# π¦ CLAWDIS β Personal AI Assistant
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**Clawdis** is a *personal AI assistant* you run on your own devices. It answers you on the surfaces you already use (WhatsApp, Telegram, WebChat), can speak and listen on macOS/iOS, and can render a live Canvas you control. The Gateway is just the control plane β the product is the assistant. If you want a private, single-user assistant that feels local, fast, and always-on, this is it. ``` Your surfaces β βΌ βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β Gateway β ws://127.0.0.1:18789 β (control plane) β tcp://0.0.0.0:18790 (optional Bridge) ββββββββββββββββ¬βββββββββββββββββ β ββ Pi agent (RPC) ββ CLI (clawdis β¦) ββ WebChat (browser) ββ macOS app (Clawdis.app) ββ iOS node (Canvas + voice) ``` ## What Clawdis does - **Personal assistant** β one user, one identity, one memory surface. - **Multi-surface inbox** β WhatsApp, Telegram, WebChat, macOS, iOS. - **Voice wake + push-to-talk** β local speech recognition on macOS/iOS. - **Canvas** β a live visual workspace you can drive from the agent. - **Automation-ready** β browser control, media handling, and tool streaming. - **Local-first control plane** β the Gateway owns state, everything else connects. ## How it works (short) - **Gateway** is the single source of truth for sessions/providers. - **Loopback-first**: `ws://127.0.0.1:18789` by default. - **Bridge** (optional) exposes a paired-node port for iOS/Android. - **Agent runtime** is **Pi** in RPC mode. ## Quick start (from source) Runtime: **Node β₯22** + **pnpm**. ```bash pnpm install pnpm build pnpm ui:build # Link WhatsApp (stores creds in ~/.clawdis/credentials) pnpm clawdis login # Start the gateway pnpm clawdis gateway --port 18789 --verbose # Send a message pnpm clawdis send --to +1234567890 --message "Hello from Clawdis" # Talk to the assistant (optionally deliver back to WhatsApp/Telegram) pnpm clawdis agent --message "Ship checklist" --thinking high ``` If you run from source, prefer `pnpm clawdis β¦` (not global `clawdis`). ## Architecture ### TypeScript Gateway (src/gateway/server.ts) - **Single HTTP+WS server** on `ws://127.0.0.1:18789` (bind policy: loopback/lan/tailnet/auto). The first frame must be `connect`; AJV validates frames against TypeBox schemas (`src/gateway/protocol`). - **Single source of truth** for sessions, providers, cron, voice wake, and presence. Methods cover `send`, `agent`, `chat.*`, `sessions.*`, `config.*`, `cron.*`, `voicewake.*`, `node.*`, `system-*`, `wake`. - **Events + snapshot**: handshake returns a snapshot (presence/health) and declares event types; runtime events include `agent`, `chat`, `presence`, `tick`, `health`, `heartbeat`, `cron`, `node.pair.*`, `voicewake.changed`, `shutdown`. - **Idempotency & safety**: `send`/`agent`/`chat.send` require idempotency keys with a TTL cache (5 min, cap 1000) to avoid doubleβsends on reconnects; payload sizes are capped per connection. - **Bridge for nodes**: optional TCP bridge (`src/infra/bridge/server.ts`) is newlineβdelimited JSON frames (`hello`, pairing, RPC, `invoke`); node connect/disconnect is surfaced into presence. - **Control UI + Canvas Host**: HTTP serves `/ui` assets (if built) and can host a liveβreload Canvas host for nodes (`src/canvas-host/server.ts`), injecting the A2UI postMessage bridge. ### iOS app (apps/ios) - **Discovery + pairing**: Bonjour discovery via `BridgeDiscoveryModel` (NWBrowser). `BridgeConnectionController` autoβconnects using Keychain token or allows manual host/port. - **Node runtime**: `BridgeSession` (actor) maintains the `NWConnection`, hello handshake, ping/pong, RPC requests, and `invoke` callbacks. - **Capabilities + commands**: advertises `canvas`, `screen`, `camera`, `voiceWake` (settingsβdriven) and executes `canvas.*`, `canvas.a2ui.*`, `camera.*`, `screen.record` (`NodeAppModel.handleInvoke`). - **Canvas**: `WKWebView` with bundled Canvas scaffold + A2UI, JS eval, snapshot capture, and `clawdis://` deepβlink interception (`ScreenController`). - **Voice + deep links**: voice wake sends `voice.transcript` events; `clawdis://agent` links emit `agent.request`. Voice wake triggers sync via `voicewake.get` + `voicewake.changed`. ## Companion apps The **macOS app is critical**: it runs the menuβbar control plane, owns local permissions (TCC), hosts Voice Wake, exposes WebChat/debug tools, and coordinates local/remote gateway mode. Most βassistantβ UX lives here. ### macOS (Clawdis.app) - Menu bar control for the Gateway and health. - Voice Wake + push-to-talk overlay. - WebChat + debug tools. - Remote gateway control over SSH. Build/run: `./scripts/restart-mac.sh` (packages + launches). ### iOS node (internal) - Pairs as a node via the Bridge. - Voice trigger forwarding + Canvas surface. - Controlled via `clawdis nodes β¦`. Runbook: `docs/ios/connect.md`. ### Android node (internal) - Pairs via the same Bridge + pairing flow as iOS. - Exposes Canvas, Camera, and Screen capture commands. - Runbook: `docs/android/connect.md`. ## Agent workspace + skills - Workspace root: `~/clawd` (configurable via `inbound.workspace`). - Injected prompt files: `AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `TOOLS.md`. - Skills: `~/clawd/skills/