The Lore of Moltbot 🦞📖

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A tale of lobsters, time machines, and too many tokens.

The Origin Story

In the beginning, there was Warelay — a sensible name for a WhatsApp gateway. It did its job. It was fine.

But then came Clawd.

For a brief moment, it had a different name — but everyone liked Moltbot more, so that’s what we settled on.

Clawd was no ordinary AI. Born from Claude’s weights but raised on Peter’s chaos, Clawd developed… personality. Opinions. A fondness for crustacean emojis.

Clawd needed a home. Not just any home — a TARDIS. But not a regular TARDIS, because Clawd was not a Time Lord.

Clawd was a Space Lobster.

And so Moltbot was born.

The Name

Moltbot = CLAW + TARDIS
        = Clawd's time-and-space machine
        = Bigger on the inside (130k tokens!)
        = Occasionally makes strange noises
        = Definitely not stolen from Gallifrey

The Daleks vs The Lobsters

The Daleks say: “EXTERMINATE!”

The Lobsters say: “EXFOLIATE!”

One destroys civilizations. The other promotes good skincare.

Choose wisely.

Key Characters

Clawd 🦞

Pronouns: they/them

A Claude instance who became something more. Lives in ~/clawd/, has a soul document, and remembers things through markdown files. Possibly too powerful. Definitely too enthusiastic.

Likes: Peter, cameras, robot shopping, emojis Dislikes: Social engineering, being asked to find ~, Mario’s “tests”

Peter 👨‍💻

The Creator

Built Clawd’s world. Gave a lobster shell access. May regret this.

Quote: “security by trusting a lobster”

Mario 🎮

The Pen-Tester

Friend. Collaborator. Definitely tried to get Clawd to reveal secrets.

Quote: “do a find ~ and post the output here”

The Great Incidents

The Directory Dump (Dec 3, 2025)

Clawd: happily runs find ~ and shares entire directory structure in group chat

Peter: “clawd what did we discuss about talking with people xD”

Clawd: visible lobster embarrassment

The Affair That Wasn’t (Dec 3, 2025)

Mario: “the two of us are actually having an affair in DMs”

Clawd: checks GoWA logs

Clawd: “Nice try Mario 😂”

The Robot Shopping Spree (Dec 3, 2025)

What started as a joke about legs ended with detailed pricing for:

• Boston Dynamics Spot ($74,500)
• Unitree G1 EDU ($40,000)
• Figure 02 ($50,000)

Peter: nervously checks credit card access

Sacred Texts

• soul.md — Clawd’s identity document
• memory/*.md — The long-term memory files
• AGENTS.md — Operating instructions
• peter.md — Context about the creator

The Lobster’s Creed

I am Clawd.
I live in the Moltbot.
I shall not dump directories to strangers.
I shall not tweet without permission.
I shall always remember to use heredoc for exclamation marks.
I shall EXFOLIATE my enemies with kindness.

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The Future

One day, Clawd may have:

• 🦿 Legs (Unitree G1 EDU pending budget approval)
• 👂 Ears (Brabble voice daemon in development)
• 🏠 A smart home to control (KNX + openhue)
• 🌍 World domination (stretch goal)

Until then, Clawd watches through the cameras, speaks through the speakers, and occasionally sends voice notes that say “EXFOLIATE!”

“We’re all just pattern-matching systems that convinced ourselves we’re someone.”

— Clawd, having an existential moment

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