Santiago Suarez Sampayo

Build an OpenClaw-style Coding Assistant on WhatsApp with Claude Agent SDK

In this hands-on 2-hour workshop, participants will build a personal coding assistant using Claude Agent SDK (powered by Claude Code) and turn it into a powerful OpenClaw-style agent they can talk to through WhatsApp. We'll start by building the core agent in Python with Claude Agent SDK, then progressively add advanced capabilities: memory so it remembers context across conversations, subagents to handle specialized tasks, hooks to customize its behavior, and other advanced agent features that make it genuinely useful. Once the agent is solid, we'll connect it to WhatsApp using Evolution API (Baileys-based, attendees just scan a QR code) so they can interact with it naturally from their phone, just like talking to a colleague. By the end of the session, attendees will use their assistant to build a real web app, demonstrating how a well-designed agent can become a true coding copilot. They'll leave with a working OpenClaw-style assistant connected to their WhatsApp, a real web app they built with it, and a framework they can extend to other personal and professional use cases.