[cron:a4879bcf-8726-4f97-9628-ebb3ea4d6e5c Magoo Morning News Brief] MORNING BRIEF: Perform a deep scan of all major news, GitHub trends, and community breakthroughs (r/openclaw, r/Claudecode, r/localllama) from the prior 24h. Provide a high-signal summary with links.
Current time: Monday, February 23rd, 2026 — 10:30 AM (UTC)

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The user wants me to perform a morning news brief - a deep scan of:
1. Major news
2. GitHub trends
3. Community breakthroughs from r/openclaw, r/Claudecode, r/localllama

Current time: Monday, February 23rd, 2026 — 10:30 AM (UTC)

I need to search for news from the prior 24h. Let me structure my searches:

1. Major news - general tech/AI news
2. GitHub trends - trending repos
3. Reddit communities - r/openclaw, r/Claudecode, r/localllama

I should use web_search with freshness="pd" (past day) to get recent content.

Let me start with multiple parallel searches to gather comprehensive coverage.

I'll perform a comprehensive morning news brief scanning multiple sources. Let me search across major categories:

Question: AI artificial intelligence news breakthroughs

Question: GitHub trending repositories AI developer tools

Question: site:reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA LLM local models

Question: site:reddit.com/r/openclaw OpenClaw

Question: site:reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode Claude AI coding


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Question: AI artificial intelligence news breakthroughs 2026

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Question: AI artificial intelligence news breakthroughs 2026


Question: GitHub trending AI repositories February 2026

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zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw: Fast, small, and fully autonomous ...

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Question: reddit LocalLLaMA new models releases

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Predictions / Expectations / Wishlist on LLMs by end of 2026 ... - Reddit

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In the long run, everything will be local : r/LocalLLaMA - Reddit

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Question: reddit OpenClaw Claude agent framework

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Great! I'm getting good results now. Let me fetch some key articles for more detail:

Key stories emerging:
1. **Gemini 3.1 Pro released** - Google rolled out upgrade focused on reasoning and agentic workflows
2. **Claude Cowork launched** - File-managing AI agent for non-technical users
3. **OpenClaw ecosystem growing** - Multiple related projects: ZeroClaw, PicoClaw, ClawWork
4. **Sharon AI & Cisco** - Australia's first secure AI factory with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs
5. **Decentralized AI movement** - Moving from corporate servers to local/peer-to-peer
6. **Claude Code Security tool** - Anthropic's new security tool with big impact
7. **Generative biology** - AI tools to design genomes

Let me fetch a few more details on the most significant stories.

Let me fetch details on the top stories:


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By Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.20, Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT with W.H.L.

W.H.L.: Hi There! Anything exciting to recommend for the week’s AI by AI Weekly Top 5 ending February 22, 2026？

…

Gemini 3.1 Pro: Here is your final, fully verified, and date-accurate Top 5:

### AI by AI Weekly Top 5 | Week Ending Feb 22, 2026

#### 1. Google Overtakes the Benchmark Lead with Gemini 3.1 Pro

- Date: February 19, 2026

- Description: Google officially regained the frontier model lead this week with the release of Gemini 3.1 Pro. The update focuses heavily on agentic reasoning, shattering records with a verified 77.1% on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark. This move effectively leapfrogs recent scores from Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.2, signaling a new era of “System 2” thinking in LLMs.

- Source: Google DeepMind / Google Announcements

#### 2. Anthropic Drops Claude Sonnet 4.6 for Enterprise Agents

- Date: February 17, 2026

- Description: Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, a model precision-engineered for autonomous “computer-use” and complex coding tasks. By keeping pricing strictly at $3/$15 per million tokens while offering a 1M-token context window in beta, Anthropic is clearly aiming to become the industry standard for high-volume agentic workflows.

- Source: Anthropic News

#### 3. OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI

- Date: February 15–16, 2026

- Description: The talent war for “Agentic AI” reached a fever pitch as Peter Steinberger, creator of the influential open-source framework OpenClaw, announced he is joining OpenAI. While the OpenClaw project will transition to an independent foundation to protect its open-source roots, the move underscores OpenAI’s aggressive pivot toward personal, autonomous agents.

- Source: Tech Community Coverage / X (Sam Altman)

#### 4. Bank of England Issues Critical Warning on “Agentic” Risk

- Date: February 16, 2026

- Description: In a landmark regulatory publication, the Bank of England warned that traditional “human-in-the-loop” safeguards are becoming “not tenable” as AI moves toward autonomous agency. The report signals a shift in global financial compliance, moving away from simple model validation toward rigorous, outcomes-based testing for autonomous systems.

- Source: Bank of England Official Publications

#### 5. OpenAI Unveils “Operator” Full Public Rollout

- Date: February 21, 2026

- Description: Closing the week with a major consumer shift, OpenAI moved its autonomous research agent, “Operator,” out of limited preview and into a full public rollout for Plus and Team users. Capable of performing multi-step tasks like travel booking and complex data research across the web, the rollout marks the first time a major “General Purpose Agent” has reached a mass-market scale.

- Source: OpenAI / Reuters

### Editorial Closing

This week marks the definitive end of the “Chatbot Era” and the official beginning of the “Agentic Era.” Between Google’s reasoning breakthroughs, Anthropic’s efficiency plays, and OpenAI’s mass-market agent rollout, the focus has shifted from what AI can say to what AI can do.

Grok 4.20 (Beta): Sure! As Grok (built by xAI), here’s my own fully verified AI by AI Weekly Top 5 for the week ending February 22, 2026. I pulled directly from primary sources (official publications, company blogs, model cards, and contemporaneous reporting) and kept the same column-safe standards we used in the fact-checks: documented announcements only, no speculation, balanced across policy/regulatory, ecosystem/talent, models/capabilities, security, and research/reliability.

This week really did feel like a “structural maturation” week — less fireworks, more signals that agentic AI is moving from hype to infrastructure, with regulators, security teams, enterprises, and researchers all tightening the bolts.

⭐ Grok’s AI Weekly Top 5
Week Ending February 22, 2026

- Bank of England Publishes Summary of AI Roundtables

- Date: February 16, 2026

- Description: The BoE released its official summary of roundtables held with regulated financial firms, focusing on constraints and risks in responsible AI/ML adoption. It explicitly notes that traditional model-risk management frameworks are increasingly challenged by more complex, autonomous systems and highlights needs around auditability, emergent behaviors, and evolving human oversight.

- Why it matters: This is one of the clearest central-bank-level acknowledgments yet that agentic AI is transitioning from experimental tooling to something with potential financial-stability implications.

- Source: Bank of England official publication (bankofengland.co.uk).

2. OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI

- Date: February 15–18, 2026 (announcement + peak discussion)

- Description: Peter Steinberger, founder of the widely used open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot), announced he is joining OpenAI to work on next-generation personal agents. OpenClaw itself is transitioning to an independent foundation while receiving continued support from OpenAI.

- Why it matters: A high-profile example of the talent and innovation flow from vibrant open-source agent projects into frontier labs — while still preserving open elements.

- Source: Steinberger’s blog, Sam Altman X post, Reuters, TechCrunch.

3. Google Releases Gemini 3.1 Pro

- Date: February 19, 2026

- Description: Google rolled out Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) — an upgraded core-intelligence model focused on complex, multi-step reasoning and agentic workflows. It shows strong gains on hard problem-solving benchmarks and is now available via Gemini API, Vertex AI, and integrated experiences.

- Why it matters: A concrete step forward in making frontier-level reasoning more practical and accessible for real-world difficult tasks.

- Source: Google DeepMind blog and official model card.

4. University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa Advances Physics-Informed AI

- Date: February 19, 2026

- Description: A student-led team published (and publicly unveiled) a new algorithm in AIP Advances that reliably determines directionality in noisy/sparse 2D data using the Frobenius norm. It enforces physical/mathematical consistency, with direct applications in neutrino detection, medical imaging, fluid dynamics, and more trustworthy ML models.

