Build a Personal AI Assistant Workshop

build personal ai assistant workshop · Live · April 26

Build a Personal AI Assistant That You Actually Own

ChatGPT costs money and sends your data to the cloud. In this live workshop you will build your own personal AI assistant using OpenClaw and Docker — running entirely on your own machine, connected to WhatsApp or Telegram, free forever.

Sunday, April 26 9am to 1pm EDT

4 Hours Hands-on coding

Live Online Interactive

Workshop Details

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Date and Time

Sunday, April 26, 2026

9:00am to 1:00pm EDT

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Duration

4 Hours · Hands-on

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Format

Live Online · Interactive

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Includes

Certificate of Completion

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Privacy

100% Local · No Cloud Required

By Packt Publishing · Refunds up to 10 days before

About This Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop

Why This Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop is Different From Everything Else

Most tutorials show you isolated steps. This build personal ai assistant workshop gives you a complete guided build with a live expert answering your specific questions throughout.

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What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is the open-source personal AI assistant that went viral in early 2026 with 200K+ GitHub stars. It runs on your own devices and connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and more. No subscription. No data leaving your machine.

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What is Docker Model Runner?

Docker Model Runner is Docker's native feature for running large language models locally on your machine. It gives you an OpenAI-compatible API that OpenClaw uses as its AI brain — complete data privacy, no cloud costs.

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Why combine OpenClaw and Docker?

OpenClaw gives you the assistant interface and messaging integrations. Docker Model Runner gives you the AI brain running privately on your machine. Together they create a production grade private AI assistant you fully own.

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Why attend this as a live workshop?

Setting this up from scattered documentation takes days of debugging. This build personal ai assistant workshop gives you a complete guided build in 4 hours with a live instructor answering your questions. Packt has delivered 108 workshops worldwide.

Workshop Curriculum

What You Will Build in This Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop

Six modules. Four hours. One working private AI assistant by the time you finish.

How OpenClaw Works

Understand the Gateway, channels, and skills architecture. Set up and configure OpenClaw locally from scratch.

Docker Model Runner Setup

Run and manage local LLMs using Docker Model Runner. Pull models, configure memory, understand the OpenAI-compatible API.

Security and Privacy

Configure DM pairing, allowlists, sandbox mode, and proper access controls for your local AI deployment.

Connect to WhatsApp or Telegram

Deploy your AI assistant to real messaging platforms without sending data to any third party cloud service.

Scalable Architecture

Design an extensible assistant architecture. Add skills, configure personality, set up proactive automation.

Production Deployment

Deploy your OpenClaw and Docker setup to a VPS for always-on availability running 24 hours a day.

What You Walk Away With

By the End of This Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop You Will Have

Concrete working deliverables — not just theory.

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A fully functional local AI assistant running on your machine

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Docker Model Runner configured with your chosen LLM model

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OpenClaw connected to WhatsApp or Telegram

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Security and privacy configuration you can trust

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A reusable architecture for future AI assistant projects

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Certificate of completion from Packt Publishing

Your Instructor

Learn from someone who has actually shipped this

This Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop is taught by a practitioner, not a YouTuber.

Rami Krispin

Workshop Instructor · April 26, 2026

Rami is a Senior Manager of Data Science and Engineering, Docker Captain, and LinkedIn Learning Instructor with deep expertise in building and deploying production AI systems. In this Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop he guides you step by step from a blank terminal to a fully deployed private AI assistant — answering your questions live throughout the 4-hour session.

Prerequisites

Who is This Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop For?

You do not need to be an expert. You do need the basics.

→ Basic familiarity with Python and APIs
→ A laptop with Docker installed (or willing to install before the session)
→ Minimum 16GB RAM recommended for smooth local AI inference
→ Optional: prior experience with LLMs or agent frameworks — helpful but not required

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything You Need to Know About This Build Personal AI Assistant Workshop

Common questions about the workshop, what to expect, and how to prepare.

What personal AI assistant will I build in this workshop? +

You will build a fully private personal AI assistant powered by OpenClaw and Docker Model Runner. By the end of this build personal AI assistant workshop, your assistant will be running locally, connected to WhatsApp or Telegram, with no cloud dependency or ongoing subscription cost.

Why should I build my own personal AI assistant instead of using ChatGPT? +

ChatGPT sends all your conversations to OpenAI's servers and costs a monthly subscription. When you build your own personal AI assistant in this workshop, your data stays entirely on your machine, you pay nothing ongoing, and you have complete control over which AI model powers your assistant.

How long does it take to build a personal AI assistant in this workshop? +

This build personal AI assistant workshop runs for 4 hours on April 26, 2026. By the end of the session you will have a working private AI assistant deployed and connected to a real messaging platform.

What technical skills do I need to build a personal AI assistant in this workshop? +

Basic Python and API familiarity is all you need. You do not need prior experience with Docker, OpenClaw, or LLMs to attend this build personal AI assistant workshop.

Can I connect my personal AI assistant to messaging apps? +

Yes. In this workshop you will specifically learn to connect your personal AI assistant to WhatsApp and Telegram. OpenClaw also supports Slack, Discord, Signal and more for future integrations.

Will my personal AI assistant keep running after the workshop? +

Yes. The workshop includes a module on deploying your assistant to a VPS server so it runs 24/7 — not just when your laptop is on.