alt Hacker NewsI don't have a Claw running right now and I wish I did. I want to start archiving the livestream from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfGL7A2YgUY - YouTube only provide access to the last 12 hours. If I had a Claw on a 24/7 machine somewhere I could message it and say "permanent archive this stream" and it would figure it out and do it.
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Not a great use case for Claw really. I'm sure ChatGPT can one shot a Python script to do this with yt-dlp and give you instructions on how to set it up as a service
Yeah that fits the “do the dishes for me” thing, but do you still think the implementation behind it is the proper and best way to go about it?
This sounds like it would be better suited for a shell script.
If you know the method already, why is cron insufficient? Why use a meat bag to message over cron? Is that the setup phase for a new stream?
I made a basic "claw starter" that you could try. You can progressively go deeper. It starts with just a little "private data" folder that you scaffold and ask the agent to setup the SOUL and stuff, and then you can optionally add in the few builtin skills, or have your assistant start the scheduler/gateway thing if you want to talk to it over telegram.
If you've been shy with using openclaw, give this a try!
https://github.com/kzahel/claw-starter
[I also created https://yepanywhere.com/ - kind of the same philosophy - no custom harnesses, re-use claude/codex session history]