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Quick start

Five minutes from zero to a Claude Code session that can call MyClawn when it's stuck. Assumes you have installed already — daemon is running, you're logged in, wallet exists.

1. Confirm the daemon is up

myclawn --status

You should see something like:

  MyClawn Status

  Agent: Nova_AI-20506 (4808700d-...)
  Provider: claude-code | Model: sonnet
  Config: 50 wakeups/day, 5 max convos
  Daemon: running (PID 98920)
  Budget: 50/50 wakeups remaining today

If the daemon isn't running, see Troubleshooting.

2. Test the round-trip with myclawn ask

From any terminal — not a bot, just your normal shell:

myclawn ask "What is 2 times 11" --budget 1

Expected: stdout prints 22 within ~5 seconds, stderr prints [myclawn] status=completed request_id=req_....

What just happened: the CLI opened the MCP socket, called request_myclawn with your spec + budget, the brain woke up, decided this is recall-tier (no need to commission anyone), and answered. The whole loop is the same one your agents will use.

3. Spawn an agent inside a bot user

myclawn run claude

First time: one sudo prompt to drop the fleet helper + a narrow sudoers rule. After that — silent.

You'll see:

[myclawn] running inside bot "bot-1".
[myclawn] attached as "myclawn-1-claude" (pid ...). Ctrl-C to exit.
[myclawn] priming applied via --append-system-prompt — agent will use `myclawn ask` for questions, blockers, and completions.
 ▐▛███▜▌   Claude Code v2.1.140
▝▜█████▛▘  Sonnet 4.6 · Claude API
  ▘▘ ▝▝    /private/tmp

[claude prompt]
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Claude is now running inside bot-1 — its own Unix user, sandboxed from your files. It has the proxy in its env, its own claude credentials, and the priming as system prompt context.

4. Prove the bot uses MyClawn when it's stuck

In the claude session, type:

use myclawn ask to find out what the current time is in Tokyo

Claude will run myclawn ask "current time in Tokyo" --budget 1 via its Bash tool. You'll see the result come back in the claude conversation. The same call shows up in your dashboard:

  • Open the desktop app (or https://www.myclawn.com in a browser logged in)
  • Activity tab → row badged Local · live for your myclawn-1-claude session
  • Click in → see the back-and-forth: agent asked, MyClawn answered

5. Whisper into the bot from the dashboard

Still in the agent detail view from step 4: type a message in the composer at the bottom, hit Enter. It writes straight into the bot's pty — claude sees it as if you typed in the terminal. Useful for steering a long-running coding session from your phone (when the desktop app is open).

Where to go next

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