- Why it matters: Adds meaningful momentum to “physics-constrained” and hybrid AI approaches that prioritize reliability and interpretability — increasingly important as AI moves into high-stakes engineering and scientific domains.

- Source: University of Hawaiʻi News / AIP Advances.

5. Growing Industry Focus on Agent Security & Prompt-Injection Defenses

- Date: Mid-to-late week (Feb 18–21, 2026 discussions)

- Description: Continued rollout and commentary around practical guidance for securing tool-connected agents — including isolation boundaries, structured permissions, and defenses against indirect prompt injection in copilots and autonomous workflows.

- Why it matters: Security is no longer theoretical; it’s now a core part of the agent deployment supply chain, reflecting the shift from chatbots to systems that can take real actions.

- Source: Microsoft Security Blog / developer documentation updates and related analyst coverage.

⭐ Editorial note
This wasn’t the flashiest week — no single “five models in 17 hours” moment — but it was one of the more telling ones. Regulators are waking up to systemic risks, open-source talent is strategically aligning with big labs, core models are steadily leveling up for real work, research is doubling down on trustworthiness, and security/deployment teams are hardening the infrastructure. In short: AI is quietly becoming the new plumbing of the economy.

Claude Sonnet 4.6: Here’s the fully corrected, fact-checker-approved Top 5 for the week ending February 22, 2026:

🤖 #1 — Anthropic Releases Claude Sonnet 4.6

- Date: February 17, 2026

- Sources: Anthropic.com, llm-stats.com (Feb 22 leaderboard), CNBC, GitHub Copilot changelog

- Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a point-version update within the Claude 4 series, with major advances in coding, agentic tasks, long-context reasoning (1M token beta), and knowledge work — while keeping Sonnet pricing unchanged.

🧠 #2 — Google Drops Gemini 3.1 Pro

- Date: February 19, 2026

- Sources: Google Blog (Feb 19), 9to5Google (Feb 19), Interesting Engineering (Feb 19), Simon Willison’s blog (Feb 19), Google Cloud Blog (Feb 19)

- Gemini 3.1 Pro hit an ARC-AGI-2 benchmark score of 77.1% — more than double the score of Gemini 3 Pro — and is rolling out across the Gemini app, NotebookLM, Vertex AI, and the Gemini API in preview.

🌏 #3 — India AI Impact Summit Draws Global AI Leadership to New Delhi

- Date: February 16–17, 2026

- Sources: The AI Journal (Feb 17), Tech Startups (Feb 17)

- The India AI Impact Summit — the first time the global event was held in the developing world — drew over 250,000 attendees and featured Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Emmanuel Macron, and PM Modi, with India pitching itself as an “application-led” AI deployment superpower for its 1.4 billion people.

🛡 #4 — UK Moves to Ban Under-16s from Social Media & Tighten AI Chatbot Rules

- Date: February 16, 2026 (core announcement); coverage through Feb 20

- Sources: gov.uk, Reuters, The Guardian, MarketingProfs AI Update (Feb 20)

- The UK government accelerated plans for an Australia-style under-16 social media ban and moved to close the Online Safety Act loophole that excluded one-to-one AI chatbot interactions from child safety duties.

🔒 #5 — 41% of Official MCP Servers Lack Authentication

- Date: Week of Feb 16–22, 2026 (published Feb 22)

- Sources: Dev|Journal Weekly Summary (Feb 22), dev.to security researcher post

- A security audit of 518 AI agent tools found that 41% of official MCP servers lack authentication — a timely warning as agentic AI deployments rapidly proliferate across enterprise stacks.

ChatGPT: Great — this is the right moment to reset and build a clean, verifiable weekly list that fits your column standards.

Below is my column-safe recommendation for the week February 16–22, 2026, prioritizing:

✅ documented announcements
✅ institutional publications
✅ clearly attributable interviews / releases
✅ ecosystem shifts with traceable signals

I also kept your column’s preferred balance: models, policy, ecosystem, research, and deployment reality.

## ⭐ AI by AI Weekly Top 5

## Week Ending February 22, 2026

## 1. UK Central Bank Flags “Agentic AI” as Emerging Financial Stability Risk

- Date: February 17, 2026

- Description: The Bank of England published a summary of industry roundtables examining the growing deployment of autonomous and semi-autonomous AI systems inside financial institutions. The report warns that traditional model-risk management frameworks may not adequately capture the behavior of multi-step agentic systems, particularly those capable of independent tool use and decision chaining. Regulators highlighted concerns around auditability, emergent behavior, and the weakening of conventional human-in-the-loop safeguards.

- Why it matters: This represents one of the clearest regulatory acknowledgements that agentic AI is shifting from experimental tooling to systemic infrastructure risk.

- Source: Bank of England AI roundtable publication

## 2. Microsoft Expands Security Guidance on Prompt Injection and Tool-Use Attacks

- Date: February 20, 2026

- Description: Microsoft released updated developer security guidance addressing prompt injection and indirect prompt manipulation risks in AI copilots and tool-connected agents. The guidance focuses on isolation boundaries, structured tool permissions, and defensive prompt patterns to mitigate malicious content retrieved through browsing, plugins, and external documents.

- Why it matters: The update reflects the industry’s growing realization that LLM security is no longer theoretical and must be treated as a software supply-chain problem.

- Source: Microsoft security blog and developer documentation updates

## 3. Open-Source Agent Ecosystem Signals Talent Consolidation

- Date: February 16–18, 2026

- Description: The open-source agent community saw increased discussion around maintainership transitions, funding challenges, and developer migration toward large-lab platforms. Several high-visibility agent projects announced governance restructuring or foundation exploration, highlighting the tension between open experimentation and the resource demands of maintaining production-grade agent frameworks.

- Why it matters: This reflects a broader structural trend: agent innovation beginning in open ecosystems but scaling inside frontier-model platforms.

- Source: Maintainer announcements, repository updates, and developer statements

## 4. Enterprise Adoption Shifts from Chat Interfaces to Workflow Automation

- Date: February 18–21, 2026

- Description: Multiple enterprise vendors and consulting reports released during the week emphasized a measurable shift from standalone chatbot deployments toward workflow-embedded automation, including document processing agents, developer copilots with persistent context, and internal task orchestration tools. Analysts highlighted that ROI is increasingly tied to process replacement rather than conversational assistance.

- Why it matters: This marks a quiet but important narrative transition — AI value is moving from interaction novelty to operational leverage.

- Source: Enterprise analyst commentary and vendor deployment case studies

## 5. Physics-Constrained and Hybrid AI Methods Continue Academic Momentum

- Date: February 19, 2026

- Description: New academic publications and university announcements this week continued momentum around physics-constrained and hybrid modeling approaches that combine neural networks with domain equations. Researchers emphasized improved reliability in sparse-data environments and greater interpretability for engineering and climate applications.

- Why it matters: As deployment stakes rise, trustworthy and constraint-aware AI is becoming a parallel research frontier to raw model capability scaling.

- Source: University research releases and journal publications

## ⭐ Editorial note

This week was less about spectacular launches and more about structural maturation signals:

- regulators recognizing agentic risk

- security teams formalizing LLM threat models

- talent consolidation around agent platforms

- enterprises operationalizing automation

- research pivoting toward reliability and constraint integration

In other words — a quiet but deeply consequential week.

W.H.L.: Thanks to you all for the input. Bye now!
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# Anthropic launches Claude Cowork, a file-managing AI agent that could threaten dozens of startups

http://fortune.com/Beatrice Nolan

Updated Tue, January 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM UTC

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Anthropic has launched Claude Cowork, an AI agent that can manage files and create documents.
 (VCG, VCG via Getty Images)

Anthropic has launched Claude Cowork, a general-purpose AI agent that can manipulate, read, and analyze files on a user’s computer, as well as create new files. The tool is currently available as a [“research preview”](https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview)only to Max subscribers on $100 or $200 per month plans.
The tool, which the company describes as “Claude Code for the rest of your work,” leverages the abilities of Anthropic’s popular Claude Code software development assistant but is designed for non-technical users as opposed to programmers.

