Today I started setting up ClawdBot (also known as Moltbot) on an older Raspberry Pi 3. This is a project I've been meaning to document for a while.
Initial Setup
Details about the initial setup process will go here...
AI API Costs
I've been working with the Claude API and discovered it gets quite costly with anything above Haiku. I looked into Gemini as a potential alternative, and I'd likely try that, but I ended up going in two directions at the same time:
- Venice AI $VVV token - Staking their coin leads to daily credits for AI usage
- Claude Pro subscription - Leveraging a subscription instead of raw API calls
Claude Code Subscription Idea
Using a Claude Code subscription to avoid some of the API costs. This raises an interesting question: if I can run ClawdBot and give it knowledge of Claude Code, can Claude Code run the raptor personality to leverage Anthropic models at the subscription level instead of churning API tokens directly? Will that save money?
Challenges
Notes about any challenges encountered...
Next Steps
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More details to come as the project progresses...