ZeroClaw is a Rust-native autonomous AI agent framework engineered for teams that require fast, secure, and highly modular agent infrastructure. It is designed as a compact, production-ready runtime that launches quickly, runs efficiently, and scales through interchangeable providers, channels, memory systems, and tools. Built around a trait-based architecture, ZeroClaw allows developers to swap model backends, communication layers, and storage implementations through configuration changes without rewriting core code, reducing vendor lock-in and improving long-term maintainability. It emphasizes a minimal footprint, shipping as a single binary of about 3.4 MB with startup times under 10 milliseconds and very low memory usage, making it suitable for servers, edge devices, and low-power hardware. Security is a first-class design goal, with sandbox controls, filesystem scoping, allowlists, and encrypted secret handling enabled by default.