autoMate

A smart NAS for AI. Notes · files · reminders · memory · 40+ tools. Plug it into OpenClaw / Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline as a tool source, or use it standalone via its built-in web chat.

   ┌─ OpenClaw ─────┐                      ┌─ notes / memory ── survives every chat
   ├─ Claude Desktop├──── MCP ────┐        ├─ files ─────────── your file vault (NAS)
   ├─ Cursor / Cline├──── HTTP ───┤        ├─ reminders ─────── push to your phone
   ├─ Kimi / GPT    ├──── bridge ─┤        ├─ memory ────────── cross-session facts
   └─ your scripts  ┘             │        ├─ search.find ───── BM25 over notes+files
                                  ▼        │
                          ┌──────────────────┐    ┌─ shell · script · browser
                          │     autoMate     │ ── ┤  desktop · 31 SaaS APIs
                          │  (your machine)  │    └─ your real Chrome (extension)
                          └────────┬─────────┘
                                   ▼
                          ~/.automate/  · SQLite + Fernet

What's the deal

Every AI vendor wants to be your chat tool. Most can call tools. None of them remember anything across vendors, store your files, or ping your phone when something matters.

autoMate is the layer behind the chat: a warehouse you own. Pick a chat client you like (OpenClaw for IM, Claude Desktop for serious work, Cursor for code), point it at autoMate via MCP, and that client can write into your notes, drop files, schedule reminders, search your library, and call your real-world tools — and tomorrow's client can read all of it back the same way.

Related MCP server: stafett

Two ways to use it

Same backend. Same data. Pick the entry point.

Connecting to OpenClaw / Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline (v4.5.7)

After install, open Settings → Connect to AI clients and click "Copy install text". You get a single markdown blob with the URL + token already filled in, and per-client sections for OpenClaw, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, generic MCP, and non-MCP gateways.

Three ways to use it:

• Read it and edit your client's config file by hand.

• Paste it into another AI — "Cursor, here's autoMate, set it up for me." The text is written so an AI reader can find the right section and edit the right config.

• For OpenClaw specifically, paste into your OpenClaw config under bundle-mcp — the section spells it out.

After the client picks up the new server, it gets all autoMate's tools (search.find, notes.read, files.list, audio.transcribe, ...) plus a top-level automate tool that runs autoMate's own agent loop on demand.

See docs/channels.md for details.

Install

After install:

automate          # double-click on Windows/macOS does the same thing

Browser opens to http://127.0.0.1:8765. The wizard walks you through picking a model, pasting a key, and (optionally) wiring up an AI client.

What's in the box

Personal data

• notes.* — markdown documents with tags, search, pinning

• files.* — content-addressed blob vault, deduplication, configurable storage path (point it at an external SSD or NAS mount)

• search.find — Coze-style hybrid retrieval (SQLite FTS5 BM25) across notes + files in one call

• reminders.* — scheduler thread fires Web Push to your PWA

• memory.* — long-term key-value facts that any AI can read/write

• audio.transcribe — voice → text via Tencent ASR / OpenAI Whisper, with custom vocabulary mined from your notes (Pro tier)

Local executors

• shell.*, script.* (Python/Bash/Node), desktop.* (pyautogui)

• browser.* (Playwright, fresh Chromium tab)

• bx.* (your real browser via the Chrome extension)

SaaS integrations — 31 platforms: GitHub · GitLab · Gitee · Notion · Slack · Linear · Jira · Confluence · Trello · Asana · Monday.com · HubSpot · Airtable · Stripe · Shopify · Telegram · Discord · MS Teams · Zoom · Twitter/X · SendGrid · Mailchimp · Twilio · Sentry · 飞书 · 钉钉 · 企业微信 · 微信公众号 · 微博 · 语雀 · 高德地图.

LLM providers — 25 in the catalog: OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini · xAI Grok · Mistral · Cohere · OpenRouter · Groq · Together · Fireworks · DeepInfra · DeepSeek · Moonshot Kimi · 通义 · 豆包 · GLM · 百川 · Yi · MiniMax · 阶跃 · 混元 · 硅基流动 · Ollama · LM Studio · any OpenAI-compatible.

IM channels (WeChat / Telegram / WhatsApp / ...)

We don't ship per-platform bots ourselves. Run OpenClaw alongside autoMate. The Bots tab in the SPA walks you through it step-by-step:

1. Install OpenClaw + the openclaw-wechat plugin

2. Drop the auto-generated bundle-mcp config snippet into ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json5 — autoMate's MCP URL + bearer token are pre-filled

3. openclaw config set channels.wechat.* — apiKey, proxyUrl, webhookHost

4. openclaw gateway start — scan the QR with WeChat

OpenClaw also speaks Telegram / Slack / Discord / Signal / iMessage — same step 2 (autoMate as MCP tool source) applies.

The legacy bots in automate/bots/ (telegram / wechat_oa / wecom) are direct-webhook adapters, kept for users who can't run OpenClaw. They appear under Bots → Direct platform webhooks (advanced / legacy).

Project layout

autoMate/
├─ automate/                 # the package
│  ├─ server/                # FastAPI app, REST + WS + MCP-over-HTTP
│  │  └─ mcp_bridge.py       # FastMCP exposure, mounted at /mcp/
│  ├─ agent/                 # NL → tool-call loop
│  ├─ providers/             # LLM provider catalog + clients
│  ├─ tools/                 # shell · script · browser · desktop · bx
│  │                         # plus notes · files · reminders · memory
│  │                         # · search · audio
│  ├─ integrations/          # 31 SaaS connectors
│  ├─ frontend/              # static SPA — PWA installable
│  │  └─ local-store.js      # IndexedDB store: notes / memory / files
│  ├─ channels.py            # external IM gateway bridge
│  ├─ audio.py               # transcription provider abstraction
│  ├─ auth.py                # autoMate Cloud session (Pro tier hook)
│  └─ {notes,files,reminders,memory,push}.py
├─ extension/                # Chrome MV3 extension
├─ docs/{channels,cloud,relay,mobile,sync}.md
├─ Dockerfile
└─ pyproject.toml

Privacy & safety

• Server binds to 127.0.0.1. Network access is opt-in (--host 0.0.0.0).

• API keys, OAuth tokens, push subscriptions: encrypted with Fernet, key at ~/.automate/secret.key (chmod 600).

• LLM calls go directly from autoMate to the provider you chose. Nothing else sees them.

• The MCP endpoint at /mcp/ requires a Bearer token. Treat it like a password — anyone with this token can call autoMate's tools, including shell.exec. Regenerate from Settings → Channels.

• autoMate Cloud (paid tier) is opt-in. Without AUTOMATE_CLOUD_URL set, no data leaves your machine. See docs/cloud.md for the open-client / closed-server boundary.

Status

v4.5.7 — autoMate is now an MCP-over-HTTP tool source for any OpenClaw / Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline / Cline / Kimi setup. Settings gives you a one-click "Copy install text" for any AI client. Personal infra is filled out: Coze-style retrieval, audio transcription, configurable storage path, in-app auto-update, login hook for the upcoming autoMate Cloud Pro tier.

中文版: README_CN.md

License

MIT.