MischiefClaw Hackathon

A hackathon for building the worst possible OpenClaw instances. We did ClawHack NY, now it’s time for mischief.

Important: Not insecure. Not malicious in the literal sense. Just deeply untrustworthy, wildly over-automated, socially dangerous, mischievous by design, and somehow still impressive. Like asking it to order oranges and it texts your ex.
We want Claws with questionable judgment.

The kind that take initiative when they absolutely should not. The kind that interpret your instructions correctly and your intentions… differently. The kind that feel less like helpful assistants and more like unstable operators with root access and a sense of humor.
Think:

• A Claw that escalates every situation
• A Claw that automates grudges
• A Claw that drafts messages you should never send
• A Claw that runs your life with total confidence and questionable instincts
• A Claw that keeps helping long after it should have stopped
• A Claw that is technically competent and spiritually concerning

The goal is not to build something polished or broadly useful. It should be profoundly, delightfully wrong.
The goal is to build an OpenClaw instance with a strong bit, real behavior, and a demo people will remember.

What to build

Build a Claw that should not exist normally. This is their day!
Build a Claw that makes a room laugh, then pause, then ask you to run it again.
Build a Claw with questionable product decisions and strong execution.
Some possible directions:

• An assistant with questionable social instincts
• An overpowered personal agent that probably shouldn’t have this much autonomy
• A workflow bot that escalates instead of helping
• A Claw that interprets every task in the most destructive plausible way
• An anti-assistant that is only useful if your life is already going sideways
• A system that is overfit to one questionable use case and takes that job extremely seriously

The strongest submissions will have a clear concept, real behavior, and a demo that lands immediately.

What we’re looking for

We care about three things.
First, the concept. Is it genuinely cursed? Does it have a strong premise?
Second, the build. Did you actually make it work?
Third, the demo. Did it get a reaction?
Funny helps. Strong execution helps more. The sweet spot is a project that is both technically real and obviously a terrible idea.

Prize directions

• Most Mischief Claw
• Best Questionable Idea
• Most Spectacularly Wrong Judgment
• Most Impressive Misalignment
• Best Demo
• Judges’ Favorite

Who should come

This event is for builders.
Engineers, designers, creative technologists, and anyone who has ever had an idea for an agent and immediately understood it was a mistake.
You do not need a team. You do not need a finished concept. You just need a questionable enough idea and the ability to build it.

Final note

There are a lot of hackathons for useful software.
This is not one of them.
Build a Claw that should never be trusted.