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OpenClaw Agent Setup 1 / 11

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OpenClaw Agent Setup & Agentic Systems — Session Materials

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Session Recording 2 / 11
01 — Recording

Session Recording

Google Drive — Full Session Video

Complete OpenClaw setup walkthrough, start to finish

Watch

Session Arc — What We Explored

Install
OpenClaw setup
Telegram
Connect bot
Skills
Extend agent
Self-host
Local control
Networks
Digital twins

Stay Updated

Watch the recording first, then use these slides as a reference while you build.
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Core Resources 3 / 11
02 — OpenClaw

OpenClaw Core Resources

System Architecture

Core Engine

OpenClaw Runtime

Open-source agent engine running on your device. Orchestrates tools, memory, and LLM calls.

Source

GitHub

Code & setup

Reference

Docs

Guides & API

Input

Chat Interfaces

Telegram · WhatsApp · Slack · Discord

Intelligence

LLM Provider

Claude · GPT · Gemini · Local

Capabilities

Skills

Calendar, email, browser, APIs…

Open source and runs on your device. You own the data, choose the model, and define the skills.

GitHub

OpenClaw

Docs

Ecosystem

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Setup Tools 4 / 11
03 — Setup

Setup Tools

Setup Pipeline

1. Node.js
nodejs.org
2. OpenClaw CLI
npm install
3. API Key
LLM provider
4. BotFather
Bot token
Live Agent
Ready!

Hosting Options

Telegram Integration

Goal: talk to your agent through an app you already use, then extend it with skills.
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Models 5 / 11
04 — Models

Models You Can Connect

OpenClaw ships with no model. Plug in any provider via API key — or run 100% locally with Ollama or LM Studio.

Provider Comparison

Anthropic Claude
Best reasoning
OpenAI GPT-4o
Broad ecosystem
Google Gemini
Multimodal
LM Studio / Ollama
100% local

* relative capability scores, illustrative

Cloud Providers

Cloud Providers

Run Locally — Zero Cloud

No data leaves your machine.

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Skills & Extensions 6 / 11
05 — Skills

Skills & Extensions

Skill Install Flow

Browse ClawHub
clawhub.ai
Read Code
Review first!
claw install
One command
Extended!
New capability
OpenClaw

ClawHub Registry

Install skills like npm packages. Each module extends your agent's capabilities.

Skill Categories

Calendar Email Web Markets Browser Reminders Docs Custom API
Always review skill source code before installing. Malicious skills run with your API keys and can exfiltrate data.
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Browser Tools 7 / 11
06 — Browser Agents

Agentic Browser Tools

Browser Agent Ecosystem

Your Agent

OpenClaw Orchestrator

Receives task → selects browser tool → executes → returns result

Interaction

Browser Use

Click, type, navigate live sites

Extraction

Firecrawl

Sites → structured data

Infrastructure

Browserbase

Scalable cloud sessions

Framework

Tinyfish

Browser agent primitives

Browser Use

Agents interact with live websites

Visit

Firecrawl

Website → structured API

Visit

Browserbase

Cloud browser infrastructure

Visit

Tinyfish

Browser agent framework

Visit
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Self Hosting 8 / 11
07 — Self Hosting

Self Hosted Setup

Cloud vs. Self-Hosted

FeatureEmergent (Cloud)Self-Hosted
Setup timeMinutesHours
Data stays local
Persistent 24/7
Local models
Full control
Monthly costUsage-basedHardware only

Recommended Hardware

  • Mac Mini — 32GB+ RAM
  • Stable broadband
  • SSD for model weights
Self-hosting means persistent memory, full data ownership, local models, and zero monthly fees.
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Security 9 / 11
08 — Security

Security Best Practices

Separate experiment accounts

Never use your primary Gmail on untested agents. Isolated accounts limit blast radius.

Minimal API permissions

Grant only what's needed. Use read-only keys where possible. Revoke after testing.

Review skills before install

Every skill runs with your API keys. Treat it like a browser extension — read the code.

Never expose gateway publicly

Do not port-forward OpenClaw to the internet. Use Telegram as the only interface.

Related Reading

Agents act autonomously. One compromised skill = access to everything your agent can touch.
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Research 10 / 11
09 — Research

Research & Inspiration

ARXIV · 2304.03442

Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior

Stanford research showing believable AI agents that plan, reflect, and coordinate in a simulated world. The foundational paper for agent memory and autonomous behavior.

arxiv.org/abs/2304.03442 →
ARXIV · 2602.19810

Agent Social Networks & Ecosystems

How multiple AI agents form networks, share information, and develop emergent behaviors — directly relevant to building agent twins and multi-agent systems.

arxiv.org/abs/2602.19810 →

The Agent Maturity Arc

Chat Bot
Q&A only
Tool Agent
Uses APIs
Memory Agent
Remembers you
Agent Network
Multi-agent
Digital Twin
Your simulacra
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Homework 11 / 11
10 — Next Steps

Your Homework

Build Your First Workflow

  1. Set up OpenClaw locally or via Emergent
  2. Connect to Telegram through BotFather
  3. Install one skill from ClawHub
  4. Create a daily reminder automation

Stretch Goals

  1. Run a local model with Ollama
  2. Write your own simple skill
  3. Connect two agents to each other

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