Once again I have a new tool I have been playing with, once again AI related. One of the tools I have been using is n8n which is a workflow automation platform. It enables us to integrate multiple applications and services through a visual interface. While it is very much an enterprise solution, it is FLOSS and we can deploy it at home, albeit with some caveats and/or workarounds.

One of the really powerful parts of N8n is that we can integrate with various AI platforms, including all the usual suspects: Claude, ChatGPT, etc. Of course I want to keep things local, which N8n caters for with Ollama.

Recently, I decided to jump on the latest AI bandwagon. While cloud-based large language models are powerful and convenient, I wanted complete control over my data, plus the satisfaction of running everything on my own infrastructure. Enter OpenClaw — a personal AI assistant that runs locally and integrates with messaging platforms you already use.