{"id":2211,"date":"2026-01-28T03:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/moltbot-the-ai-agent-that-actually-does-things-is-techs-new-obsession\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T03:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:28:11","slug":"moltbot-the-ai-agent-that-actually-does-things-is-techs-new-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/moltbot-the-ai-agent-that-actually-does-things-is-techs-new-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Moltbot, the AI agent that \u2018actually does things,\u2019 is tech\u2019s new obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image showing the Moltbot logo\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright='Image: &lt;a href=\"https:\/\/www.molt.bot\/\"&gt;Moltbot&lt;\/a&gt;' data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/moltbot-edit.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">An open-source AI agent that \u00ab\u00a0actually does things\u00a0\u00bb is taking off, with people across the web sharing how they&rsquo;re using the agent to do a whole bunch of things, like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/afscott\/status\/2015229275365114082\" target=\"_blank\">manage reminders<\/a>, log <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bangkokbuild\/status\/2013024865393975718?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">health and fitness data<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/danpeguine\/status\/2015142139143897160\" target=\"_blank\">communicate with clients<\/a>. The tool, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molt.bot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called Moltbot<\/a> (formerly Clawdbot), runs locally on a variety of devices, and you can ask it to perform tasks on your behalf by chatting with it through WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, and iMessage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macstories.net\/stories\/clawdbot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federico Viticci at <em>MacStories<\/em><\/a> highlighted how he installed Moltbot on his M4 Mac Mini and transformed it into a tool that delivers daily audio recaps based on his activity in his calend \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/report\/869004\/moltbot-clawdbot-local-ai-agent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An open-source AI agent that \u00ab\u00a0actually does things\u00a0\u00bb is 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