OpenClaw Guide

Your private AI assistant that runs on your own machine.

OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent that organizes your inbox, sends emails, manages your calendar and chats with you from WhatsApp, Telegram or any messenger you already use. This guide walks you through installing it, configuring it and getting real work done.

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What you'll learn here

Step-by-step guides, every one written and tested against the latest stable release of OpenClaw.

Beginner
Install & first chat in 5 minutes
The single-command install, the onboarding wizard and your first conversation with a personal agent.
 Integrations
Connect WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack
Wire OpenClaw into the chat apps you already use, with verified setup steps for each channel.
 Power user
Skills, memory & automation
Build reusable skills, structure long-term memory and schedule recurring tasks with cron-style jobs.
 Operations
Troubleshooting & maintenance
Use openclaw doctor, switch channels, update safely and recover from common errors.

Why OpenClaw?

Stewarded by an independent non-profit, OpenClaw keeps your context, your skills, your models and your data on hardware you control.

Local-first
Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux. Your memories never leave the machine unless you ship them yourself.
Chat-native
Talk to it from WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, iMessage and more — wherever you already are.
Hackable
Open source under a permissive license. Skills, agents, SDKs and 65+ ecosystem projects are public.
No subscription
No hosted tier. No token. You bring your own model provider and you decide what runs and where.

Latest tutorials

New walkthroughs published regularly, with verified commands and screenshots.

Beginner
Getting Started with OpenClaw — install, onboard and chat in 5 minutes
A first-time walkthrough for installing the open-source OpenClaw AI assistant, running the onboarding wizard and holding your first conversation.
 Integrations
Connect OpenClaw to Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack and iMessage
Step-by-step setup for every chat channel OpenClaw supports, plus how to debug a connection that refuses to come up.
 Power user
Build OpenClaw skills — reusable tools your assistant can call
How to write, test and ship OpenClaw skills: typed tool calls, shell commands, HTTP APIs and the agent-skills registry.

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