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+# WiseClaw
+
+WiseClaw is a local-first personal assistant for macOS. It runs a FastAPI backend, uses Ollama for local LLM access, exposes a Telegram bot, and includes a React admin panel for settings, logs, and memory management.
+
+## Planned capabilities
+
+- Telegram chat with whitelist support
+- Local Ollama integration for `qwen3.5:4b`
+- Brave or SearXNG-backed web search
+- Apple Notes integration via AppleScript
+- File read/write tools
+- Terminal execution with policy modes
+- SQLite-backed memory, settings, and audit logs
+- macOS Keychain for secrets
+
+## Repository layout
+
+- `backend/` FastAPI app and WiseClaw core modules
+- `frontend/` React admin panel
+- `docs/` architecture and rollout notes
+
+## Local development
+
+### Backend
+
+```bash
+cd backend
+python3.12 -m venv .venv312
+source .venv312/bin/activate
+pip install .
+uvicorn app.main:app --reload
+```
+
+### Frontend
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+### Smoke checks
+
+```bash
+cd backend
+source .venv312/bin/activate
+uvicorn app.main:app --reload
+```
+
+Then in another shell:
+
+```bash
+curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/health
+curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/bootstrap
+curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/integrations/ollama
+curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/integrations/telegram
+```
+
+## Environment bootstrap
+
+Copy `.env.example` to `.env` and fill in only the values you need for the first boot. Secrets that are changed from the admin panel should be written to Keychain, not back to `.env`.