Docs: explain two-phone setup for dedicated AI number

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## Prerequisites: The Two-Phone Setup
**Important:** You need a **separate phone number** for your AI assistant. Here's why and how:
### Why a Dedicated Number?
warelay uses WhatsApp Web to receive messages. If you link your personal WhatsApp, *you* become the assistant - every message to you goes to Claude. Instead, give Claude its own identity:
- 📱 **Get a second SIM** - cheap prepaid SIM, eSIM, or old phone with a number
- 💬 **Install WhatsApp** on that phone and verify the number
- 🔗 **Link to warelay** - run `warelay login` and scan the QR with that phone's WhatsApp
- ✉️ **Message your AI** - now you (and others) can text that number to reach Claude
### The Setup
```
Your Phone (personal) Second Phone (AI)
┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ Your WhatsApp │ ──────▶ │ AI's WhatsApp │
│ +1-555-YOU │ message │ +1-555-CLAWD │
└─────────────────┘ └────────┬────────┘
│ linked via QR
┌─────────────────┐
│ Your Mac │
│ (warelay) │
│ Claude Code │
└─────────────────┘
```
The second phone just needs to stay on and connected to the internet occasionally (WhatsApp Web stays linked for ~14 days without the phone being online).
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## Meet Clawd 👋
Clawd is @steipete's personal AI assistant built on warelay. Here's what makes it special: