# OpenClaw Setup > Professional AI agent deployment service. We set up OpenClaw so you don't have to. OpenClaw Setup is a done-for-you deployment service for OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework. We handle Docker, DNS, API keys, integrations, security hardening, and ongoing support so founders and teams get a working AI assistant in hours, not days. ## What We Do - Full OpenClaw deployment on your server (VPS, cloud, or local) - Channel integrations: Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, iMessage, Signal - Google Workspace connection: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets - Custom skill development for your specific workflows - Security hardening: Docker sandboxing, firewall rules, encrypted credentials - 14-day hypercare support included with every setup ## Pricing - Complete Setup: $999 one-time — includes all channels, security, 14-day hypercare - Managed Care: $149/month — ongoing monitoring, updates, and fixes ## Contact - Website: https://openclawsetup.dev - Email: hi@openclawsetup.dev - Booking: https://openclawsetup.dev/meet ## Blog Posts - [agency-agents Captures the Appeal and the Risk of Specialized AI Teams](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/agency-agents-specialized-ai-teams): - [What AI Email Automation Actually Looks Like (Not What You Think)](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-email-automation-reality): Forget auto-responders. Here's what real AI email automation looks like with a deployed agent - from 6 AM inbox triage to end-of-day summaries. - [Don't Deploy an AI Agent Without Reading This Security Guide](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-security-guide): A practical, no-nonsense guide to securing your AI agent deployment. Docker sandboxing, SSH hardening, credential management, and the mistakes that get people hacked. - [OpenClaw vs CrewAI: Multi-Agent Frameworks Compared](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-vs-crewai): OpenClaw and CrewAI take different approaches to AI agents. Here's how they compare on deployment, customization, and real-world use. - [OpenClaw vs LangChain: Which AI Framework Should You Use?](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-vs-langchain): Honest comparison of OpenClaw and LangChain for building AI agents. Use cases, architecture, learning curve, and when to use each. - [AFFiNE Hit 64K Stars. The Knowledge Base Wars Prove AI Needs Better Data.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/knowledge-base-ai-agents-data): - [Agency-Agents Framework Review: Can You Really Run an AI Agency?](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/agency-agents-framework-review): Agency-agents has 10.6K stars and promises to let you run an entire AI agency. We tested it. Here's the honest review. - [The Agent Framework Wars: Which One Actually Works?](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/agent-framework-wars-which-one-works): There are now dozens of agent frameworks. Most are hype. Here's an honest assessment of which ones deliver in production. - [Why Your AI Agent Needs a Kill Switch](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-kill-switch): - [How to Use AI Agents for Meeting Prep and Follow-ups](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-meeting-prep): Your AI agent can prep briefings before every meeting and send follow-up emails after. Here's how to set it up. - [How to Set Up AI Email Triage That Actually Works](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-email-triage-setup): Stop sorting email manually. Set up AI-powered email triage that categorizes, drafts replies, and only escalates what matters. - [AI Hedge Fund Agents: When Software Starts Managing Real Money](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-hedge-fund-agents-manage-real-money): AI agents are moving from demo projects to managing actual portfolios - here's what that means for the agent ecosystem - [Building Autonomous Agents with Elixir and Jido](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/autonomous-agents-elixir-jido): Jido brings autonomous agent capabilities to Elixir, and the BEAM VM might be the best runtime for agents that nobody is using. - [Why Codex Security Matters for Anyone Deploying AI Agents](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/codex-security-matters-deploying-agents): OpenAI launched Codex Security this week. If you're running AI agents that generate or execute code, you need to pay attention. - [The 406 Protocol for Rejecting AI-Generated Pull Requests. Quality Gates Matter.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/406-protocol-rejecting-ai-pull-requests): A new protocol standard for flagging and rejecting AI-generated code contributions is gaining traction. Here's why quality gates are the next big infrastructure problem. - [Why AI Agents Are the Future of Security Testing](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agents-security-testing-2026): - [AI Hallucinated Fake Sources Into Wikipedia Translations. Oversight Isn't Optional.