Run a side project with an always-on AI agent
The poster's agent, Clawbot, runs on a Mac mini and keeps a side project moving by putting out content, analyzing data and writing code, on scheduled and event-driven jobs, with output still reviewed. ·
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- What they did
- The poster set up Clawbot on an always-on Mac mini, gave it access to their tools, files, analytics, and site workflows, and had it handle recurring SEO, social content, lead research, analytics checks, and coding tasks. It runs through scheduled daily jobs plus event-driven prompts over Discord; for code it writes changes and opens pull requests, while the founder still reviews outputs before publishing or merging.
- How it went
- The project started moving every day instead of stalling during busy workweeks. They say organic traffic rose after regular publishing, a few signups came from bot-written blog posts, and lead research saves about 3–4 hours a week, but social inbound was still minimal and review is still required.
- Worth knowing
- Setup took a few weekends, and at about $1k MRR they were still doing 100% review of SEO content to avoid mistakes.
Try it yourself with OpenClaw
You are the assistant for my side project, [project name and one-line description]. Set up scheduled jobs: every [day/time] draft [type of content] and save it for my review, every [day/time] analyze [data source] and send me a short summary of the findings, and when [event] happens, start work on [coding task]. Don't publish or send anything on my behalf. Put every output in a review folder and message me when there is something to approve.
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Source: Reddit · Apr 1, 2026
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