AI assistant for the trades
Clawbolt is a messaging-first AI assistant that helps users manage their business: estimates, client records, job photos, and more. Text your assistant from iMessage, RCS, SMS, or Telegram. No app to install, no dashboard to learn. Just text.
- Memory -- Clawbolt remembers your rates, clients, preferences, and past conversations
- Photo analysis -- Send a job site photo and get an AI description for documentation
- File cataloging -- Photos and documents auto-organized in your Google Drive
- Proactive heartbeat -- Clawbolt checks in periodically with reminders and follow-ups
- QuickBooks Online -- Query, create, and send invoices and estimates via QuickBooks (experimental)
- Google Calendar -- Check availability, schedule jobs, and manage events from chat (experimental)
- Onboarding -- First-time users get a friendly conversation to set up their profile
git clone https://github.com/mozilla-ai/clawbolt.git
cd clawbolt
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your LLM API key and messaging channel credentials
docker compose up --buildVerify it's running:
curl http://localhost:8000/api/health
# {"status":"ok"}Webhooks are registered automatically via a Cloudflare Tunnel. Text the Linq phone number or message your Telegram bot and Clawbolt will respond.
| Audience | Where |
|---|---|
| End users (people using Clawbolt to run their business) | clawbolt.ai/docs |
| Self-hosters (running your own instance) | docs/self-host/ |
| Contributors (hacking on Clawbolt itself) | CONTRIBUTING.md |
- Self-hosting overview -- quickstart and index
- Configuration -- full environment variable reference
- Docker -- Docker Compose setup and troubleshooting
- Google Drive Setup -- file storage integration, per-user OAuth
- Messaging channels: Linq, BlueBubbles, Telegram
- CONTRIBUTING.md -- local dev setup, tests, code standards, PR guidelines
See CONTRIBUTING.md for local development setup, tests, and PR guidelines.