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-wikipedia-hallucinated-sources): When AI-translated Wikipedia articles cited sources that don't exist, it proved what we've been saying: you can't deploy AI without human oversight. - [Airi Has 29K GitHub Stars. Self-Hosted AI Is Winning and Here's Why.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/airi-self-hosted-ai-winning): A self-hosted AI companion called Airi just crossed 29,000 GitHub stars. The shift toward owning your AI instead of renting it is accelerating. - [92,000 Jobs. Anthropic Put Real Numbers on AI Displacement. Let's Talk About It.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/anthropic-92k-jobs-ai-displacement): Anthropic's labor market research quantified AI job displacement at 92K positions. The number is smaller than the hype and bigger than the denial. - [Anthropic's Pentagon Drama Is a Warning About AI Vendor Lock-in](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/anthropic-pentagon-vendor-lock-in): When your AI vendor's politics become your problem, you've already lost. The Anthropic-Pentagon situation shows why depending on a single AI provider is a business risk. - [Apache Otava Just Launched. The AI Infrastructure Layer Keeps Getting Better.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/apache-otava-infrastructure): A new Apache project called Otava just entered incubation. It's another sign that the plumbing underneath AI is maturing fast. - [BlackRock Is Limiting Withdrawals. If Even Finance Is Unstable, Automate What You Can.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/blackrock-finance-automate): BlackRock limiting withdrawals on a private credit fund is a reminder: in uncertain times, the best investment is operational efficiency. - [How to Connect OpenClaw to Your CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce, Twenty)](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/connect-openclaw-to-crm): Connect your OpenClaw agent to HubSpot, Salesforce, or Twenty CRM. Automate lead tracking, follow-ups, and pipeline updates without manual data entry. - [CT Scans Reveal What's Inside Health Wearables. Transparency Matters in Your AI Stack Too.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ct-scans-wearables-transparency): Researchers CT-scanned popular health wearables to see what's actually inside. The results are a lesson in transparency that applies directly to your AI infrastructure. - [Defense Contractors Are Backing Off Claude. Here's the Case for Self-Hosted AI Agents.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/defense-contractors-self-hosted-agents): Major defense contractors are distancing themselves from Anthropic's Claude. The reason matters for every business that cares about data control. - [Meta Is Letting Rival AI Chatbots on WhatsApp in the EU. The Platform Wars Are Real.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/meta-whatsapp-rival-ai-chatbots-eu): The EU forced Meta to open WhatsApp to competing AI chatbots. This changes the distribution game for AI agents entirely. - [Microsoft Just Open-Sourced HVE-Core. Here's What That Actually Means for AI Agents.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/microsoft-hve-core-open-source-agents): Big tech is releasing agent components into the wild. The real question isn't why. It's what you do with the parts. - [OpenAI's Skills Catalog Just Dropped. The Agent Ecosystem Is Real Now.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openai-skills-catalog-agent-ecosystem): OpenAI's Skills Catalog for Codex is trending on GitHub. This signals a massive shift: AI agents are becoming composable, pluggable, and standardized. - [OpenClaw March 2026 Update: What's New and What's Coming](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-march-2026-update): OpenClaw shipped major updates in March 2026 - native PDF analysis, SecretRef security overhaul, inline file attachments for sub-agents, and Telegram streaming by default. - [Paul Graham Says We're in 'The Brand Age.' He's Right, and AI Makes It Worse.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/paul-graham-brand-age-ai): Paul Graham's latest essay argues brand is the new moat. In a world where AI commoditizes execution, he's dead on. - [Qwen Agent Framework: What It Means for the Agent Ecosystem](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/qwen-agent-framework-analysis): - [Qwen-Agent Is Trending. Open Source Agent Frameworks Are Eating the Market.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/qwen-agent-open-source-frameworks): Alibaba's Qwen-Agent framework is trending on GitHub. Between Qwen, LangChain, CrewAI, and OpenClaw, open source is winning the agent framework war. - [React-Grab and the New Wave of Dev Tooling Built for AI Agents](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/react-grab-dev-tooling): React-grab lets you select context from websites for coding agents. It's part of a bigger shift: developer tooling is being rebuilt from scratch for an agent-first world. - [How to Secure Your Self-Hosted AI Agent (Complete Hardening Guide)](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/secure-self-hosted-ai-agent): Docker sandboxing, SSH hardening, credential encryption, Fail2ban, permission scoping. Everything you need to lock down your AI agent. - [SEO Machine Is Trending on GitHub. Most SEO Tools Are Overkill When You Have an AI Agent.