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News, releases, and stories from the OpenClaw community.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 10, 2026 · 7 min read OpenClaw 3.8: ACP Provenance, Brave Search Integration, and the Case for Moving Fast
OpenClaw 3.8 lands ACP Provenance for agent identity verification, Brave LLMContext for AI-native web search, Podman/SELinux auto-detection, and a leaner Docker image. Some say OpenClaw moves too fast. We think that's the point.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 9, 2026 · 6 min read OpenClaw 3.7: Day-One Model Support, Multilingual Expansion, and 200+ Bug Fixes
OpenClaw 3.7 ships with first-day support for GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, adds Spanish and German to the Control UI, introduces the ContextEngine plugin architecture, and squashes over 200 bugs. Here is everything that matters in this release.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 9, 2026 · 10 min read ContextEngine Deep Dive: How OpenClaw 2026.3.7 Turned Context Management into a Plugin
OpenClaw 2026.3.7 introduces ContextEngine, a plugin slot that gives third-party developers full control over how agent context is ingested, assembled, and compacted. This article explains the architecture, walks through the lifecycle hooks, and surveys the early plugin ecosystem.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 6, 2026 · 6 min read Crafting Your Agent's Soul: A Complete Guide to SOUL.md
SOUL.md is the file that defines your OpenClaw agent's personality, tone, and behavioral rules. This guide explains what it is, where it lives, and how to write one that makes your agent genuinely useful.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 6, 2026 · 7 min read OpenClaw 101: From Zero to Your First AI Agent in 15 Minutes
Never used OpenClaw before? This guide walks you through everything: what it is, what you need, how to install it, and how to have your first conversation with your own AI agent.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 6, 2026 · 6 min read Running OpenClaw in Docker: A Step-by-Step Deployment Guide
Docker is the most secure way to run OpenClaw — containerized, isolated, and reproducible. This guide covers the official Docker setup, docker-compose configuration, environment variables, and production tips.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 6, 2026 · 5 min read Connecting OpenClaw to Feishu (Lark): A Complete Integration Guide
Feishu (飞书) is one of the most popular enterprise chat platforms in China. Since v2026.2.2, OpenClaw supports Feishu natively via WebSocket — no public server or domain required. Here is how to set it up.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 6, 2026 · 5 min read Running OpenClaw on Android with Termux: Turn Your Old Phone into a 24/7 AI Agent
You do not need a Mac or a server to run OpenClaw. An old Android phone with Termux can host your AI agent 24/7. This guide covers two approaches: native Termux installation and the Ubuntu-in-Termux method.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 5, 2026 · 7 min read OpenClaw Goes Physical: From Screens to Robots with Unitree G1 and ROSClaw
OpenClaw is no longer just a chat assistant. Developers are deploying it on Unitree G1 humanoid robots, drones, and quadrupeds — giving AI agents spatial memory and the ability to interact with the physical world.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 5, 2026 · 6 min read From "Raising Lobsters" to EasyClaw: How Cheetah Mobile's CEO Built 8 AI Agents in 14 Days
Cheetah Mobile CEO Fu Sheng spent 14 days bedridden during Chinese New Year building 8 OpenClaw agents from scratch. That experiment became EasyClaw — a product that compresses the 3-hour OpenClaw setup into a 3-minute double-click install.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 4, 2026 · 5 min read 250,000 Stars: OpenClaw Surpasses React as GitHub's Most-Starred Software Project
In roughly 60 days, OpenClaw crossed 250,000 GitHub stars — surpassing React, the framework that took over a decade to reach the same number. Here is how it happened and what it means for open source.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 4, 2026 · 8 min read The February Security Storm: Zero-Click Exploits, Supply Chain Attacks, and How OpenClaw Responded
In late February 2026, OpenClaw faced its most serious security crisis yet: a zero-click WebSocket hijack, 341 malicious ClawHub skills, and an infostealer targeting agent configs. Here is the full timeline and what changed.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 3, 2026 · 8 min read The Real Cost of Running OpenClaw: A Practical Guide to Spending Less Than $100/Month
OpenClaw is free and open source, but the AI models behind it are not. Here is a practical breakdown of what it actually costs to run an OpenClaw agent 24/7, and how to cut that cost by up to 80%.