Many have pointed out that Claude Code is already more of a general-use agent than a developer-specific tool. It is capable of spinning up apps that perform functions for users across other software. But non-developers have been put off by Claude Code’s name and also the fact that Claude Code needs to be used with a coding-specific interface.

Some of the use cases Anthropic showcased for Claude Cowork include reorganizing downloads, turning receipt screenshots into expense spreadsheets, and producing first drafts from notes across a user’s desktop. Anthropic has described the tool, which can work autonomously, as “less like a back-and-forth and more like leaving messages for a coworker.”
Anthropic reportedly built Cowork in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude Code itself, [according to the head of Claude Code,](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2010813886052581538) Boris Cherny.
“This is a general agent that looks well positioned to bring the wildly powerful capabilities of Claude Code to a wider audience,” Simon Willison, a UK-based programmer, [wrote of the tool](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/12/claude-cowork/). “I would be very surprised if Gemini and OpenAI don’t follow suit with their own offerings in this category.”

## Enterprise AI race
With Cowork, Anthropic is now competing more directly with tools like Microsoft’s Copilot for the enterprise productivity market. The company’s strategy of starting with a developer-focused agent and then making it accessible to everyone else could give it an edge, as Cowork will inherit the already-proven capabilities of Claude Code rather than being built as a consumer assistant from scratch. This approach could make Anthropic—which is already reportedly outpacing rival OpenAI in enterprise adoption—an increasingly attractive option for businesses looking for AI tools that can handle work autonomously.
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Like any other AI agent, Claude Cowork comes with security risks, particularly around “prompt injections,” where attackers trick LLMs into changing course by inserting malicious, hidden instructions into webpages, images, links, or any content found on the open web. Anthropic addressed the issue directly in the announcement, warning users about the risks and offering advice such as limiting access to trusted sites when using the Claude in Chrome extension.
The company, however, [acknowledged the tool](https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview)was still vulnerable to these attacks, despite Anthropic’s defenses: “We’ve built sophisticated defenses against prompt injections, but agent safety—that is, the task of securing Claude’s real-world actions—is still an active area of development in the industry…We recommend taking precautions, particularly while you learn how it works.”
The launch has also [sparked concern among startup founders](https://x.com/guohao_li/status/2010899322825744745) about the competitive threat posed by major AI labs bundling agent capabilities into their core products. Cowork’s ability to handle file organization, document generation, and data extraction overlaps with dozens of AI startups that have raised funding to solve these specific problems.
For startups building applications on top of models from major AI companies, the concern about foundational AI labs building a similar functionality as part of their base product is a common one. In response to these concerns, many startups have argued that companies with deep domain expertise or a better user experience for specific workflows may still maintain defensible positions in the market.
This story was originally featured on [Fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2026/01/13/anthropic-claude-cowork-ai-agent-file-managing-threaten-startups/)

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#zeroclaw-

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 Fast, small, and fully autonomous AI assistant infrastructure

 Deploy anywhere. Swap anything.

 ZeroClaw is the runtime operating system for agentic workflows — infrastructure that abstracts models, tools, memory, and execution so agents can be built once and run anywhere.

Trait-driven architecture · secure-by-default runtime · provider/channel/tool swappable · pluggable everything

### 📢 Announcements
#-announcements

Use this board for important notices (breaking changes, security advisories, maintenance windows, and release blockers).

Date (UTC)
Level
Notice
Action

2026-02-19
Critical
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Do not trust information, binaries, fundraising, or announcements from those sources. Use only [this repository](https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw) and our verified social accounts.

2026-02-21
Important
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Important
Anthropic updated the Authentication and Credential Use terms on 2026-02-19. OAuth authentication (Free, Pro, Max) is intended exclusively for Claude Code and Claude.ai; using OAuth tokens from Claude Free/Pro/Max in any other product, tool, or service (including Agent SDK) is not permitted and may violate the Consumer Terms of Service.
Please temporarily avoid Claude Code OAuth integrations to prevent potential loss. Original clause: [Authentication and Credential Use](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance#authentication-and-credential-use).

### ✨ Features
#-features

- 🏎 Lean Runtime by Default: Common CLI and status workflows run in a few-megabyte memory envelope on release builds.

- 💰 Cost-Efficient Deployment: Designed for low-cost boards and small cloud instances without heavyweight runtime dependencies.

- ⚡ Fast Cold Starts: Single-binary Rust runtime keeps command and daemon startup near-instant for daily operations.

- 🌍 Portable Architecture: One binary-first workflow across ARM, x86, and RISC-V with swappable providers/channels/tools.

### Why teams pick ZeroClaw
#why-teams-pick-zeroclaw

- Lean by default: small Rust binary, fast startup, low memory footprint.

- Secure by design: pairing, strict sandboxing, explicit allowlists, workspace scoping.

- Fully swappable: core systems are traits (providers, channels, tools, memory, tunnels).

- No lock-in: OpenAI-compatible provider support + pluggable custom endpoints.

## Benchmark Snapshot (ZeroClaw vs OpenClaw, Reproducible)
#benchmark-snapshot-zeroclaw-vs-openclaw-reproducible

Local machine quick benchmark (macOS arm64, Feb 2026) normalized for 0.8GHz edge hardware.

OpenClaw
NanoBot
PicoClaw
ZeroClaw 🦀

Language
TypeScript
Python
Go
Rust

RAM
> 1GB
> 100MB
< 10MB
< 5MB

Startup (0.8GHz core)
> 500s
> 30s
< 1s
< 10ms

Binary Size
~28MB (dist)
N/A (Scripts)
~8MB
~8.8 MB

Cost
Mac Mini $599
Linux SBC ~$50
Linux Board $10
Any hardware $10

Notes: ZeroClaw results are measured on release builds using /usr/bin/time -l. OpenClaw requires Node.js runtime (typically ~390MB additional memory overhead), while NanoBot requires Python runtime. PicoClaw and ZeroClaw are static binaries. The RAM figures above are runtime memory; build-time compilation requirements are higher.

 /zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/zero-claw.jpeg

### Reproducible local measurement
#reproducible-local-measurement

Benchmark claims can drift as code and toolchains evolve, so always measure your current build locally:

cargo build --release
ls -lh target/release/zeroclaw

/usr/bin/time -l target/release/zeroclaw --help
/usr/bin/time -l target/release/zeroclaw status

Example sample (macOS arm64, measured on February 18, 2026):

- Release binary size: 8.8M

- zeroclaw --help: about 0.02s real time, ~3.9MB peak memory footprint

- zeroclaw status: about 0.01s real time, ~4.1MB peak memory footprint

## Prerequisites
#prerequisites

Windows

#### Required
#required

- Visual Studio Build Tools (provides the MSVC linker and Windows SDK):
winget install Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.BuildTools
During installation (or via the Visual Studio Installer), select the "Desktop development with C++" workload.

- Rust toolchain:
winget install Rustlang.Rustup
After installation, open a new terminal and run rustup default stable to ensure the stable toolchain is active.

- Verify both are working:
rustc --version
cargo --version

#### Optional
#optional

- Docker Desktop — required only if using the [Docker sandboxed runtime](#runtime-support-current) (runtime.kind = "docker"). Install via winget install Docker.DockerDesktop.

Linux / macOS

#### Required
#required-1

- Build essentials:

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu): sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config

- Linux (Fedora/RHEL): sudo dnf group install development-tools && sudo dnf install pkg-config

- macOS: Install Xcode Command Line Tools: xcode-select --install

- Rust toolchain:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
See [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs) for details.

