Personal AI Assistants

a standing digital employee

This track shows you how to set up a personal AI assistant that works for you around the clock. It is aimed at anyone who wants an always‑on digital helper without needing deep system‑admin experience. When you finish, you will be able to install a ready‑made agent on your own machine, configure a self‑hosted assistant that remembers past interactions and can write its own skills, delegate complete tasks to Claude using a chat interface, and run an AI agent through WhatsApp or Telegram with OpenClaw. Each chapter gives you concrete steps to achieve those outcomes. Start with Chapter 1 to get the basic installation and chat experience. Then move to Chapter 2 to set up Hermes for persistent, self‑hosted operation. After that, choose either Chapter 3 if you prefer delegating whole tasks to Claude without using a terminal, or Chapter 4 if you want to connect an assistant to your messaging apps. If time is limited, you can skip Chapter 4 and still have a functional always‑on assistant. Follow the chapters in the order presented; they build on each other and assume the previous setup is in place. Skipping ahead may require you to backtrack later to fill missing configuration steps.