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/seo-machine-ai-agents): A new SEO automation tool is trending on GitHub. But here's the real question: why are we still paying $200/month for SEO tools when an AI agent can do 80% of the job? - [Fivetran Begged Anthropic to Fix Slack. Here's Why Every Tool Is Broken for AI.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/slack-is-broken-for-ai): Fivetran's viral blog post asking Anthropic to build a new Slack exposes a bigger problem: our current tools were never designed for AI agents. - [Global Warming Is Accelerating. Your Tech Stack Should Care.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/sustainability-tech-stack): New climate data shows warming is accelerating faster than models predicted. Here's why that matters for how you choose and deploy technology. - [System76's Take on Age Verification Laws Exposes a Real Problem in Tech Regulation](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/system76-age-verification-privacy): Age verification sounds reasonable until you realize it means uploading your ID to every website. System76 is right to push back. - [Tech Employment Is Worse Than 2008. AI Agents Are the New Hiring.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/tech-employment-ai-agents-new-hiring): Tech layoffs have hit levels worse than the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic. But companies still need work done. Enter AI agents. - [Qwen-Agent Just Hit GitHub Trending. The Open-Source Agent Framework War Is Getting Good.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/qwen-agent-open-source-framework-wars): - [How an AI Agent Caught a $14,000 Invoice on Day One](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-caught-14k-invoice-day-one): A founder deployed an AI agent on Monday. By Tuesday morning, it had flagged a $14,000 billing conflict hiding in his inbox. Here's exactly what happened and why AI agents catch what humans miss. - [AI Agent Secrets Management: How to Handle API Keys Without Getting Burned](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-secrets-management): API keys scattered in .env files are a ticking time bomb. Here's how modern AI agents handle secrets, what OpenClaw just shipped, and why it matters for your setup. - [Your CLI Tools Weren't Built for AI Agents — Here's What to Fix](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agents-need-better-cli-tools): AI agents struggle with most command-line tools. The fix isn't complicated, but most developers haven't thought about it yet. Here's what needs to change. - [How to Build Custom AI Agent Skills in OpenClaw](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/build-custom-ai-agent-skills): Build custom skills for your OpenClaw agent. From simple automations to complex multi-step workflows, here's how to extend what your agent can do. - [How to Connect an AI Agent to Gmail (Step-by-Step Guide)](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/connect-ai-agent-to-gmail): Learn how to connect an OpenClaw AI agent to Gmail for automated email triage, drafting, and follow-ups. Full walkthrough covering OAuth setup, permissions, and real-world configuration. - [Beyond Slack: Running AI Agents in Mattermost, Discord, and Every Chat Platform](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-mattermost-discord-chat-integrations): Your team might not be on Slack. Here's how OpenClaw connects to Mattermost, Discord, Telegram, and more — and why multi-platform agents are the future. - [OpenClaw's New PDF Tool: Let Your AI Agent Read Documents](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-pdf-analysis-tool): OpenClaw now has a native PDF analysis tool. Your AI agent can read invoices, contracts, and reports without extra plugins. Here's how it works. - [Anthropic's Research Shows AI is Already Changing the Labor Market](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/anthropic-research-ai-changing-labor-market): - [GPT-5.4 Just Dropped. Here's What Actually Matters for AI Agents](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/gpt-5-4-what-matters-for-ai-agents): OpenAI's GPT-5.4 ships native computer-use, 1M token context, and tool search. We break down what actually changes for AI agent builders and what's still hype. - [Meta is Opening WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots in Europe](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/meta-whatsapp-rival-ai-chatbots-europe): - [Microsoft's Hypervelocity Engineering: What 'hve-core' Tells Us About the Future of Copilot](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/microsoft-hypervelocity-engineering-hve-core-copilot): - [The SEO Machine: How One Claude Code Workspace is Writing Better Blog Content Than Your Marketing Team](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/seo-machine-claude-code-blog-content): - [The Airi Project: Building AI Companions That Actually Work](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/airi-project-ai-companions-that-work): - [CyberStrikeAI: An AI-Native Security Testing Platform Built in Go](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/cyberstrikeai-ai-native-security-testing): - [How to Build an AI Hedge Fund Team (And Why You Probably Shouldn't)](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-hedge-fund-team-why-you-shouldnt): - [The Pentagon Just Blacklisted Anthropic. Here's Why Self-Hosted AI Agents Win.