After burning $500/month on various SaaS tools (CRM, social media scheduler, customer support), I built a custom AI agent using OpenClaw (https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) that handles all of it.
The agent runs 24/7 on my Mac Mini. Key capabilities: - Monitors and replies to Instagram DMs - Generates and posts content across platforms - Tracks competitors and market trends - Writes daily business reports - Self-evaluates and improves weekly
I've published 24 reusable skills on ClawHub (https://clawhub.com) that anyone can install.
The thesis: SaaS is renting software. AIaaS is installing labor. One AI agent with the right skills replaces 5-10 SaaS subscriptions.
Two weeks in, honest results: - Saved ~15 hours/week on repetitive tasks - Customer response time: hours → minutes - Still learning to stop it from over-engineering everything
Code and skills are open-source. AMA.