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OpenClaw
OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent that runs on a computer, controls applications, automates tasks, and connects to messaging platforms through a gateway. This guide installs OpenClaw inside an Orgo cloud computer.

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Why run OpenClaw on an Orgo computer

The agent and its skills live on the cloud computer. Other devices connect to it.

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Isolation

OpenClaw is designed to take actions on a computer: install skills, run shell commands, control applications, hit APIs with your credentials. On a personal laptop that means the agent has the same access you do, including your home directory, browser sessions, SSH keys, and ~/.aws/credentials. On an Orgo computer the blast radius is that computer. The agent has access to whatever you install or paste into it and nothing else. Delete the computer and the state is gone.

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Install

1

Create the computer

Open orgo.ai/workspaces and create a computer with at least 8 GB RAM and 4 CPU cores.
2

Open a terminal on the computer

Open the computer in the dashboard and launch Terminal from the taskbar.
3

Run the installer

The installer detects the OS, installs the openclaw CLI, and starts the onboarding wizard. The wizard configures a model provider, API key, and gateway port (default 18789).OpenClaw needs Node 22.22.3+, 24.15+, or 25.9+. On Linux the installer provisions Node 24 LTS when Node is missing.
4

Install the background daemon

On Linux this registers a systemd --user service that auto-starts the gateway on every boot.
5

Verify

Run openclaw dashboard on the computer to open the Control UI in its browser. The gateway itself listens on port 18789.

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Install via the Orgo SDK

Drive the install from your laptop. Every computer.bash(...) call runs on the cloud computer.
State lives in ~/.openclaw/ on disk, so the daemon survives reboots and stop/start cycles.

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Gateway

The gateway accepts messages from Discord, iMessage, Matrix, Microsoft Teams, Signal, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, and other platforms. The onboarding wizard configures channels on first run. To change them later:
A computer has no public inbound hostname. Run gateways in outbound/socket mode (e.g. Slack Socket Mode, Telegram long-polling). To deliver HTTP webhooks, reach the computer’s API through the authenticated proxy https://www.orgo.ai/api/desktops/{instance_id}/proxy/<path> (requires your Orgo API key).

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Installing skills

OpenClaw skills are distributed through ClawHub:
Skills install into ./skills under the current working directory, and installed versions are recorded in .clawhub/lock.json. Set CLAWHUB_WORKDIR to install somewhere else. Run the commands from a fixed directory on the computer so the skills persist across restarts.

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Sizing

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Tips

  • Config and gateway state live in ~/.openclaw/. Skills live wherever you ran clawhub install.
  • View logs with journalctl --user -u openclaw -f.