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OpenClaw Household
A family-facing OpenClaw agent on WhatsApp that keeps the calendar and runs chores you approve.
Beginner build · Personal agents · 7 parts · Running cost: $4/mo + model usage
OpenClaw is the open-source gateway: fifty-plus chat channels, ClawHub skills and a policy-as-code trust boundary. This build keeps it domestic — one WhatsApp number the household can message, a calendar, live web answers, and an approval policy you set before you trust it.
Kit. You pick every part and run it yourself. Any model, any server, any search — and the bill is the sum of the parts.
One WhatsApp contact the whole household can message that keeps the shared calendar, answers with live web results and runs the chores you have approved.
First-run setup: about 45 minutes.
What drives the cost: Hosting from about $4 a month plus model usage. Exa starts free.
The parts
Agent shell
OpenClaw — Agent. Open-source gateway with 50-plus chat channels, ClawHub skills and a policy-as-code trust boundary.
Alternatives: Hermes Agent
Brain
Claude Opus 5.5 — Model. Any provider; you bring the key.
Alternatives: Claude Sonnet 5, DeepSeek V4
Channel
Options: WhatsApp (One number the household already has); Telegram; iMessage (Needs a Mac on the network); Signal
Calendar (optional)
Google Calendar — Skill
Web search
Exa — Tool
Alternatives: Perplexity AI
Approval policy
Options: Approve every command; Approve anything that reaches the host; Sandboxed and trusted. OpenClaw ships with sandboxing off. Turn it on before you trust it with the house.
Runs on
Hetzner — Service. OpenClaw has install guides for Hetzner, Hostinger and Daytona; any Linux server works.
Alternatives: Hostinger, IDCloudHost
Run this build
Start the build and it becomes a checklist: for each part, mark the one you already have, pick an alternative of a kind the slot takes, or compare the options side by side; for a plan, a channel or a policy, choose one of the options. Every part you confirm goes onto your stack, and the build is complete when every required part is filled.
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