GitHub – clawdbot/clawdinators: Declarative infra + NixOS modules for CLAWDINATOR hosts.

If you’ve ever tried running NixOS on AWS, you probably remember the feeling. Excitement at first. Then confusion. Then that quiet moment where you realize most guides expect you to glue together half a dozen tools and just hope nothing breaks at 3 a.m.

That’s the context behind **clawdbot’s “clawdinators” repository**, and honestly, it shows. This isn’t a theoretical exercise. It feels lived in.

At its core, the project is about **declarative infrastructure on AWS using NixOS**, done in a way that actually respects how Nix wants to work. No snowflake servers. No endless imperative scripts. Just **image-based provisioning**, clean layers, and a system that can rebuild itself without human babysitting.

If you’re here to learn, the repository clearly separates concerns. There’s a *generic layer* that teaches solid NixOS-on-AWS patterns you can reuse for almost any workload. Then there’s the *specific layer*, which is where things get a little… weirder. In a good way.

CLAWDINATORs are long-running, maintainer-grade **AI coding agents**. They update themselves via a systemd timer. They pull secrets securely using agenix. On first boot, they bootstrap from S3 and then just keep going. No dashboards. No clicking around. You define the system, and the system becomes itself. Like a living shell wrapped around metal, as the authors jokingly put it.

I appreciate the honesty in the repo. There’s even a plain-spoken note asking people *not* to turn this into a commercial hosting service. It’s permissively licensed, yes, but it’s also very clearly meant to stay fun, experimental, and community-driven.

If you’ve been curious about **image-based NixOS provisioning on AWS**, or you want to see how serious AI agents can be run without constant intervention, this is worth your time.

You can explore the full repository here:
https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdinators

Take it slow. Read the comments. Let the patterns sink in. This feels like a glimpse of where infrastructure is quietly heading.