# AI use cases for Octop (TencentCloud/Octop) Repo: [TencentCloud/Octop](https://github.com/TencentCloud/Octop) | Use cases: 3 | Page: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/tencentcloud-octop/ Octop is an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant for households and small teams. One process serves a web dashboard, a CLI, IM channels (Telegram, Discord, Feishu, DingTalk, WeChat and more) and natural-language cron jobs. Each user gets experts with their own workspace, providers and memory, plus a knowledge base, plugins, browser automation, remote desktop and ACP to delegate coding to Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode. This file holds every use case of this repo. Each one starts with a "## " heading and ends with its URL. - Self-host one AI assistant for your whole household: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/tencentcloud-octop/self-host-a-family-ai-assistant-with-octop/ - Reach your assistant from Telegram and schedule daily jobs in plain language: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/tencentcloud-octop/connect-octop-to-telegram-and-schedule-daily-jobs/ - Delegate coding tasks from Octop chat to Claude Code or Codex over ACP: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/tencentcloud-octop/delegate-coding-from-octop-to-claude-code-over-acp/ ## How to self-host one AI assistant for your whole household with Octop Repo: [TencentCloud/Octop](https://github.com/TencentCloud/Octop) | Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 45 minutes | Basis: From the README Install Octop, run the setup wizard and give each family member their own expert and workspace. **Who it is for:** The tech person in a household who wants everyone to use AI without sharing one account or sending data to many apps. **The problem:** Shared AI accounts mix everyone's chats and memories, and each new app holds a copy of your data. **The outcome:** One Octop install with an admin account, separate experts per member, all data under ~/.octop/. ### Steps 1. On macOS or Linux run `curl -fsSL https://finnie-1258344699.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/octop/install.sh | bash` 2. Open a new terminal (or `source ~/.zshrc`) so `octop` is on your PATH 3. Run the first-run setup wizard with `octop init` 4. Start everything with `octop run` and open the web dashboard 5. Create a user per family member and assign each their own expert, providers and knowledge base ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text Install TencentCloud/Octop on , run `octop init`, start it with `octop run`, and set up separate experts for with their own workspaces. Tell me where the data lives and which ports it opened. ``` ### Caveat Risk, remote script: The installer is piped from a Tencent Cloud object storage URL into bash; read install.sh first or install from source. Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/ URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/tencentcloud-octop/self-host-a-family-ai-assistant-with-octop/ ## How to reach your assistant from Telegram and schedule daily jobs in plain language with Octop Repo: [TencentCloud/Octop](https://github.com/TencentCloud/Octop) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 20 minutes | Basis: From the README Bridge Octop to an IM channel and set natural-language cron jobs that push results every day. **Who it is for:** Someone who wants a morning summary or reminder delivered to the chat app they already check. **The problem:** Scheduled AI tasks usually need code, and the results land in yet another app. **The outcome:** An Octop expert that answers in Telegram or Discord and runs cron jobs you described in words. ### Steps 1. Install and start Octop with `octop run` 2. In the dashboard, open Channels and connect Telegram, Discord or another IM channel 3. Open Cron and describe the job in natural language, for example a weekly report every Friday 4. Check the job's first run in the channel and adjust the wording ### Prompt to paste into your agent ```text In my TencentCloud/Octop dashboard, connect and create a natural-language cron job that sends me every