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CreativeIntermediateStarter Plan

Overnight Mini-App Builder

Tell your agent your goals and interests, then let it build you a surprise mini app overnight — wake up every morning to a new prototype.

Try This Prompt

I want you to be proactive. Here are my goals, interests, and plans:
- I'm building a SaaS for [your niche]
- I want to automate boring parts of my daily workflow
- I'm interested in AI agents and developer tools

Every night, build me a mini app idea that gets me closer to my goals.
It could be a new SaaS idea for launching in the future, or something
that automates a boring part of my life.

Build the app as an MVP — do not overcomplicate it.
Deploy to a preview URL when done.

I will wake up every morning with a new surprise.

Skills & Requirements

repo-writer

Built-in

ui-generator

Built-in

Estimated setup time: ~10 min

Setup Guide

The Idea

Inspired by Alex Finn: explicitly tell your OpenClaw to be proactive and explain your goals, interests, plans, or strategies so it has a better understanding of what you want to achieve.

Then ask it to build you overnight, a mini app idea that gets you closer to your goals. It could be a new SaaS idea for launching in the future, or something that automates a boring part of your life. Explicitly tell it to build the app as an MVP and not to overcomplicate it.

You will wake up every morning with a new surprise.

What You Can Do

Share your goals and constraints — the agent generates app concepts autonomously.
Produce wireframes, routes, and starter implementation overnight.
Wake up to a working prototype with deployment notes.
Iterate with focused prompts the next morning.

Skills You Need

Repository write access and a UI/code generation workflow. The agent needs permission to create files, install dependencies, and deploy to a preview URL.

How to Set It Up

Share your context: Explain your goals, interests, and preferred tech stack. The more context the agent has, the more relevant its builds will be.
Set the overnight schedule: Ask the agent to start building at a specific time (e.g., 11 PM) and have it ready by morning.
Review and iterate: Check the prototype in the morning. Give feedback, and the agent learns what kinds of builds you value.

Tips

The key insight is being proactive — give the agent enough context about your life and goals that it can surprise you with relevant ideas.
Start simple: one app per night, MVP only, no over-engineering.
Over time, the agent learns your preferences and builds increasingly relevant prototypes.

Inspired By

Alex Finn's video on overnight app building

Deploy with ShipClaw

Skip the setup — get a fully managed OpenClaw instance ready to run this use case.

	Starter Plan
Monthly	$49/mo
Infrastructure	2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 20 GB SSD
AI Credits	$10/mo included
Messaging	Telegram (Discord/Slack coming soon)

Quick Start

Sign up for Starter Plan ($49/month)
Go to your Instances Dashboard and click Deploy New Instance
Once deployed, use the sample prompt above to configure your agent
Customize thresholds, schedules, and sources to fit your workflow

Starter's 2 GB RAM is sufficient for building single apps overnight. Upgrade to Pro for larger projects or parallel builds.

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Overnight Mini-App Builder

Tell your agent your goals and interests, then let it build you a surprise mini app overnight — wake up every morning to a new prototype.

Try This Prompt

I want you to be proactive. Here are my goals, interests, and plans:
- I'm building a SaaS for [your niche]
- I want to automate boring parts of my daily workflow
- I'm interested in AI agents and developer tools

Every night, build me a mini app idea that gets me closer to my goals.
It could be a new SaaS idea for launching in the future, or something
that automates a boring part of my life.

Build the app as an MVP — do not overcomplicate it.
Deploy to a preview URL when done.

I will wake up every morning with a new surprise.

Skills & Requirements

repo-writer

Built-in

ui-generator

Built-in

Estimated setup time: ~10 min

Setup Guide

The Idea

Inspired by Alex Finn: explicitly tell your OpenClaw to be proactive and explain your goals, interests, plans, or strategies so it has a better understanding of what you want to achieve.

You will wake up every morning with a new surprise.

What You Can Do

Share your goals and constraints — the agent generates app concepts autonomously.
Produce wireframes, routes, and starter implementation overnight.
Wake up to a working prototype with deployment notes.
Iterate with focused prompts the next morning.

Skills You Need

Repository write access and a UI/code generation workflow. The agent needs permission to create files, install dependencies, and deploy to a preview URL.

How to Set It Up

Share your context: Explain your goals, interests, and preferred tech stack. The more context the agent has, the more relevant its builds will be.
Set the overnight schedule: Ask the agent to start building at a specific time (e.g., 11 PM) and have it ready by morning.
Review and iterate: Check the prototype in the morning. Give feedback, and the agent learns what kinds of builds you value.

Tips

The key insight is being proactive — give the agent enough context about your life and goals that it can surprise you with relevant ideas.
Start simple: one app per night, MVP only, no over-engineering.
Over time, the agent learns your preferences and builds increasingly relevant prototypes.

Inspired By

Alex Finn's video on overnight app building