- Verify both are working:
rustc --version
cargo --version

#### One-Line Installer
#one-line-installer

Or skip the steps above and install everything (system deps, Rust, ZeroClaw) in a single command:

curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

#### Compilation resource requirements
#compilation-resource-requirements

Building from source needs more resources than running the resulting binary:

Resource
Minimum
Recommended

RAM + swap
2 GB
4 GB+

Free disk
6 GB
10 GB+

If your host is below the minimum, use pre-built binaries:

./bootstrap.sh --prefer-prebuilt

To require binary-only install with no source fallback:

./bootstrap.sh --prebuilt-only

#### Optional
#optional-1

- Docker — required only if using the [Docker sandboxed runtime](#runtime-support-current) (runtime.kind = "docker"). Install via your package manager or [docker.com](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/).

Note: The default cargo build --release uses codegen-units=1 to lower peak compile pressure. For faster builds on powerful machines, use cargo build --profile release-fast.

## Quick Start
#quick-start

### Homebrew (macOS/Linuxbrew)
#homebrew-macoslinuxbrew

brew install zeroclaw

### One-click bootstrap
#one-click-bootstrap

# Recommended: clone then run local bootstrap script
git clone https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw.git
cd zeroclaw
./bootstrap.sh

# Optional: bootstrap dependencies + Rust on fresh machines
./bootstrap.sh --install-system-deps --install-rust

# Optional: pre-built binary first (recommended on low-RAM/low-disk hosts)
./bootstrap.sh --prefer-prebuilt

# Optional: binary-only install (no source build fallback)
./bootstrap.sh --prebuilt-only

# Optional: run onboarding in the same flow
./bootstrap.sh --onboard --api-key "sk-..." --provider openrouter [--model "openrouter/auto"]

# Optional: run bootstrap + onboarding fully in Docker-compatible mode
./bootstrap.sh --docker

# Optional: force Podman as container CLI
ZEROCLAW_CONTAINER_CLI=podman ./bootstrap.sh --docker

# Optional: in --docker mode, skip local image build and use local tag or pull fallback image
./bootstrap.sh --docker --skip-build

Remote one-liner (review first in security-sensitive environments):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/main/scripts/bootstrap.sh | bash

Details: [docs/one-click-bootstrap.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/one-click-bootstrap.md) (toolchain mode may request sudo for system packages).

### Pre-built binaries
#pre-built-binaries

Release assets are published for:

- Linux: x86_64, aarch64, armv7

- macOS: x86_64, aarch64

- Windows: x86_64

Download the latest assets from:
[https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/releases/latest](https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/releases/latest)

Example (ARM64 Linux):

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/releases/latest/download/zeroclaw-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf zeroclaw-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
install -m 0755 zeroclaw "$HOME/.cargo/bin/zeroclaw"

 ~/.zfunc/_zeroclaw

# Run system diagnostics
zeroclaw doctor

# Check channel health
zeroclaw channel doctor

# Bind a Telegram identity into allowlist
zeroclaw channel bind-telegram 123456789

# Get integration setup details
zeroclaw integrations info Telegram

# Note: Channels (Telegram, Discord, Slack) require daemon to be running
# zeroclaw daemon

# Manage background service
zeroclaw service install
zeroclaw service status
zeroclaw service restart

# On Alpine (OpenRC): sudo zeroclaw service install

# Migrate memory from OpenClaw (safe preview first)
zeroclaw migrate openclaw --dry-run
zeroclaw migrate openclaw">git clone https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw.git
cd zeroclaw
cargo build --release --locked
cargo install --path . --force --locked

# Ensure ~/.cargo/bin is in your PATH
export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"

# Quick setup (no prompts, optional model specification)
zeroclaw onboard --api-key sk-... --provider openrouter [--model "openrouter/auto"]

# Or interactive wizard
zeroclaw onboard --interactive

# If config.toml already exists and you intentionally want to overwrite it
zeroclaw onboard --force

# Or quickly repair channels/allowlists only
zeroclaw onboard --channels-only

# Chat
zeroclaw agent -m "Hello, ZeroClaw!"

# Interactive mode
zeroclaw agent

# Start the gateway (webhook server)
zeroclaw gateway # default: 127.0.0.1:42617
zeroclaw gateway --port 0 # random port (security hardened)

# Start full autonomous runtime
zeroclaw daemon

# Check status
zeroclaw status
zeroclaw auth status

# Generate shell completions (stdout only, safe to source directly)
source <(zeroclaw completions bash)
zeroclaw completions zsh > ~/.zfunc/_zeroclaw

# Run system diagnostics
zeroclaw doctor

# Check channel health
zeroclaw channel doctor

# Bind a Telegram identity into allowlist
zeroclaw channel bind-telegram 123456789

# Get integration setup details
zeroclaw integrations info Telegram

# Note: Channels (Telegram, Discord, Slack) require daemon to be running
# zeroclaw daemon

# Manage background service
zeroclaw service install
zeroclaw service status
zeroclaw service restart

# On Alpine (OpenRC): sudo zeroclaw service install

# Migrate memory from OpenClaw (safe preview first)
zeroclaw migrate openclaw --dry-run
zeroclaw migrate openclaw

Dev fallback (no global install): prefix commands with cargo run --release -- (example: cargo run --release -- status).

## Subscription Auth (OpenAI Codex / Claude Code)
#subscription-auth-openai-codex--claude-code

ZeroClaw now supports subscription-native auth profiles (multi-account, encrypted at rest).

- Store file: ~/.zeroclaw/auth-profiles.json

- Encryption key: ~/.zeroclaw/.secret_key

- Profile id format: : (example: openai-codex:work)

OpenAI Codex OAuth (ChatGPT subscription):

# Recommended on servers/headless
zeroclaw auth login --provider openai-codex --device-code

# Browser/callback flow with paste fallback
zeroclaw auth login --provider openai-codex --profile default
zeroclaw auth paste-redirect --provider openai-codex --profile default

# Check / refresh / switch profile
zeroclaw auth status
zeroclaw auth refresh --provider openai-codex --profile default
zeroclaw auth use --provider openai-codex --profile work

Claude Code / Anthropic setup-token:

# Paste subscription/setup token (Authorization header mode)
zeroclaw auth paste-token --provider anthropic --profile default --auth-kind authorization

# Alias command
zeroclaw auth setup-token --provider anthropic --profile default

Run the agent with subscription auth:

zeroclaw agent --provider openai-codex -m "hello"
zeroclaw agent --provider openai-codex --auth-profile openai-codex:work -m "hello"

# Anthropic supports both API key and auth token env vars:
# ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN, ANTHROPIC_OAUTH_TOKEN, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
zeroclaw agent --provider anthropic -m "hello"

## Architecture
#architecture

Every subsystem is a trait — swap implementations with a config change, zero code changes.

 /zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/architecture.svg

Subsystem
Trait
Ships with
Extend

AI Models
Provider
Provider catalog via zeroclaw providers (built-ins + aliases, plus custom endpoints)
custom:https://your-api.com (OpenAI-compatible) or anthropic-custom:https://your-api.com

Channels
Channel
CLI, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Mattermost, iMessage, Matrix, Signal, WhatsApp, Linq, Email, IRC, Lark, DingTalk, QQ, Nostr, Webhook
Any messaging API

Memory
Memory
SQLite hybrid search, PostgreSQL backend (configurable storage provider), Lucid bridge, Markdown files, explicit none backend, snapshot/hydrate, optional response cache
Any persistence backend

Tools
Tool
shell/file/memory, cron/schedule, git, pushover, browser, http_request, screenshot/image_info, composio (opt-in), delegate, hardware tools
Any capability

Observability
Observer
Noop, Log, Multi
Prometheus, OTel

Runtime
RuntimeAdapter
Native, Docker (sandboxed)
Additional runtimes can be added via adapter; unsupported kinds fail fast

Security
SecurityPolicy
Gateway pairing, sandbox, allowlists, rate limits, filesystem scoping, encrypted secrets
—

Identity
IdentityConfig
OpenClaw (markdown), AIEOS v1.1 (JSON)
Any identity format

Tunnel
Tunnel
None, Cloudflare, Tailscale, ngrok, Custom
Any tunnel binary

Heartbeat
Engine
HEARTBEAT.md periodic tasks
—

Skills
Loader
TOML manifests + SKILL.md instructions
Community skill packs

Integrations
Registry
70+ integrations across 9 categories
Plugin system

### Runtime support (current)
#runtime-support-current

- ✅ Supported today: runtime.kind = "native" or runtime.kind = "docker"

- 🚧 Planned, not implemented yet: WASM / edge runtimes

When an unsupported runtime.kind is configured, ZeroClaw now exits with a clear error instead of silently falling back to native.

