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How to Setup OpenClaw complete guide

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩 & 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 🔥

Moltbook is probably the first time when AI feels like an employee rather than a chat. Now, Moldbot promises that it is an assistant that helps you 24/7.

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐰 was originally launched as Clawdbot in November 2025. It was briefly renamed 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐭 on January 27, 2026, due to trademark issues with Anthropic over similarities to "Claude," then quickly changed again to OpenClaw three days later for better branding and open-source emphasis.

Clawdbot → Moltbot → OpenClaw

OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs locally on macOS, Linux, or Windows, providing:

1️⃣𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲

2️⃣𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

➥WhatsApp, ➥Telegram, ➥Discord, ➥Slack, ➥Signal, ➥iMessage, ➥iMessage, ➥Microsoft Teams, ➥Nextcloud Talk, ➥Matrix, Nostr,➥ Tlon Messenger

3️⃣𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥

4️⃣ 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

5️⃣𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 powered by models from:

➥ Anthropic, ➥ OpenAI, ➥ Google, ➥ MiniMax, ➥ xAI, ➥ OpenRouter, ➥ Mistral, ➥ DeepSeek, ➥ GLM, ➥ Perplexity, ➥ Hugging Face, ➥ Local Models

𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩 (𝐂𝐋𝐈)

🔷 Open Window PowerShell

➥ Install Node.js and npm on Windows (PowerShell)

Go to this URL

https://nodejs.org/

Run the installer and follow the prompts. During installation, ensure “Add to PATH” is checked. Verify installation in PowerShell:

node -v

npm -v

➡️ 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒘

Linux: curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash

Window: iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex

➡️𝑹𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅

Linux & Windows: openclaw onboard --install-daemon

Follow these instructions

I understand this is personal-by-default, and shared/multi-user use requires lockdown. Continue? Yes / > No (Yes)

↘️𝐎𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞

> QuickStart (Configure details later via openclaw configure.) >Manual (QuickStart)

openclaw onboard --install-daemon

↘️𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥/𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫

Select the model you want to continue with (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, etc)

After selecting the model, give the api key of that particular model you select.

Select the model you want to use (gpt-4o-mini, gemini-2.5-flash, etc)

↘️𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥

Select the channel Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, etc.

Gateway service install successfully

openclaw gateway --port 18789

⚠️ Pro Tips for 2026

Security: Use openclaw security --audit to check for unsafe configurations or exposed ports.
Skill Install: Use the new command openclaw skills install <skill-name> to add features from

ClawHub.

Cost Control: Route routine tasks to cheaper models like gemini-2.5-flash while reserving gpt-5.40 for complex reasoning
Health Check: Run openclaw doctor to automatically diagnose and fix configuration issues.

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