, Telegram). No new apps to open.
- Stateful & Persistent: It keeps daily notes on your conversations. It remembers your projects, your preferences, and your context from weeks ago.
- Agentic: It has shell access. It can run scripts, manage files, deploy code, and use tools. It doesn’t just write code; it executes it.
Why The Hype? The “magic” feeling people are reporting comes from the Agency.
When you tell ChatGPT to “remind me,” it hallucinates a confirmation. When you ask Clawdbot to “remind me,” it actually schedules a system job and texts you at the right time. It feels less like software and more like a very competent, remote executive assistant who happens to run on your local machine.
The Reality Check: Is it perfect? No. It’s technical, it requires you to bring your own API keys, and “with great power comes great responsibility” (giving an AI shell access to your laptop is not for the faint of heart).
But it represents the first real glimpse of the Personal Operating System future we were promised.
Here’s everything you need to know to decide if you should jump on the bandwagon:
👉 The Architecture: How it connects local files to cloud brains.
👉 Capabilities: What it can actually do (from coding to travel planning).
👉 The Pros & Cons: An honest look at the trade-offs.
👉 Getting Started: A 4-step guide to setting it up this weekend.
See why this might be the most important tool you install this year. ➡️
#AI #Clawdbot #Automation #OpenSource #FutureOfWork #TechTrends
Good Reads:
Machine, Platform, Crowd
by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
MIT scholars examine three key business rebalancing acts: mind versus machine, product versus platform, and core versus crowd.
Stratagems Detours:
Acumen
Stratagems Detours:
Limericks
The Cloud Was Supposed to Be Cheaper
They migrated all workloads to the cloud,
Declared it was cheaper and proud.
When the bill hit the CFO,
The silence was slow…
Then the shouting was impressively loud.
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