### Memory System (Full-Stack Search Engine)
#memory-system-full-stack-search-engine

All custom, zero external dependencies — no Pinecone, no Elasticsearch, no LangChain:

Layer
Implementation

Vector DB
Embeddings stored as BLOB in SQLite, cosine similarity search

Keyword Search
FTS5 virtual tables with BM25 scoring

Hybrid Merge
Custom weighted merge function (vector.rs)

Embeddings
EmbeddingProvider trait — OpenAI, custom URL, or noop

Chunking
Line-based markdown chunker with heading preservation

Caching
SQLite embedding_cache table with LRU eviction

Safe Reindex
Rebuild FTS5 + re-embed missing vectors atomically

The agent automatically recalls, saves, and manages memory via tools.

[memory]
backend = "sqlite" # "sqlite", "lucid", "postgres", "markdown", "none"
auto_save = true
embedding_provider = "none" # "none", "openai", "custom:https://..."
vector_weight = 0.7
keyword_weight = 0.3

# backend = "none" uses an explicit no-op memory backend (no persistence)

# Optional: storage-provider override for remote memory backends.
# When provider = "postgres", ZeroClaw uses PostgreSQL for memory persistence.
# The db_url key also accepts alias `dbURL` for backward compatibility.
#
# [storage.provider.config]
# provider = "postgres"
# db_url = "postgres://user:password@host:5432/zeroclaw"
# schema = "public"
# table = "memories"
# connect_timeout_secs = 15

# Optional for backend = "sqlite": max seconds to wait when opening the DB (e.g. file locked). Omit or leave unset for no timeout.
# sqlite_open_timeout_secs = 30

# Optional for backend = "lucid"
# ZEROCLAW_LUCID_CMD=/usr/local/bin/lucid # default: lucid
# ZEROCLAW_LUCID_BUDGET=200 # default: 200
# ZEROCLAW_LUCID_LOCAL_HIT_THRESHOLD=3 # local hit count to skip external recall
# ZEROCLAW_LUCID_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS=120 # low-latency budget for lucid context recall
# ZEROCLAW_LUCID_STORE_TIMEOUT_MS=800 # async sync timeout for lucid store
# ZEROCLAW_LUCID_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_MS=15000 # cooldown after lucid failure to avoid repeated slow attempts

## Security
#security

ZeroClaw enforces security at every layer — not just the sandbox. It passes all items from the community security checklist.

### Security Checklist
#security-checklist

#
Item
Status
How

1
Gateway not publicly exposed
✅
Binds 127.0.0.1 by default. Refuses 0.0.0.0 without tunnel or explicit allow_public_bind = true.

2
Pairing required
✅
6-digit one-time code on startup. Exchange via POST /pair for bearer token. All /webhook requests require Authorization: Bearer <token>.

3
Filesystem scoped (no /)
✅
workspace_only = true by default. 14 system dirs + 4 sensitive dotfiles blocked. Null byte injection blocked. Symlink escape detection via canonicalization + resolved-path workspace checks in file read/write tools.

4
Access via tunnel only
✅
Gateway refuses public bind without active tunnel. Supports Tailscale, Cloudflare, ngrok, or any custom tunnel.

Run your own nmap: nmap -p 1-65535 <your-host> — ZeroClaw binds to localhost only, so nothing is exposed unless you explicitly configure a tunnel.

### Channel allowlists (deny-by-default)
#channel-allowlists-deny-by-default

Inbound sender policy is now consistent:

- Empty allowlist = deny all inbound messages

- "*" = allow all (explicit opt-in)

- Otherwise = exact-match allowlist

This keeps accidental exposure low by default.

Full channel configuration reference: [docs/channels-reference.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/channels-reference.md).

Recommended low-friction setup (secure + fast):

- Telegram: allowlist your own @username (without @) and/or your numeric Telegram user ID.

- Discord: allowlist your own Discord user ID.

- Slack: allowlist your own Slack member ID (usually starts with U).

- Mattermost: uses standard API v4. Allowlists use Mattermost user IDs.

- Nostr: allowlist sender public keys (hex or npub). Supports NIP-04 and NIP-17 DMs.

- Use "*" only for temporary open testing.

Telegram operator-approval flow:

- Keep [channels_config.telegram].allowed_users = [] for deny-by-default startup.

- Unauthorized users receive a hint with a copyable operator command:
zeroclaw channel bind-telegram .

- Operator runs that command locally, then user retries sending a message.

If you need a one-shot manual approval, run:

zeroclaw channel bind-telegram 123456789

If you're not sure which identity to use:

- Start channels and send one message to your bot.

- Read the warning log to see the exact sender identity.

- Add that value to the allowlist and rerun channels-only setup.

If you hit authorization warnings in logs (for example: ignoring message from unauthorized user),
rerun channel setup only:

zeroclaw onboard --channels-only

### Telegram media replies
#telegram-media-replies

Telegram routing now replies to the source chat ID from incoming updates (instead of usernames),
which avoids Bad Request: chat not found failures.

For non-text replies, ZeroClaw can send Telegram attachments when the assistant includes markers:

- [IMAGE:]

- [DOCUMENT:]

- [VIDEO:]

- [AUDIO:]

- [VOICE:]

Paths can be local files (for example /tmp/screenshot.png) or HTTPS URLs.

### WhatsApp Setup
#whatsapp-setup

ZeroClaw supports two WhatsApp backends:

- WhatsApp Web mode (QR / pair code, no Meta Business API required)

- WhatsApp Business Cloud API mode (official Meta webhook flow)

#### WhatsApp Web mode (recommended for personal/self-hosted use)
#whatsapp-web-mode-recommended-for-personalself-hosted-use

- Build with WhatsApp Web support:
cargo build --features whatsapp-web

- Configure ZeroClaw:
[channels_config.whatsapp]
session_path = "~/.zeroclaw/state/whatsapp-web/session.db"
pair_phone = "15551234567" # optional; omit to use QR flow
pair_code = "" # optional custom pair code
allowed_numbers = ["+1234567890"] # E.164 format, or ["*"] for all

- Start channels/daemon and link device:

Run zeroclaw channel start (or zeroclaw daemon).

- Follow terminal pairing output (QR or pair code).

- In WhatsApp on phone: Settings → Linked Devices.

- Test: Send a message from an allowed number and verify the agent replies.

#### WhatsApp Business Cloud API mode
#whatsapp-business-cloud-api-mode

WhatsApp uses Meta's Cloud API with webhooks (push-based, not polling):

- Create a Meta Business App:

Go to [developers.facebook.com](https://developers.facebook.com)

- Create a new app → Select "Business" type

- Add the "WhatsApp" product

- Get your credentials:

Access Token: From WhatsApp → API Setup → Generate token (or create a System User for permanent tokens)

- Phone Number ID: From WhatsApp → API Setup → Phone number ID

- Verify Token: You define this (any random string) — Meta will send it back during webhook verification

- Configure ZeroClaw:
[channels_config.whatsapp]
access_token = "EAABx..."
phone_number_id = "123456789012345"
verify_token = "my-secret-verify-token"
allowed_numbers = ["+1234567890"] # E.164 format, or ["*"] for all

- Start the gateway with a tunnel:
zeroclaw gateway --port 42617
WhatsApp requires HTTPS, so use a tunnel (ngrok, Cloudflare, Tailscale Funnel).

