Guides

OpenClaw Guides

Everything we've learned running OpenClaw in production — hosting, channels, costs and security. Useful whether you host with us or roll your own.

What Is OpenClaw?

The open-source AI agent explained: what it does, how it works, and why everyone is running one.

Real use cases from daily assistant to business automation — with the skills that power each one.

The most-installed skills from the directory, what they do, and how to combine them.

Claude, GPT, Gemini, Groq or Mistral — how to pick a model for quality, speed and cost.

Run your agent on your ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription — flat-rate usage instead of per-token bills.

What changed after the Claude subscription cutoff, and every way to keep your model bill predictable.

QR pairing, the every-two-weeks disconnect problem, and how to make re-pairing painless.

From BotFather to first message — the easiest and most reliable channel to start with.

Create the bot, invite it to your server, and give your community a resident AI agent.

How much CPU, RAM and disk you actually need, from running dedicated instances at scale.

Lock down the gateway, vet skills, scope API keys — the basics that keep your agent yours.