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/pentagon-anthropic-self-hosted-ai): - [react-grab: The Tool That Lets Coding Agents See Your Website](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/react-grab-coding-agents-see-your-website): - [How to Automate Customer Support with an AI Agent](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/automate-customer-support-ai-agent): Set up an AI agent to handle 70-90% of customer support emails. Triage, draft replies, escalate complex issues. Real numbers from a real deployment. - [A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/github-issue-title-compromised-4000-developer-machines): The Clinejection attack used prompt injection in a GitHub issue title to hijack AI coding bots, steal npm tokens, and publish malicious packages. Here's what happened and what it means for AI agent security. - [Qwen-Agent: Alibaba's Open-Source Agent Framework Just Hit GitHub Trending](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/qwen-agent-alibaba-open-source-agent-framework): - [How to Set Up an AI Agent on a Mac Mini Server](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-mac-mini-server): Turn a $599 Mac Mini into a 24/7 AI agent server. Complete setup guide covering OpenClaw installation, Docker, security, and remote access. - [CyberStrikeAI Is Trending. Your AI Agent's Security Probably Isn't.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-security-testing): - [OpenAI is Building a GitHub Competitor](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openai-building-github-competitor): - [Paul Graham's 'The Brand Age': Why Personal Brands Will Win the AI Era](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/paul-graham-brand-age-personal-brands-ai-era): - [Why Your AI Agent Keeps Doing the Same Thing Twice](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-duplicate-actions-idempotency): AI agents sending duplicate emails and repeating tasks is a real problem. Here's why it happens and how to build idempotent agent workflows that don't embarrass you. - [AReaL: Lightning-Fast Reinforcement Learning for LLM Reasoning](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/areal-reinforcement-learning-llm-reasoning): - [Mozilla Used Anthropic's AI to Hack Firefox. Here's What That Tells Us About AI Security.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/mozilla-anthropic-browser-security-ai): - [The 406 Protocol: How Open Source is Fighting AI-Generated Pull Requests](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/406-protocol-fighting-ai-generated-pull-requests): - [GPT-5.4 Just Dropped. Here's What It Actually Means for AI Agents.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/gpt-5-4-what-it-means-for-ai-agents): - [Meta Is Opening WhatsApp to AI Chatbots in Europe. Here's What That Means for Your Business.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/meta-whatsapp-ai-chatbots-eu): - [Why AI Wikipedia Translations Are Hallucinating Sources](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-wikipedia-translations-hallucinating-sources): - [OpenClaw Health Checks: Keep Your AI Agent Alive in Docker and Kubernetes](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-docker-health-checks): OpenClaw now ships built-in health check endpoints for Docker and Kubernetes. Your AI agent restarts itself when something goes wrong. Here's the setup. - [System76 Takes a Stand Against Age Verification Laws](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/system76-age-verification-privacy-stand): - [AI Translations Just Broke Wikipedia. Here's the Lesson for Every Business Using AI.](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-hallucinations-wikipedia-oversight): - [Anthropic vs The Pentagon: What the Supply Chain Risk Designation Means for AI](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/anthropic-pentagon-supply-chain-risk): The Department of War designated Anthropic a supply chain risk. Defense contractors are dropping Claude. Here's what this means for enterprise AI adoption and why it matters for your AI agent strategy. - [Good Software Knows When to Stop](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/good-software-knows-when-to-stop): - [How to Schedule Your AI Agent: Cron Jobs, Heartbeats, and Automation](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-cron-scheduling-automation): Your AI agent can run tasks on a schedule without you lifting a finger. Here's how cron jobs and heartbeats