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Building a personal assistant with OpenClaw (Clawd-style)
Docs hubs
Getting Started
Onboarding (macOS app)
Onboarding Wizard (CLI)
Pairing
Setup
Showcase
The Lore of OpenClaw 🦞📖

Help

FAQ
Help
Troubleshooting

Install & Updates

Ansible Installation
Bun (experimental)
Development channels
Docker (optional)
Install
Installer internals
Migrating OpenClaw to a new machine
Nix Installation
Node.js + npm (PATH sanity)
Uninstall
Updating

CLI

Core Concepts

Agent Loop (OpenClaw)
Agent Runtime 🤖
Agent workspace
Channels & routing
Command Queue (2026-01-16)
Context
Context Window & Compaction
Gateway architecture
Group messages (WhatsApp web channel)
Groups
Markdown formatting
Memory
Messages
Model failover
Model providers
Models CLI
Multi-Agent Routing
OAuth
Presence
Retry policy
Session Management
Session Pruning
Session Tools
Sessions
Streaming + chunking
System Prompt
Timezones
TypeBox as protocol source of truth
Typing indicators
Usage tracking

Channels

BlueBubbles (macOS REST)
Channel location parsing
Channel troubleshooting
Chat Channels
Discord (Bot API)
Google Chat (Chat API)
grammY Integration (Telegram Bot API)
iMessage (imsg)
LINE (plugin)
Matrix (plugin)
Mattermost (plugin)
Microsoft Teams (plugin)
Nextcloud Talk (plugin)
Nostr
Signal (signal-cli)
Slack
Telegram (Bot API)
Tlon (plugin)
Twitch (plugin)
WhatsApp (web channel)
Zalo (Bot API)
Zalo Personal (unofficial)

Providers

Anthropic (Claude)
Claude Max API Proxy
Deepgram (Audio Transcription)
Github Copilot
GLM models
MiniMax
Model Providers
Model Providers
Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Ollama
OpenAI
OpenCode Zen
OpenRouter
Qwen
Synthetic
Venice AI (Venius highlight)
Vercel AI Gateway
Z.AI

Gateway & Ops

Authentication
Background Exec + Process Tool
Bonjour / mDNS discovery
Bridge protocol (legacy node transport)
CLI backends (fallback runtime)
Configuration 🔧
Configuration Examples
Discovery & transports
Doctor
Formal Verification (Security Models)
Gateway lock
Gateway protocol (WebSocket)
Gateway service runbook
Gateway-owned pairing (Option B)
Health Checks (CLI)
Heartbeat (Gateway)
Local models
Logging
Multiple Gateways (same host)
OpenAI Chat Completions (HTTP)
OpenResponses API (HTTP)
Remote access (SSH, tunnels, and tailnets)
Running OpenClaw.app with a Remote Gateway
Sandbox vs Tool Policy vs Elevated
Sandboxing
Security 🔒
Tailscale (Gateway dashboard)
Tools Invoke (HTTP)
Troubleshooting 🔧

Web & Interfaces

Control UI (browser)
Dashboard (Control UI)
Web (Gateway)
WebChat (Gateway WebSocket UI)

Automation & Hooks

Auth monitoring
Cron jobs (Gateway scheduler)
Cron vs Heartbeat: When to Use Each
Gmail Pub/Sub -> OpenClaw
Polls
Webhooks

Tools & Skills

`openclaw agent` (direct agent runs)
apply_patch tool
Browser (clawd-managed)
Browser login + X/Twitter posting
Browser Troubleshooting (Linux)
Chrome extension (browser relay)
ClawdHub
Creating Custom Skills 🛠
Elevated Mode (/elevated directives)
Exec approvals
Exec tool
Firecrawl
LLM Task
Lobster
Reaction tooling
Skills (OpenClaw)
Skills Config
Slash commands
Sub-agents
Thinking Levels (/think directives)
Tools (OpenClaw)
Web tools

Nodes & Media

Audio / Voice Notes — 2026-01-17
Camera capture (agent)
Image & Media Support — 2025-12-05
Location command (nodes)
Media Understanding (Inbound) — 2026-01-17
Nodes
Talk Mode
Voice Wake (Global Wake Words)

Platforms

Android App (Node)
Canvas (macOS app)
exe.dev
Fly.io
Gateway lifecycle on macOS
Gateway on macOS (external launchd)
Health Checks on macOS
iOS App (Node)
Linux App
Logging (macOS)
mac signing (debug builds)
macOS Developer Setup
macOS permissions (TCC)
Menu Bar Icon States
Menu Bar Status Logic
OpenClaw macOS Companion (menu bar + gateway broker)
OpenClaw macOS IPC architecture
OpenClaw macOS release (Sparkle)
OpenClaw on DigitalOcean
OpenClaw on GCP Compute Engine (Docker, Production VPS Guide)
OpenClaw on Hetzner (Docker, Production VPS Guide)
OpenClaw on macOS VMs (Sandboxing)
OpenClaw on Oracle Cloud (OCI)
OpenClaw on Raspberry Pi
Peekaboo Bridge (macOS UI automation)
Platforms
Remote OpenClaw (macOS ⇄ remote host)
Skills (macOS)
Voice Overlay Lifecycle (macOS)
Voice Wake & Push-to-Talk
WebChat (macOS app)
Windows (WSL2)

Reference

AGENTS.md - OpenClaw Workspace
AGENTS.md - Your Workspace
AGENTS.md — OpenClaw Personal Assistant (default)
API usage & costs
BOOT.md
BOOTSTRAP.md - Hello, World
Device model database (friendly names)
HEARTBEAT.md
IDENTITY.md - Agent Identity
IDENTITY.md - Who Am I?
Release Checklist (npm + macOS)
RPC adapters
Session Management & Compaction (Deep Dive)
SOUL.md - The Soul of C-3PO
SOUL.md - Who You Are
Tests
TOOLS.md - Local Notes
TOOLS.md - User Tool Notes (editable)
Transcript Hygiene (Provider Fixups)
USER.md - About Your Human
USER.md - User Profile

`openclaw dashboard`

Open the Control UI using your current auth.

openclaw dashboard
openclaw dashboard --no-open

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