Not a custom GPT and not a prompt template. An actual AI assistant that runs 24/7, texts you on telegram, and handles tasks while you’re not at your computer, this is how to get there The whole thing runs on a framework called openclaw, open-source, connects an LLM to a persistent server and your messaging apps. The “doing things” part is what separates it from every chatbot → Step 1 Pick your deployment: You need a server that runs 24/7, docker installed, a domain, and SSL configured on top. The official docs walk through it but budget a few hours minimum and expect to debug something. → Step 2 Connect telegram: Create a telegram bot, grab the token, paste it in the dashboard. Two minutes tops. → Step 3 Add your API key: Bring your own key from anthropic, openai, or google, pick your model here too. → Step 4 Choose your model wisely: Claude haiku or gpt4.1 for everyday stuff, fractions of a cent per message and handles 90% of normal use cases and heavier models for complex tasks only. And set a hard spending cap at your provider right now before you do anything else, runaway automations are a documented problem in this community and the API provider will let it run all night. → Step 5 Write your memory instructions: This is where you tell it who you are, your timezone, how you like to communicate, your recurring tasks, spend real time here. A detailed setup at the start saves weeks of the assistant being generic and unhelpful. → Step 6 Start with low-stakes tasks: Email triage, research summaries, meeting prep notes. Let it build context on how you work before you throw anything important at it. If the server setup in step 1 sounds like more than you want to deal with, there are managed options that skip all of it, I went through clawdi when I got tired of debugging my own instance and it is also more private. The rest of the steps are the same either way. submitted by /u/DangerousBox641
Originally posted by u/DangerousBox641 on r/ArtificialInteligence