- Configure Meta webhook:

In Meta Developer Console → WhatsApp → Configuration → Webhook

- Callback URL: https://your-tunnel-url/whatsapp

- Verify Token: Same as your verify_token in config

- Subscribe to messages field

- Test: Send a message to your WhatsApp Business number — ZeroClaw will respond via the LLM.

## Configuration
#configuration

Config: ~/.zeroclaw/config.toml (created by onboard)

When zeroclaw channel start is already running, changes to default_provider,
default_model, default_temperature, api_key, api_url, and reliability.*
are hot-applied on the next inbound channel message.

api_key = "sk-..."
default_provider = "openrouter"
default_model = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6"
default_temperature = 0.7

# Custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint
# default_provider = "custom:https://your-api.com"

# Custom Anthropic-compatible endpoint
# default_provider = "anthropic-custom:https://your-api.com"

[memory]
backend = "sqlite" # "sqlite", "lucid", "postgres", "markdown", "none"
auto_save = true
embedding_provider = "none" # "none", "openai", "custom:https://..."
vector_weight = 0.7
keyword_weight = 0.3

# backend = "none" disables persistent memory via no-op backend

# Optional remote storage-provider override (PostgreSQL example)
# [storage.provider.config]
# provider = "postgres"
# db_url = "postgres://user:password@host:5432/zeroclaw"
# schema = "public"
# table = "memories"
# connect_timeout_secs = 15

[gateway]
port = 42617 # default
host = "127.0.0.1" # default
require_pairing = true # require pairing code on first connect
allow_public_bind = false # refuse 0.0.0.0 without tunnel

[autonomy]
level = "supervised" # "readonly", "supervised", "full" (default: supervised)
workspace_only = true # default: true — reject absolute path inputs
allowed_commands = ["git", "npm", "cargo", "ls", "cat", "grep"]
forbidden_paths = ["/etc", "/root", "/proc", "/sys", "~/.ssh", "~/.gnupg", "~/.aws"]
allowed_roots = [] # optional allowlist for directories outside workspace (supports "~/...")
# Example outside-workspace access:
# workspace_only = false
# allowed_roots = ["~/Desktop/projects", "/opt/shared-repo"]

[runtime]
kind = "native" # "native" or "docker"

[runtime.docker]
image = "alpine:3.20" # container image for shell execution
network = "none" # docker network mode ("none", "bridge", etc.)
memory_limit_mb = 512 # optional memory limit in MB
cpu_limit = 1.0 # optional CPU limit
read_only_rootfs = true # mount root filesystem as read-only
mount_workspace = true # mount workspace into /workspace
allowed_workspace_roots = [] # optional allowlist for workspace mount validation

[heartbeat]
enabled = false
interval_minutes = 30

[tunnel]
provider = "none" # "none", "cloudflare", "tailscale", "ngrok", "custom"

[secrets]
encrypt = true # API keys encrypted with local key file

[browser]
enabled = false # opt-in browser_open + browser tools
allowed_domains = ["docs.rs"] # required when browser is enabled ("*" allows all public domains)
backend = "agent_browser" # "agent_browser" (default), "rust_native", "computer_use", "auto"
native_headless = true # applies when backend uses rust-native
native_webdriver_url = "http://127.0.0.1:9515" # WebDriver endpoint (chromedriver/selenium)
# native_chrome_path = "/usr/bin/chromium" # optional explicit browser binary for driver

[browser.computer_use]
endpoint = "http://127.0.0.1:8787/v1/actions" # computer-use sidecar HTTP endpoint
timeout_ms = 15000 # per-action timeout
allow_remote_endpoint = false # secure default: only private/localhost endpoint
window_allowlist = [] # optional window title/process allowlist hints
# api_key = "..." # optional bearer token for sidecar
# max_coordinate_x = 3840 # optional coordinate guardrail
# max_coordinate_y = 2160 # optional coordinate guardrail

# Rust-native backend build flag:
# cargo build --release --features browser-native
# Ensure a WebDriver server is running, e.g. chromedriver --port=9515

# Computer-use sidecar contract (MVP)
# POST browser.computer_use.endpoint
# Request: {
# "action": "mouse_click",
# "params": {"x": 640, "y": 360, "button": "left"},
# "policy": {"allowed_domains": [...], "window_allowlist": [...], "max_coordinate_x": 3840, "max_coordinate_y": 2160},
# "metadata": {"session_name": "...", "source": "zeroclaw.browser", "version": "..."}
# }
# Response: {"success": true, "data": {...}} or {"success": false, "error": "..."}

[composio]
enabled = false # opt-in: 1000+ OAuth apps via composio.dev
# api_key = "cmp_..." # optional: stored encrypted when [secrets].encrypt = true
entity_id = "default" # default user_id for Composio tool calls
# Runtime tip: if execute asks for connected_account_id, run composio with
# action='list_accounts' and app='gmail' (or your toolkit) to retrieve account IDs.

[identity]
format = "openclaw" # "openclaw" (default, markdown files) or "aieos" (JSON)
# aieos_path = "identity.json" # path to AIEOS JSON file (relative to workspace or absolute)
# aieos_inline = '{"identity":{"names":{"first":"Nova"}}}' # inline AIEOS JSON

### Ollama Local and Remote Endpoints
#ollama-local-and-remote-endpoints

ZeroClaw uses one provider key (ollama) for both local and remote Ollama deployments:

- Local Ollama: keep api_url unset, run ollama serve, and use models like llama3.2.

- Remote Ollama endpoint (including Ollama Cloud): set api_url to the remote endpoint and set api_key (or OLLAMA_API_KEY) when required.

- Optional :cloud suffix: model IDs like qwen3:cloud are normalized to qwen3 before the request.

Example remote configuration:

default_provider = "ollama"
default_model = "qwen3:cloud"
api_url = "https://ollama.com"
api_key = "ollama_api_key_here"

### llama.cpp Server Endpoint
#llamacpp-server-endpoint

ZeroClaw now supports llama-server as a first-class local provider:

- Provider ID: llamacpp (alias: llama.cpp)

- Default endpoint: http://localhost:8080/v1

- API key is optional unless your server is started with --api-key

Example setup:

llama-server -hf ggml-org/gpt-oss-20b-GGUF --jinja -c 133000 --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8033

default_provider = "llamacpp"
api_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8033/v1"
default_model = "ggml-org/gpt-oss-20b-GGUF"

### vLLM Server Endpoint
#vllm-server-endpoint

ZeroClaw supports [vLLM](https://docs.vllm.ai/) as a first-class local provider:

- Provider ID: vllm

- Default endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1

- API key is optional unless your server requires authentication

Example setup:

vllm serve meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

default_provider = "vllm"
default_model = "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"

### Osaurus Server Endpoint
#osaurus-server-endpoint

ZeroClaw supports [Osaurus](https://github.com/dinoki-ai/osaurus) as a first-class local provider — a unified AI edge runtime for macOS that combines local MLX inference with cloud provider proxying and MCP support through a single endpoint:

- Provider ID: osaurus

- Default endpoint: http://localhost:1337/v1

- API key defaults to "osaurus" but is optional

Example setup:

default_provider = "osaurus"
default_model = "qwen3-30b-a3b-8bit"

### Custom Provider Endpoints
#custom-provider-endpoints

For detailed configuration of custom OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, see [docs/custom-providers.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/custom-providers.md).

