MacStories Unwind

Clawdbot, Animal Crossing, and Mark Wahlberg

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Jan 16, 2026
Dive into the world of Clawdbot, a Claude-based assistant that revolutionizes task management with its unique features. Federico discusses how it stores memories in Markdown and enhances daily routines using coding techniques. John shares his cozy gaming experience with Animal Crossing, perfect for quick relaxation. While Federico highlights the light-hearted action-comedy Family Plan 2 featuring Mark Wahlberg. Together, they explore the future of personal assistants and invite listeners to unwind in style.
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INSIGHT

Local Gateway Creates Persistent Assistant

  • CloudBot combines a local Mac gateway with messaging apps to create a persistent, personal assistant experience.
  • It stores preferences, skills, and memories as Markdown files in a workspace for extensible, transparent automation.
INSIGHT

Agentic Loop Turns Features Into Real Work

  • CloudBot runs an agentic loop that calls tools, clarifies, and reasons across web and local integrations.
  • That loop plus self-improvement makes it act like a real assistant rather than a static chatbot.
ANECDOTE

CloudBot Wrote A Todoist Skill Live

  • Federico asked CloudBot to manage Todoist and watched it create a skill using the Todoist API and store the token in macOS keychain automatically.
  • Within seconds CloudBot saved the token and let him manage tasks from Telegram.
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