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OpenClaw

Local-First AI Agent Automation

๐Ÿ‘คFor: Developers with basic technical background / Tech enthusiasts wanting to build a personal AI assistant / Anyone interested in AI agent automation
โฑ๏ธ4-6 weeks
๐Ÿ“ŠIntermediate

OpenClaw is the fastest-growing open-source project on GitHub in 2026 (307K+ Stars), created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger under the MIT license. It's a local-first AI agent platform โ€” your AI assistant runs on your own device, memories are stored as Markdown files on local disk, and data never leaves your machine.

With OpenClaw, you can connect your AI assistant to WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Lark, and 21+ messaging platforms. It handles file organization, scheduling, web browsing, data analysis, and more. OpenClaw ships with 49 built-in skills, 3,200+ community skills on ClawHub, and 13,000+ MCP Server integrations. It also supports Canvas interactive whiteboard, Voice Wake, and macOS/iOS/Android.

This learning path takes you from zero to deploying OpenClaw, mastering SKILL.md development and MCP integration, building multi-agent automation workflows, and running OpenClaw in production.

30-Second Quick Start

Run these commands in your terminal to start your first OpenClaw instance in 30 seconds:

# ๅฎ‰่ฃ… OpenClaw curl -fsSL https://get.openclaw.ai | sh # ่ฟ่กŒๅผ•ๅฏผๅ‘ๅฏผ openclaw onboard

The onboarding wizard walks you through gateway setup, workspace creation, messaging platform connection, and first skill install โ€” about 5 minutes total.

What You Will Learn

In this tutorial, you will learn:

  • โœ“Deploy and configure OpenClaw, connect 21+ messaging platforms
  • โœ“Develop custom Skills with SKILL.md and publish to ClawHub
  • โœ“Build multi-agent routing (bindings) and cron-based automation workflows
  • โœ“Master MCP integration, ClawHavoc security, and production deployment

Chapter Overview

Quick preview by section - jump directly to what interests you.

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01 Getting Started

OpenClaw 307K Stars open-source AI agent platform: architecture, Canvas, Voice Wake & 21+ messaging integrations

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02 Skill Development

SKILL.md development: Markdown format, frontmatter, workspace/managed/bundled skill types

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03 Advanced & Automation

Multi-agent routing: binding rules, per-agent sandboxing, inter-agent communication & multi-account binding

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04 Practice & Production

Build a personal AI assistant with Canvas, Voice Wake, and Node mode

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