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OpenClaw Tutorials
Step-by-step workflows for installing, configuring, and shipping OpenClaw in real environments.
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Editor-picked entries to help you orient before diving into the full stack
Installing OpenClaw on macOS: A Step-by-Step Guide
A practical macOS installation path for OpenClaw: choose the CLI or native app, verify the Gateway, diagnose common failures, and protect updates with real backups.
Installing OpenClaw on Windows: Complete Setup Guide
Install OpenClaw on Windows with PowerShell or WSL2, then check the Gateway and troubleshoot common setup failures.
Installing OpenClaw on Ubuntu/Debian: Complete Guide
Step-by-step guide to installing OpenClaw on Ubuntu and Debian Linux. Covers Node.js setup, npm installation, and troubleshooting.
OpenClaw Configuration Guide: Customize Your AI Assistant
Configure OpenClaw models, personality, skills, and runtime settings with a clear, testable setup.
Customizing OpenClaw Personality & Behavior
Make OpenClaw truly yours. Learn how to customize personality, behavior, responses, and system prompts.
OpenClaw Signal Integration Guide
Learn how to set up OpenClaw with Signal using signal-cli, with practical setup steps and common fixes.
OpenClaw Newsletter: Weekly Updates & How to Subscribe
Use the OpenClaw Blog RSS feed and the project's release channels to follow updates without an unverified newsletter promise.
The Complete Guide to OpenClaw: From Zero to AI-Powered Productivity
A practical, evidence-led path from a fresh OpenClaw install to one bounded productivity workflow, with provider, channel, permission, extension, maintenance, and recovery checks.
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OpenClaw v2026.9.1: Updates that leave you working, delivery notes
The v2026.9.1 stable record starts with Updates that leave you working. Support Anthropic Fable 5.1 from shared model metadata, show SuperGrok...
OpenClaw v2026.8.1-beta.2: GPT-5.6 Ultra and runtime switching, delivery notes
v2026.8.1-beta.2 pre-release notes lead with GPT-5.6 Ultra and runtime switching. Add a shared plugin SDK monitor for durable admission, polling...
OpenClaw v2026.7.1-2: npm plugin updates, interface notes
v2026.7.1-2 stable release: npm plugin updates. Accept singleton-array metadata from newer npm clients so tracked official plugins can install...
OpenClaw v2026.7.2-beta.7: Local inference and setup, delivery notes
v2026.7.2-beta.7 pre-release notes lead with Local inference and setup. Commit session indexes before transcript eviction, preserve state through...
OpenClaw v2026.7.2-beta.6: Models and providers, interface notes
v2026.7.2-beta.6 pre-release release: Models and providers. Commit session indexes before transcript eviction, preserve state through maintenance...
OpenClaw v2026.7.2-beta.5: Questions and approvals everywhere, for maintainers
What changed in v2026.7.2-beta.5: Questions and approvals everywhere. Commit session indexes before transcript eviction, preserve state through...
OpenClaw v2026.7.2-beta.3: Safer channel operation, delivery notes
v2026.7.2-beta.3 pre-release notes lead with Safer channel operation. Report a configured Codex route as unavailable when its harness plugin...
OpenClaw v2026.7.2-beta.2: Native automation and nodes, interface notes
v2026.7.2-beta.2 pre-release release: Native automation and nodes. Bound host process-table reads so stalled ps calls cannot hang gateway startup...
OpenClaw v2026.7.2-beta.1: Remote coding sessions, for maintainers
What changed in v2026.7.2-beta.1: Remote coding sessions. Auto-save validated edits, restore autosave gates, show unapplied-restart state...