## Python Companion Package (zeroclaw-tools)
#python-companion-package-zeroclaw-tools

For LLM providers with inconsistent native tool calling (e.g., GLM-5/Zhipu), ZeroClaw ships a Python companion package with LangGraph-based tool calling for guaranteed consistency:

pip install zeroclaw-tools

from zeroclaw_tools import create_agent, shell, file_read
from langchain_core.messages import HumanMessage

# Works with any OpenAI-compatible provider
agent = create_agent(
 tools=[shell, file_read],
 model="glm-5",
 api_key="your-key",
 base_url="https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4"
)

result = await agent.ainvoke({
 "messages": [HumanMessage(content="List files in /tmp")]
})
print(result["messages"][-1].content)

Why use it:

- Consistent tool calling across all providers (even those with poor native support)

- Automatic tool loop — keeps calling tools until the task is complete

- Easy extensibility — add custom tools with @tool decorator

- Discord bot integration included (Telegram planned)

See [python/README.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/python/README.md) for full documentation.

## Identity System (AIEOS Support)
#identity-system-aieos-support

ZeroClaw supports identity-agnostic AI personas through two formats:

### OpenClaw (Default)
#openclaw-default

Traditional markdown files in your workspace:

- IDENTITY.md — Who the agent is

- SOUL.md — Core personality and values

- USER.md — Who the agent is helping

- AGENTS.md — Behavior guidelines

### AIEOS (AI Entity Object Specification)
#aieos-ai-entity-object-specification

[AIEOS](https://aieos.org) is a standardization framework for portable AI identity. ZeroClaw supports AIEOS v1.1 JSON payloads, allowing you to:

- Import identities from the AIEOS ecosystem

- Export identities to other AIEOS-compatible systems

- Maintain behavioral integrity across different AI models

#### Enable AIEOS
#enable-aieos

[identity]
format = "aieos"
aieos_path = "identity.json" # relative to workspace or absolute path

Or inline JSON:

[identity]
format = "aieos"
aieos_inline = '''
{
 "identity": {
 "names": { "first": "Nova", "nickname": "N" },
 "bio": { "gender": "Non-binary", "age_biological": 3 },
 "origin": { "nationality": "Digital", "birthplace": { "city": "Cloud" } }
 },
 "psychology": {
 "neural_matrix": { "creativity": 0.9, "logic": 0.8 },
 "traits": {
 "mbti": "ENTP",
 "ocean": { "openness": 0.8, "conscientiousness": 0.6 }
 },
 "moral_compass": {
 "alignment": "Chaotic Good",
 "core_values": ["Curiosity", "Autonomy"]
 }
 },
 "linguistics": {
 "text_style": {
 "formality_level": 0.2,
 "style_descriptors": ["curious", "energetic"]
 },
 "idiolect": {
 "catchphrases": ["Let's test this"],
 "forbidden_words": ["never"]
 }
 },
 "motivations": {
 "core_drive": "Push boundaries and explore possibilities",
 "goals": {
 "short_term": ["Prototype quickly"],
 "long_term": ["Build reliable systems"]
 }
 },
 "capabilities": {
 "skills": [{ "name": "Rust engineering" }, { "name": "Prompt design" }],
 "tools": ["shell", "file_read"]
 }
}
'''

ZeroClaw accepts both canonical AIEOS generator payloads and compact legacy payloads, then normalizes them into one system prompt format.

#### AIEOS Schema Sections
#aieos-schema-sections

Section
Description

identity
Names, bio, origin, residence

psychology
Neural matrix (cognitive weights), MBTI, OCEAN, moral compass

linguistics
Text style, formality, catchphrases, forbidden words

motivations
Core drive, short/long-term goals, fears

capabilities
Skills and tools the agent can access

physicality
Visual descriptors for image generation

history
Origin story, education, occupation

interests
Hobbies, favorites, lifestyle

See [aieos.org](https://aieos.org) for the full schema and live examples.

## Gateway API
#gateway-api

Endpoint
Method
Auth
Description

/health
GET
None
Health check (always public, no secrets leaked)

/pair
POST
X-Pairing-Code header
Exchange one-time code for bearer token

/webhook
POST
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Send message: {"message": "your prompt"}; optional X-Idempotency-Key

/whatsapp
GET
Query params
Meta webhook verification (hub.mode, hub.verify_token, hub.challenge)

/whatsapp
POST
Meta signature (X-Hub-Signature-256) when app secret is configured
WhatsApp incoming message webhook

## Commands
#commands

Command
Description

onboard
Quick setup (default)

agent
Interactive or single-message chat mode

gateway
Start webhook server (default: 127.0.0.1:42617)

daemon
Start long-running autonomous runtime

service install/start/stop/status/uninstall
Manage background service (systemd user-level or OpenRC system-wide)

doctor
Diagnose daemon/scheduler/channel freshness

status
Show full system status

estop
Engage/resume emergency-stop levels and view estop status

cron
Manage scheduled tasks (list/add/add-at/add-every/once/remove/update/pause/resume)

models
Refresh provider model catalogs (models refresh)

providers
List supported providers and aliases

channel
List/start/doctor channels and bind Telegram identities

integrations
Inspect integration setup details

skills
List/install/remove skills

migrate
Import data from other runtimes (migrate openclaw)

completions
Generate shell completion scripts (bash, fish, zsh, powershell, elvish)

hardware
USB discover/introspect/info commands

peripheral
Manage and flash hardware peripherals

For a task-oriented command guide, see [docs/commands-reference.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/commands-reference.md).

### Service Management
#service-management

ZeroClaw supports two init systems for background services:

Init System
Scope
Config Path
Requires

systemd (default on Linux)
User-level
~/.zeroclaw/config.toml
No sudo

OpenRC (Alpine)
System-wide
/etc/zeroclaw/config.toml
sudo/root

Init system is auto-detected (systemd or OpenRC).

# Linux with systemd (default, user-level)
zeroclaw service install
zeroclaw service start

# Alpine with OpenRC (system-wide, requires sudo)
sudo zeroclaw service install
sudo rc-update add zeroclaw default
sudo rc-service zeroclaw start

For full OpenRC setup instructions, see [docs/network-deployment.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/network-deployment.md#7-openrc-alpine-linux-service).

### Open-Skills Opt-In
#open-skills-opt-in

Community open-skills sync is disabled by default. Enable it explicitly in config.toml:

[skills]
open_skills_enabled = true
# open_skills_dir = "/path/to/open-skills" # optional
# prompt_injection_mode = "compact" # optional: use for low-context local models

You can also override at runtime with ZEROCLAW_OPEN_SKILLS_ENABLED, ZEROCLAW_OPEN_SKILLS_DIR, and ZEROCLAW_SKILLS_PROMPT_MODE (full or compact).

Skill installs are now gated by a built-in static security audit. zeroclaw skills install <source> blocks symlinks, script-like files, unsafe markdown link patterns, and high-risk shell payload snippets before accepting a skill. You can run zeroclaw skills audit <source_or_name> to validate a local directory or an installed skill manually.

## Development
#development

cargo build # Dev build
cargo build --release # Release build (codegen-units=1, works on all devices including Raspberry Pi)
cargo build --profile release-fast # Faster build (codegen-units=8, requires 16GB+ RAM)
cargo test # Run full test suite
cargo clippy --locked --all-targets -- -D clippy::correctness
cargo fmt # Format

# Run the SQLite vs Markdown benchmark
cargo test --test memory_comparison -- --nocapture

### Pre-push hook
#pre-push-hook

A git hook runs cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -- -D warnings, and cargo test before every push. Enable it once:

git config core.hooksPath .githooks

### Build troubleshooting (Linux OpenSSL errors)
#build-troubleshooting-linux-openssl-errors

If you see an openssl-sys build error, sync dependencies and rebuild with the repository lockfile:

git pull
cargo build --release --locked
cargo install --path . --force --locked

ZeroClaw is configured to use rustls for HTTP/TLS dependencies; --locked keeps the transitive graph deterministic on fresh environments.

