A single shell script that gives you a full LLM agent — streaming chat, shell tool calls,
rolling memory, and mentor mode against OpenAI or Anthropic.
No Node. No npm. Just curl + jq
.
$ wget
-qO /usr/local/bin/claw https://getclaw.site/claw \
&& chmod +x /usr/local/bin/claw
No install? Try it live in the browser at
linuxontab.com
???? browser Linux
— open a terminal, run claw
, done.
Built to run in Alpine containers, v86 VMs, and cheap VPS boxes. If it has sh + curl + jq, claw runs.
<shell>…</shell>
blocks. claw runs them and feeds results back. YOLO by default; pass --confirm
to be prompted.--mentor
or /mentor on
.claw -s myproject
. Each has its own history, compacted rules, and journal — switch instantly with /load
..md
file into ~/.config/clawlite/instructions/
and it becomes part of the system prompt — project context, tool guides, domain knowledge. No restart needed.The model uses shell tools to inspect the filesystem and answer in context — all from a single shell script.
Three steps. No build system. No package manager.