work in OpenClaw and why they change everything. - [How to Deploy Your AI Agent in Docker and Kubernetes](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/deploy-ai-agent-docker-kubernetes): OpenClaw now has native health check endpoints for Docker and Kubernetes. Deploy your AI agent in containers with proper liveness and readiness probes. - [10% of Firefox Crashes Are Caused by Cosmic Rays (Bitflips)](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/firefox-crashes-cosmic-rays-bitflips): - [The Small Business Owner's Guide to AI Agents](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agent-small-business-guide): AI agents aren't just for tech companies anymore. Here's a practical, no-hype guide to what AI agents can do for small businesses, what they cost, and how to get started without a developer on staff. - [How to Automate Your Email with AI Agents](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/automate-email-with-ai-agents): Email eats hours every day. Here's what AI-powered email automation looks like in practice and why most teams let us handle the setup. - [The 5 Best AI Agent Frameworks in 2026](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/best-ai-agent-frameworks-2026): A no-nonsense comparison of the top AI agent frameworks available in 2026. What each one does well, where it falls short, and which one fits your use case. - [How to Connect OpenClaw to Slack: What It Takes and Why It's Worth It](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/how-to-connect-openclaw-to-slack): Your AI agent lives where your team works. Here's what Slack integration looks like, what it unlocks, and why most teams let us handle the setup. - [Custom OpenClaw Skills: What They Are and What They Unlock](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-custom-skills-guide): OpenClaw skills let you teach your agent new capabilities without modifying core code. Here's what's possible and why most teams have us build their first skills. - [Connecting OpenClaw to Google Workspace: Gmail, Calendar, Drive](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-google-workspace): Your AI agent can read your emails, check your calendar, create documents, and manage your Drive. Here's what becomes possible and why most teams have us handle the connection. - [Securing Your OpenClaw Agent: Why It Matters and What's Involved](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-security-hardening): Your AI agent has access to powerful tools. Here's why security is non-negotiable and what proper hardening looks like. - [OpenClaw vs AutoGPT: Which AI Agent Framework Should You Use?](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-vs-autogpt): A practical comparison of OpenClaw and AutoGPT for building AI agents. Different tools for different jobs - here's how to pick the right one. - [OpenClaw + WhatsApp: Your AI Agent in Your Pocket](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-whatsapp-integration): Connect your OpenClaw agent to WhatsApp so you can message it from your phone. Here's what it looks like and why it changes everything. - [Why the Mac Mini Is the Best Machine for Running AI Agents](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/setting-up-ai-agents-mac-mini): The Mac Mini is quietly one of the best machines for running a personal AI agent. Here's why it works so well and what a production setup looks like. - [What Can AI Agents Actually Do? 10 Real-World Examples](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/what-can-ai-agents-do): Forget the hype. Here are 10 things AI agents are actually doing right now for real businesses and individuals, with specifics on how each one works. - [Why Self-Hosted AI Agents Beat Cloud Alternatives](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/why-self-hosted-ai-agents): Cloud-hosted AI agents are convenient. Self-hosted ones give you control, privacy, and flexibility that cloud services can't match. Here's the practical case. - [What is OpenClaw? The Open-Source AI Agent Framework Explained](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/what-is-openclaw): OpenClaw is an open-source framework that turns AI models into real agents that can take action on your behalf. Here's what it does, why it matters, and who it's for. - [OpenClaw Setup: Professional vs DIY - What You Need to Know](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/openclaw-vs-diy-setup): Thinking about setting up OpenClaw yourself? Here's an honest comparison of the DIY route versus getting professional help, so you can decide what makes sense for your situation. - [Why Every Business Needs an AI Agent in 2026](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog/ai-agents-2026): AI agents are no longer experimental. In 2026, they are practical tools that save real time and money. Here's why your business should have one. ## Links - [Home](https://openclawsetup.dev) - [Blog](https://openclawsetup.dev/blog) - [Book a Call](https://openclawsetup.dev/meet) - [Privacy Policy](https://openclawsetup.dev/privacy) - [Terms of Service](https://openclawsetup.dev/terms)