Agent skill · software engineering · aradotso
picoclaw-ai-assistant
Ultra-lightweight AI assistant in Go that runs on $10 hardware with <10MB RAM, supporting multiple LLM providers, tools, and single-binary deployment across RISC-V, ARM, MIPS, and x86.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands and configurations for deploying and managing the PicoClaw AI assistant across various platforms and environments.
What it needs
Requires docker, go installed locally. Requires anthropic, openai, volcengine account access. About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-09. 70 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
PicoClaw AI Assistant Skill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection. PicoClaw is an ultra-lightweight personal AI assistant written in Go. It runs on $10 hardware with under 10MB RAM and boots in under 1 second. It supports multiple LLM providers (OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic, Volcengine), optional web search tools, and deploys as a single self-contained binary on x8664, ARM64, MIPS, and RISC-V Linux devices. --- Installation Precompiled Binary Download from the releases page: Build from Source Docker Compose Docker: Web Console (Launcher Mode) Docker: One-shot Agent Mode Docker: Expose Gateway to Host If the gateway needs to be reachable from the host, set: Or set PICOCLAWGATEWAYHOST=0.0.0.0 in docker/data/config.json. Termux (Android) --- Quick Start 1. Initialize This creates ~/.picoclaw/config.json with a starter configuration. 2. Configure ~/.picoclaw/config.json Never hard-code API keys. Reference environment variables using $VARNAME notation in config, or set them in your shell environment before launch. 3. Run --- Key CLI Commands Command Description --- --- picoclaw onboard Initialize config and workspace picoclaw Start interactive chat session picoclaw -m "..." Send a single message and exit picoclaw -model <name> Override the default model picoclaw -config <path> Use a custom config file --- Configuration Reference Model Entry Fields Supported Provider Prefixes Prefix Provider --- --- openai/ OpenAI and OpenAI-compatible APIs anthropic/ Anthropic Claude volcengine/ Volcengine (Ark) Agent Defaults Web Search Tools Get free API keys: Tavily: https://tavily.com — 1,000 free queries/month Brave Search: https://brave.com/search/api — 2,000 free queries/month Only enable one search provider at a time unless you want fallback behavior. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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