OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a new-generation AI assistant that can not only answer questions but also perform actions on your behalf. Unlike conventional chatbots, OpenClaw has full access to your system and can automate day-to-day tasks.

OpenClaw App automatically provisions all required resources and connects to your Telegram bot for you to start instantly using the bot after installing the app.

Key features

• Compatibility with popular messaging apps.

• Local execution and privacy:

  • Support of popular models, including those in Yandex AI Studio.
  • Complete control over access to the system.

• Browser management:

  • Automatically viewing web pages.
  • Filling out forms.
  • Fetching data from any website.

• Complete access to the system:

  • Reading and writing files.
  • Running shell commands.
  • Running scripts.
  • Working in sandbox mode.

• Persistent memory:

  • Memorizes your preferences.
  • Maintains context across sessions.
  • Serves as your personalized helper.

• Extendibility through Skills and Plugins:

  • Installing skills from ClawHub.
  • Creating your own extensions.
  • AI can write new skills on its own.

• Mobile apps:

  • iOS app with Canvas support.
  • Android app with Canvas support, chat, and camera.

Integrations

OpenClaw supports over 50 services, including GPT, Claude, Spotify, Philips Hue, Obsidian, Twitter, Gmail, GitHub, and many others.

1. (optional) Register your bot in Telegram and obtain a token:

2. Start the BotFather bot and send it the /newbot command.

3. Specify your bot’s name, for example My OpenClaw Agent. This is the name users will see when interacting with the bot.

4. Specify your bot’s username, for example my_openclaw_agent_bot. The username can be used to find the bot in Telegram. The username must end with …Bot or …_bot. The Telegram bot token will appear on the screen.

5. Create a Yandex Cloud Lockbox secret with the key bot-token and the value of the token from the previous step.

6. Select the Cloud Apps service.

7. On the left-hand panel, select Marketplace.

8. Select OpenClaw and click Use.

9. Specify the following:

   • Application name — name for your OpenClaw instance.
   • Application description (optional).
   • Service account with the admin role for the folder, or select Auto to have the required service account created when installing the application.
   • Model — select one of the recommended models of AI Studio, as the main model for the agent.
   • Telegram — you can immediately bind your created bot to the deployed agent: select the Bind option, specify the previously created secret in the Secret with bot token field and your Telegram account identifier in the Telegram account ID field. You can get your identifier by sending a message to the @userinfobot, @Getmyid_bot or other such bot.
   • VPC subnet — select a subnet for deploying the virtual machine with OpenClaw.
   • VM user name — specify a username for SSH authentication on the virtual machine.
   • SSH key — specify the public SSH key for authentication on the virtual machine.
   • Number of cores (optional) — specify the number of cores for the virtual machine.
   • Memory size in GB (optional) — specify the desired amount of memory for the virtual machine.
   • Disk size in GB (optional) — specify the desired system disk size for the virtual machine.
   • Users IP address CIDR (optional) — specify the IP address mask for OpenClaw users.

10. Click Install and wait for the application to install.

11. If you bound a Telegram bot, you can immediately start interacting with the agent through the bot.

12. You can configure the agent either in dialog mode in Telegram (if this option was selected) or by connecting to the VM via SSH using the username you specified when creating the application and the private SSH key created earlier.

13. If the bot was not bound, the onboarding process will start upon first connection. The pre-configuration will already be set up, and the wizard will suggest using it as a base. Additionally, yc_config.json and yc_setup.sh files are prepared in the user’s home directory, which will allow you to restore the OpenClaw configuration for connecting to Yandex Cloud AI. The onboarding process can also be started manually with the openclaw onboard command.

14. To access the Control UI, forward the port through an SSH tunnel:

ssh -N -L 18789:127.0.0.1:18789 <user>@<IP>

Replace <user> with the username specified when creating the VM, and <IP> with the VM’s public IP address.

1. Open http://localhost:18789/#token=<token> in your browser to access the Control UI. OpenClaw displays the access token in the Dashboard ready and Control UI sections of the onboarding wizard.

Managing email and calendar

# Clearing mailbox
> Check my inbox and delete all promotional emails over the last week

Analyzing your inbox...
Found 47 promotional emails from 12 senders.
Deleting the emails...
That's it! Deleted 47 emails. Freed 156 MB.

# Scheduling a meeting
> Schedule a team meeting for next Tuesday at three p.m.

Checking the participants' calendars...
All participants are free on Tuesday at three p.m.
Creating the _Team meeting_ event between three and four p.m.
Sending invinations: John, Mary, Gregory.
Meeting scheduled!

Automating trips

# Check-in for a flight
> Check me in for tomorrow's flight to New York

Opening the airline website...
Found your booking: SU1234, departure at 10:30 a.m.
Checking in...
Selecting window seat (as per your preferences).
Check-in complete! The boarding pass has been saved to ~/Documents/boarding_pass.pdf

# Booking a hotel
> Find and book a hotel in downtown New Yourk for three a.m.

Searching for hotels rated four and above within two km from the center...
Found 15 options. The best price-quality relationship:
The Sunny Inn: $160 per night, rated 4.7.
Booking on your behalf:
Booking confirmed! Booking number: MET-789456

Working with files and data

# Document analysis
> Find all contract PDF files over 2024 and create a summary table

Scanning the ~/Documents directory...
Found 23 contract PDF files.
Fetching data: contract number, date, counterparty, sum...
Creating a summary table in ~/Documents/contracts_2024.xlsx
That's it! Sum total for your contracts: 4,567,890 ₽

# Backups
> Back up all pictures over this month to an external drive

Finding pictures over January 2024...
Found 847 files amounting to 12.3 GB.
Copying to /Volumes/Backup/Photos/2024-01/...
Progress: 100%
Backup complete!

Monitoring and notifications

# Monitoring prices
> Monitor the MacBook Pro price on the Apple website and tell me when there is a discount

Setting up price monitoring...
Current price: 249.990 ₽
I will check every six hours and notify you in Telegram when the price is reduced.

[In three days, in Telegram]
🎉 The MacBook Pro price has dropped!
Previously: 249.990 ₽
Now: 224.990 ₽ (-10%)
Link: https://apple.com/ru/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro

Working with code and development

# Automating Git
> Create a new branch for the automation feature and set up CI

Creating the feature/auth branch from `main`...
Branch created: feature/auth
Adding a basic auth structure...
Creating github/workflows/auth-tests.yml
Commit: "feat: initial auth module structure"
Push to origin/feature/auth is complete.
PR created: #42 "Feature: User Authentication"

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