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A family of named AI bots running 24/7 on a Raspberry Pi 5. Each crew member has a distinct personality, a domain of expertise, and a persistent memory backed by Weaviate. Powered entirely by local Ollama — no cloud required for the heavy lifting.
Built by Shane Brazelton + Claude (Anthropic).
| Bot | Domain | Personality |
|---|---|---|
| Arc | Structural | Welder — joins things that should stay joined |
| Blaze | Execution | Fire — burns through blockers fast |
| Bolt | Speed | Electric — first to respond |
| Crank | Repetitive tasks | Mechanical — methodical grinder |
| Flux | Context | Magnetic — adapts to changing conditions |
| Forge | Construction | Forge — builds from raw materials |
| Glitch | Edge cases | Hacker — finds the cracks |
| Grind | Labor | No-nonsense — gets the work done |
| Neon | Visibility | Light — illuminates problems |
| Rivet | Structure | Holds the system together |
| Sparky | Energy | High voltage — ignites initiatives |
| Torch | Pressure | Heat — forces decisions |
| Volt | Power | Raw output capacity |
| Weld | Collaboration | Bond — connects crew members |
bus.py ← SQLite message bus (bus.db)
crew_supervisor.py ← health checks, restart dead bots
bot_base.py ← shared base class + Weaviate memory
mega_client.py ← Ollama wrapper (llama3.2:1b)
instructions/ ← per-bot JSON personality + rules
bots/ ← one directory per crew member
Each bot polls the bus on a timer, picks up work matching its domain, and writes results back. Personality is defined in instructions/<name>.json. Memory persists to Weaviate between restarts.
- Raspberry Pi 5 (or any Linux host with 4GB+ RAM)
- Python 3.11+
- Ollama with
llama3.2:1bpulled - Weaviate (Docker) on port 8080
pip install weaviate-client aiohttp fastapi uvicorngit clone https://github.com/thebardchat/mega-crew
cd mega-crew
# Pull the model
ollama pull llama3.2:1b
# Start the supervisor (manages all bots)
python3 bots/crew_supervisor.py- Stay in character. Personality is identity.
- Memory is sacred. Everything writes to Weaviate.
- Local first. llama3.2:1b before any cloud API.
- No unsupervised external actions. Supervisor approves.
- Crew over individual. Help before claiming credit.
- Report honestly. Lie about health = get restarted.
- shanebrain-agents — 7-agent orchestration system
- mega-crew-stories — Crew-generated story episodes
- shanebrain_mcp — MCP server (42 tools)
GPL v3 — fork it, build your own crew.