You've probably used ChatGPT or a similar AI chat tool. You ask it, "Help me organize the meeting minutes," and it responds—"Sure, I suggest you follow this structure: 1. Meeting Topic, 2. Attendees, 3. Key Discussion Points..."
Then what? You still have to open a document yourself and fill in the content.
AutoClaw is different. You say "Help me organize the meeting minutes," and it directly creates a document, structures the content, and sends you the link. You say "Schedule a meeting with Sarah tomorrow afternoon," and it actually checks their calendar and sends the meeting invitation.
It's not chatting—it's executing.
What Is It?
AutoClaw is an AI digital employee built on the OpenClaw open-source framework. Install it on your local machine in 1 minute—no dev environment setup, no API key required—download and start using it right away.
Its core capability in one sentence: Tell it what to do in the chat box, and it automatically operates browsers, reads and writes files, calls APIs, runs scripts, and delivers the results to you.
Not Just Chatting—Actually Getting Things Done
Traditional AI chat tools work like this: You ask → It answers → You do it yourself.
AutoClaw works like this: You say → It executes → The result is directly in your hands.
| Traditional AI Chat Tools | AutoClaw | |
|---|---|---|
| What it can do | Only answer questions, give suggestions and steps | Answer questions + directly execute for you |
| Where are the results | In the chat box, you have to manually copy them | Directly in Discord/Telegram/WhatsApp or local files |
| What you need to do | Do it yourself | Say one sentence, wait for results |
What Do Users Use It For Most?
AutoClaw comes with 50+ built-in skills ready to use out of the box, covering the most common scenarios:
- Run quantitative strategies & market monitoring: Real-time market quotes, research report analysis, scheduled morning briefings/anomaly alerts
- Generate Word/Excel/PPT documents: Automatically create spreadsheets, reports, and presentations
- Write social media content: One-click multi-platform content generation for X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more
- Build websites & apps from scratch: Give it a PRD, and it handles the entire pipeline from architecture design to code deployment
- Create long-form content: Blog posts, newsletters, reports—structured and polished
- Full-scenario IM productivity: Message processing, file management, calendar scheduling, task assignment across Discord, Telegram, and WhatsApp
1-Minute Install, 2-Minute IM Integration
- Download & Install: Mac / Windows
- Register & Login: Free trial credits on first sign-up
- Choose a Model: Built-in models ready to use; also supports hot-swapping between DeepSeek, GLM, and other models
- Connect Your IM:
- Discord: Create a bot → Add to your server → Start chatting
- Telegram: Create a bot via BotFather → Paste token → Done
- WhatsApp: Scan QR code to link → Ready to go
After installation, you can use it directly in the PC workspace, or connect it to Discord/Telegram/WhatsApp to command your AI digital employee from anywhere.
Why Run Locally?
AutoClaw runs on your own computer:
- Data stays on your machine—privacy and security guaranteed
- No need to upload files to the cloud for processing
- IM integration via direct API connection, millisecond-level response, unaffected by platform UI updates
- Supports local capabilities like browser automation, file operations, and code execution
Your work data, chat records, and file contents—all stay on your own machine.