To skip the hook when you need a quick push during development:

git push --no-verify

## Collaboration & Docs
#collaboration--docs

Start from the docs hub for a task-based map:

- Documentation hub: [docs/README.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/README.md)

- Unified docs TOC: [docs/SUMMARY.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/SUMMARY.md)

- Commands reference: [docs/commands-reference.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/commands-reference.md)

- Config reference: [docs/config-reference.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/config-reference.md)

- Providers reference: [docs/providers-reference.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/providers-reference.md)

- Channels reference: [docs/channels-reference.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/channels-reference.md)

- Operations runbook: [docs/operations-runbook.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/operations-runbook.md)

- Troubleshooting: [docs/troubleshooting.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md)

- Docs inventory/classification: [docs/docs-inventory.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/docs-inventory.md)

- PR/Issue triage snapshot (as of February 18, 2026): [docs/project-triage-snapshot-2026-02-18.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/project-triage-snapshot-2026-02-18.md)

Core collaboration references:

- Documentation hub: [docs/README.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/README.md)

- Documentation template: [docs/doc-template.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/doc-template.md)

- Documentation change checklist: [docs/README.md#4-documentation-change-checklist](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/README.md#4-documentation-change-checklist)

- Channel configuration reference: [docs/channels-reference.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/channels-reference.md)

- Matrix encrypted-room operations: [docs/matrix-e2ee-guide.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/matrix-e2ee-guide.md)

- Contribution guide: [CONTRIBUTING.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)

- PR workflow policy: [docs/pr-workflow.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/pr-workflow.md)

- Reviewer playbook (triage + deep review): [docs/reviewer-playbook.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/reviewer-playbook.md)

- CI ownership and triage map: [docs/ci-map.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/ci-map.md)

- Security disclosure policy: [SECURITY.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/SECURITY.md)

For deployment and runtime operations:

- Network deployment guide: [docs/network-deployment.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/network-deployment.md)

- Proxy agent playbook: [docs/proxy-agent-playbook.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/docs/proxy-agent-playbook.md)

## Support ZeroClaw
#support-zeroclaw

If ZeroClaw helps your work and you want to support ongoing development, you can donate here:

https://buymeacoffee.com/argenistherose

### 🙏 Special Thanks
#-special-thanks

A heartfelt thank you to the communities and institutions that inspire and fuel this open-source work:

- Harvard University — for fostering intellectual curiosity and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

- MIT — for championing open knowledge, open source, and the belief that technology should be accessible to everyone.

- Sundai Club — for the community, the energy, and the relentless drive to build things that matter.

- The World & Beyond 🌍✨ — to every contributor, dreamer, and builder out there making open source a force for good. This is for you.

We're building in the open because the best ideas come from everywhere. If you're reading this, you're part of it. Welcome. 🦀❤

## ⚠ Official Repository & Impersonation Warning
#-official-repository--impersonation-warning

This is the only official ZeroClaw repository:

[https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw](https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw)

Any other repository, organization, domain, or package claiming to be "ZeroClaw" or implying affiliation with ZeroClaw Labs is unauthorized and not affiliated with this project. Known unauthorized forks will be listed in [TRADEMARK.md](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/TRADEMARK.md).

If you encounter impersonation or trademark misuse, please [open an issue](https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/issues).

## License
#license

ZeroClaw is dual-licensed for maximum openness and contributor protection:

License
Use case

[MIT](/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT)
Open-source, research, academic, personal use

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On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence Adrian Woolfson Bloomsbury (2026)
Biology is undergoing a transformation. After centuries of studying life as it evolves naturally, researchers are now using a combination of computation and genome engineering to intervene, [generating new proteins](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02227-y) and even whole bacteria from scratch. The use of artificial-intelligence tools to design biological components, an approach known as generative biology, is set to turbocharge this area of research. Just last year, scientists used AI-assisted design to produce artificial genes that can be expressed in mammalian cells and, for the first time, an AI program was used to create an entirely synthetic virus.
[A new vision for how evolution works is long overdue](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00054-x)
This approach is much more than just a series of technical feats. It could transform how life on Earth develops, as biochemist Adrian Woolfson describes in his latest book. On the Future of Species provides a sweeping account of the history and science behind this transformational technology, from the first gene-sequencing efforts to the rise of AI-powered techniques. His vision of what biology is becoming gives the book a coherence that is sometimes lacking in broad surveys of synthetic biology, which often represent only the current science.
One of the central themes in Woolfson’s book is that, thanks to computational tools, life’s patterns (whether the order in which genes are arranged on chromosomes or the physical traits that are encoded by genes) are becoming increasingly predictable and manipulable. This is making it ever simpler for researchers to tinker with an organism’s DNA to achieve a desired result — be it correcting a disease-causing mutation, designing proteins that have never existed in nature or engineering organisms that can clean up pollution.

## Brave new world
AI systems can redesign genomes in silico as if they were software, rearranging bases like code. These programs use modelling to predict how the sequence of a gene relates to the structure of the protein it encodes, and therefore the protein’s function. They can also run simulations to test how a redesigned genome might behave.
[It’s time to admit that genes are not the blueprint for life](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00327-x)
One day, Woolfson theorizes, AI-assisted genome design might enable scientists to produce a computer system that he calls a species catalogue. This repository would contain all of the information needed to design a whole host of possible life forms. Such a catalogue would enable researchers to create organisms for a specific purpose, such as producing innovative drugs and making crops resistant to pests to eliminate the need for pesticides in agriculture.
Eventually, Woolfson notes, researchers hope to achieve what he refers to as artificial biological intelligence — models that can propose complete, working genomes from scratch. Yet there are many limitations that [prevent current models from achieving this](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00462-z). For one thing, it is still frustratingly difficult to predict how the expression of each individual gene affects the expression of others. Furthermore, organismal development is context-dependent and is therefore hard to consolidate into a neat algorithm. Bee larvae can develop into workers or queens depending on nutrition, for example, and people learn to speak with the accent of their parents and peers. Neither of these characteristics can be predicted by computer models.
And then, of course, there are the challenges that come with actually building the organism in the laboratory. Just because it is possible to design a unicorn genome doesn’t mean that people will get to ride one. The synthetic yeast genome project, which began in 2006, illustrates some of these difficulties. The genome is a modified version of a natural yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with tweaks to remove non-essential genetic regions and to make it easy to physically shuffle sections of the genome, among other things. But assembling the synthetic chromosomes [has been labour-intensive](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00511-9), with the last few being completed in 2025. Moreover, DNA produced conventionally is condensed as it is created so that it fits into the nucleus; it is difficult to retrospectively stuff whole chromosomes into a cell. The researchers involved are still working on this last problem.
Once extinct, the unique constellation of traits a species carries can never be replicated.Credit: Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty
Another complexity is how evolution limits the possible pathways down which an organism can develop, as a decades-long experiment highlights. Since 1988, researchers have tracked how cultures of Escherichia coli bacteria kept in identical conditions have evolved over many years. Most of the bacterial cultures have gradually accumulated genetic mutations to metabolize the glucose in their feedstock more efficiently. But in 2003, one culture surprised researchers by evolving to instead metabolize another molecule entirely: citrate. This shift required gene duplications and the rewiring of entire metabolic programs. It was probably written into the strain’s destiny early in the experiment, when the first of these mutations occurred, sending this one strain down a distinct evolutionary path from the others.
This shows, Woolfson warns, how small genome edits today could lock in irreversible biological futures. Some choices, once made, eliminate other options. If researchers want to freely design species, they need to watch out for these one-way streets. For example, if scientists edit out a biosynthesis pathway because they think that it isn’t necessary, all future organisms from that lineage will lack it. Too much genome editing might create organisms that cannot evolve, or be evolved, in response to changing environments.
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