Claude Habitat

Claude Habitat is a Windows-desktop application (.exe) that turns Claude into a self-architecting personal AI workspace. No terminal, no config files, no technical knowledge required. The app runs a 5-step wizard: enter your API key, answer a few questions about yourself, and Claude builds a personalized workspace inside your messenger. The system is messenger-agnostic by design (Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram) - for this hackathon we ship with Telegram. The workspace includes topic-based channels, file processing, persistent memory, and semantic search. What makes it unique: • Self-architecting: Claude analyzes who you are (role, tools, workflows, pain points) and generates a custom set of topics and capabilities. A bookkeeper gets VAT, Payroll, Client Books topics. A developer gets different ones entirely. • Zero-config deployment: One .exe, no installation, no dependencies. Works on any Windows machine. • Real file processing: Send PDFs, images, documents to any topic - Claude reads, summarizes, and saves them to local folders on your disk. • Persistent vector memory: Every message is indexed in LanceDB. Use /search to find anything across all topics. • Fully local: All data stays on the user's machine. The bot runs as a child process inside Electron. Built entirely with Claude Code (Opus 4.7) over 5 days. The Electron app, Telegram bot, onboarding system, habitat builder, and vector memory were all written by Claude. The pixel-art mascot (Claude Toad) was animated in code by Claude - eyes track the cursor, random blinks, speech bubbles with personality. Click him and he croaks; keep clicking and he starts speaking in the developer's actual voice. There's a samll hidden easter egg if you're persistent enough. UI mockups for the demo video were created in claude.ai/design