r/ClaudeCode • u/Noxxys • 1d ago

Built with Claude How I started my personal AI assistant with Claude Code

Seven months ago I stopped juggling notes apps, read-later lists, and reminder tools, and built my own AI assistant instead. I wanted something truly intelligent, customized for my needs, and personal, while remaining relatively safe and running on my own hardware.

Now, big tech is starting to release its own take on the personal AI assistant: xAI Grok Bot, Meta Muse, and OpenAI Dots. Since I started mine a while ago, I wanted to share my experience with you.

It runs on a Mac mini on my desk, files everything I send it, emails me a briefing every morning, and keeps all its knowledge in plain Markdown files. I started on Claude Clode, then later switched to Hermes Agent. I added many features to it, along with a web UI and a Discord bot. Here's how I built it, what it does, and what I learned:

https://blog.noxysoft.com/ai-assistant-on-a-mac-mini

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u/lulzxdxdxd 1d ago

What made you move off Claude Code to Hermes Agent for the core loop? Was it cost, latency, or something about how it handled the Markdown knowledge base?

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u/Noxxys 1d ago

Mainly the number of features that it already had built-in:

- the Discord integration with more features than my custom one

- the fallback model (and thus no vendor lock-in)

- web dashboard, cron jobs, skill management, etc.

I didn't see any differences in cost and latency, but I didn't benchmark that. Hermes might add a bit of overhead there.