CoPaw AI Assistant from Aliaba

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Aliababa just opensourced an open-source AI assistant called CoPaw
CoPaw is a modular AI agent workstation that lets you run your own personal AI assistant locally or on cloud.
Built with a strong focus on customization, local model support

Its much like OpenClaw but with more customization options available for developer

Key Features

  • Modular architecture (prompt layer, hooks, tools, memory components)
  • Multi-channel integration (Discord, QQ, DingTalk, Feishu, etc.)
  • skill system
  • Scheduling : cron + Heartbeat

More like an “AI agent development workstation” than just a chatbot wrapper.

OpenClaw is more like a ready-to-deploy autonomous assistant, CoPaw feels like a customizable AI agent you can extend and wire together however you want.

If you liked OpenClaw, you’ll probably want to check out CoPaw too, especially if you’re a developer

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I’m getting blocked by avast when trying to open openclaw website. Found this (and more) on googling:

I have only seen memes about AI assistants, has anyone here used it( or is brave to use it) in their main pc?

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That article you linked is about openclaw. CoPaw is similar (Its actually almost a copy - but built in python and on top of AgentScope framework, much cleaner code and deeply customizable.

Are they dangerous : Yes - Unless you know how to be safe. If you put it on your main computer and let it run wild it can mess up and pose a security threat, as it can access almost every thing on that computer.

is brave to use it in their main pc?

No, unless you know what you are doing, how to limit its capabilities and restrict tool access etc, wont recommend running it on main pc at least not initially.

You can secure it by following some basic safe guards. Dont install on your main work pc, put it on its own container (lxc or docker), make sure it doesnt expose your private/secret data eg passwords and keys, disable tools and skills you dont plan to use, dont install random skills from untrusted sources etc.

Are they useful? definitely

  • Some generic use cases would be : Deliver news summary, check mails, notify about important mails, label mails etc
  • For doing online research on a topic and generate report / pdf
  • Can be customized with skills for specific use cases, eg for me, it would be : check every 30 minutes if there’s any new inquiry on our website, if there’s thn send me a whatsapp msg, when I can ask it to create an order, and update inventory, update order status, all through over chat

The thing is, you can teach it to do the repetitive tasks you do using skills. Give it tools to do a job for you, and let it figureout how best to use those tools to achieve the goal.

This AI Agents are goal oriented, they decide and execute the tools you have given them to achieve a goal.

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