After setting up Clawdbot as more than a toy, I ran into the usual infra surprises: auto-restarts, logs filling up, TLS config, cron triggers, uptime issues. It’s powerful, but not exactly plug-and-play.

The philosophy of Clawdbot is a huge part of why I stuck with it your own API keys, your own environment, no hidden data pipelines. But that also means you own every problem that comes with running something 24/7.

I ended up trying a sandbox-focused helper (Paio.bot) to take some of the infrastructure edge off. It didn’t change how the bot thinks or stores info — it just made the service layer less brittle. For privacy-minded users, that balance has been key.

Would love to hear what others are doing to make their Clawdbot setups robust.