The easiest way to deploy your AI agent without any technical knowledge or high costs. Let it handle your schedule, research, and daily tasks — while you focus on what matters.
Not just a chatbot. An agent that takes action on your behalf — 24/7.
Not just a chatbot. Your agent browses the web, sends messages, schedules meetings, and completes tasks without constant supervision.
Works with Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Gmail, Notion, GitHub, Stripe, and 200+ other services you already use.
Click once, deploy in 60 seconds. No Docker, no terminal, no server configuration. We handle the technical stuff.
No technical knowledge required. If you can use a messaging app, you can use OpenClaw.
Pick from our curated list. Start free with Ampere.sh, or upgrade for more power and features.
One-click deployment. Your agent is live in under a minute — fully configured and ready to work.
Connect Telegram or WhatsApp. Send your first message and watch your AI assistant get to work.
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From daily life to work tasks — one message is all it takes.
"Remind me to call Mom every Sunday. Order my usual groceries. Track my packages."
"Find the cheapest flight to Miami next weekend. Book an Airbnb with a pool. Add it to my calendar."
"Summarize my unread emails. Draft responses to urgent ones. Schedule the meetings."
"Research laptops under $1,500 for video editing. Compare reviews. Alert me when it goes on sale."
"Generate a weekly report from my project data. Format it and send to the team by Monday morning."
"Monitor this product for price drops. Buy it when it hits $50. Use my saved payment info."
The essential concepts every beginner should know.
An agent is an AI-powered assistant that can take actions on your behalf. Unlike a simple chatbot that only answers questions, an agent can:
Think of it this way: An agent is like a personal assistant who never sleeps. You give it instructions in plain English, and it figures out how to get things done.
OpenClaw uses a three-tier memory system to help your agent learn and improve over time:
Current conversation context and recent messages. This is temporary and lasts only for the active session.
Daily notes, active projects, and current priorities. Stored in dated files and lasts days to weeks.
Core preferences, successful patterns, and lessons learned. This is permanent and shapes your agent's behavior.
You can have multiple specialized agents, each with a different role. They share information through a common "main brain" while keeping role-specific knowledge separate.
Each agent gets its own memory folder and specialized instructions. They can share information through the main brain (shared MEMORY.md) while keeping role-specific knowledge separate.
Cron jobs are automated tasks that run on a schedule. Think of them as setting an alarm clock for your agent.
A heartbeat is a periodic check-in from your agent. Instead of waiting for you to ask something, the agent proactively checks if anything needs attention.
Benefits: Proactive assistance without spam. Background monitoring 24/7. Only interrupts when truly needed.
The SOUL.md file defines who your agent is — its personality, communication style, and core principles.
Don't over-engineer. Begin with one agent and basic tasks. Add complexity as you learn.
Agents forget between sessions. If you want something remembered, put it in memory files.
Vague requests get vague results. "Research laptops" is weak. "Find the best laptop under $1,500 for video editing with 4K display" is strong.
Your first setup won't be perfect. Adjust as you learn what works.
Cron for scheduled tasks. Heartbeats for monitoring. Sub-agents for parallel research.
Follow this checklist to go from zero to fully operational AI agent.
Choose a hosting provider (we recommend Ampere.sh to start free), create account, deploy your agent, and connect Telegram or WhatsApp.
Set up your SOUL.md with personality preferences, create USER.md with your basic info, configure your first cron job.
Try 3 different tasks with your agent, set up one integration (calendar, email, etc.), review and refine based on results.
Add a second specialized agent, create your first automation workflow, join the OpenClaw Discord community.
Everything you need to know about getting started.
Quick answers to common search queries.
An AI agent is software that takes actions for you — browsing, messaging, scheduling — not just answering questions like ChatGPT.
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