April 12, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence · Agents · 3 min read

The OpenClaw Storm Isn't Dying Down! And I Think It Deserves the Attention.

By Doğal Güzelsoy

Home automation with OpenClaw — The work of six separate apps, from a single natural-language interface.

In an interview, Andrej Karpathy describes how he experimented with OpenClaw for home automation. He named it “Dobby.” He was pretty pleased. 😃 He says that instead of the 6 different apps he used before, full integration is possible with a single OpenClaw setup driven by natural language.

He describes just how proactively the agent behaves — from researching and wiring up the endpoint integrations itself, to messaging his WhatsApp when it spots, from the camera feed, that the FedEx truck has arrived.

A single setup and natural language instead of six apps. The agent handles the rest.

Eyes have been on this repo ever since it first came out, thanks to its jaw-dropping capabilities; but once I saw the experience of such a well-known authority, I couldn't help sharing it. (Thanks Andrej!)

❗ Important note: If you want to try it, I'd say think twice before running it on your local machine. If you're not very familiar with the subject, some of the results it produces could be risky 🧨 for you. Starting on the cloud with limited tasks and progressing step by step is the safest approach.

Don't say I didn't warn you… 🙂 Or get help from experienced experts like Innomel. 🙂

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