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OpenClaw Quick Start Guide

3分钟了解 OpenClaw 是什么，能做什么，如何开始

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Victor.Chen
2026年3月18日

This tutorial helps you quickly understand OpenClaw's core concepts and basic usage.

What Is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is an AI Agent framework: it lets AI do more than "answer questions" — it can actually execute tasks.

How It Differs from ChatGPT

Dimension ChatGPT OpenClaw
Capability Answers questions, generates text Executes tasks, operates tools
Automation Manual copy-paste Auto-reads email, sends messages
How it runs Conversational Runs in the background 24/7
Integrations None WeChat/Feishu/DingTalk/email and more

What Can OpenClaw Do?

Typical Scenarios

  1. Email assistant - automatically organizes email, smart replies, alerts for important mail
  2. Schedule management - smart meeting scheduling, automatic reminders
  3. Information monitoring - watches price changes and news updates
  4. Customer-service bot - 24/7 auto-replies
  5. Automated workflows - cross-platform task coordination

Core Concepts

1. Agent

The Agent is OpenClaw's "brain": it understands your instructions and makes decisions.

2. Skills (capability plugins)

Skills are OpenClaw's "capability modules" — like installing apps on your phone. Installing a Skill adds one new capability to your AI assistant.

Common Skills:

  • 📧 Email Skill - email handling
  • 🔍 Search Skill - web search
  • 📅 Calendar Skill - schedule management
  • 🌤️ Weather Skill - weather queries

3. Models (LLMs)

Models are the Agent's "source of intelligence". OpenClaw supports multiple AI models:

  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • GPT (OpenAI)
  • Gemini (Google)
  • DeepSeek
  • GLM (Zhipu)

Quick Start

Option 1: Use a desktop app (recommended for beginners)

  1. Download MonsterClaw or Molili
  2. Open it after installing and configure your API Key as prompted
  3. Start using it!

Option 2: Docker deployment

# Pull the image
docker pull openclaw/openclaw:latest

# Run the container
docker run -d --name openclaw \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -v ~/.openclaw:/root/.openclaw \
  openclaw/openclaw:latest

Option 3: npm install

npm install -g @openclaw/cli
openclaw start

Next Steps

  1. Local deployment (recommended) → Deploy OpenClaw on your local computer
  2. Deployment overview → OpenClaw deployment options
  3. Product selection → Product list
  4. FAQ → FAQ
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