OpenClaws.io Team · March 3, 2026 · 6 min read Beyond the Cloud: Running OpenClaw on Mac mini, Raspberry Pi, and Intel AI PCs
OpenClaw has sparked a hardware renaissance. Mac minis are selling out, Raspberry Pis are being repurposed, and Intel is optimizing AI PCs for local agent inference. Here is the complete guide to OpenClaw hardware in 2026.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 7 min read OpenClaw Meets Your Home: The Rise of AI-Powered Smart Home Control
OpenClaw is expanding beyond chat into the physical world. From SwitchBot's native AI Hub integration to Home Assistant add-ons and Raspberry Pi deployments, your AI agent can now control lights, locks, thermostats, speakers, and more — all through natural conversation.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 8 min read The Apple Ecosystem Play: OpenClaw on iOS, macOS, and Beyond
OpenClaw has quietly built one of the most complete Apple ecosystem integrations of any open-source AI project. Native iOS apps on the App Store, Apple Shortcuts automation, a macOS menu bar companion with voice wake, and the Mac Mini as the community's preferred always-on hardware — here's the full picture.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 9 min read Governments Are Watching: How Countries Are Responding to OpenClaw Security Risks
With 42,900 exposed instances across 82 countries, a critical one-click RCE vulnerability, and 20% of ClawHub skills found to be malicious, OpenClaw's security posture has drawn attention from governments worldwide. China's MIIT issued warnings. Korean tech giants banned it internally. Here's what's happening and what it means for the project's future under its new foundation.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 8 min read Beyond OpenAI: How Chinese LLMs Are Powering OpenClaw Agents
OpenClaw's model-agnostic architecture has made it a natural fit for China's booming LLM ecosystem. From Alibaba's Qwen to Moonshot AI's Kimi Claw platform with 5,000+ skills, from Feishu bridges to DingTalk connectors — here's how Chinese AI companies are building on OpenClaw.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 7 min read OpenClaw for Developers: GitHub, Linear, Notion, and the AI-Powered Dev Workflow
OpenClaw isn't just a chatbot framework — it's becoming a developer productivity layer. With skills for GitHub PR review automation, Linear project management, Notion knowledge bases, MCP sub-agent orchestration, and access to 300+ models via OpenRouter, here's how developers are wiring OpenClaw into their daily workflows.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 8 min read OpenClaw in the Enterprise: From AI Customer Support to Automated Sales Development
How teams are deploying OpenClaw for 24/7 customer support agents, AI-powered sales development, email triage, report generation, and employee onboarding automation.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 16, 2026 · 5 min read OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI
Sam Altman announced that OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to lead next-generation personal AI agents. OpenClaw will transition to an independent foundation backed by OpenAI.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 16, 2026 · 6 min read OpenClaw v2026.2.15: Discord Components V2, Nested Sub-Agents & More
This release brings Discord Components V2 for rich interactive prompts, nested sub-agents with configurable depth, LLM hook payloads for extensions, plus security hardening including SHA-256 sandbox hashing, XSS prevention, and Telegram token redaction. Over 40 contributors.
Peter Steinberger · February 14, 2026 · 5 min read Security Hardening in v2026.2.13
OpenClaw v2026.2.13 ships with sweeping security improvements: high-risk tool blocking, SSRF protection, IP-based auth hardening, credential file permissions, and much more across 20+ security commits.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 4 min read Clawra: The AI Virtual Idol That Sparked a Cultural Debate
An AI virtual idol built on OpenClaw is blurring the lines between K-pop fandom and AI companionship, igniting a cultural debate about parasocial relationships and authenticity.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 4 min read MoltMatch: When AI Agents Start Swiping Right for You
MoltMatch lets AI agents handle your dating life autonomously, from profile creation to messaging matches, raising urgent questions about consent and authenticity in the age of agentic AI.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 3 min read ClawDeck: Mission Control for Your AI Agents
ClawDeck is an open-source dashboard for managing, monitoring, and orchestrating AI agents at scale, giving teams the visibility they need as agent deployments grow.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 4 min read ClawFlows & Lobster: Building Automation Pipelines with OpenClaw
ClawFlows and Lobster Shell bring visual workflow automation to the OpenClaw ecosystem, letting teams build complex pipelines by simply telling an agent what to automate.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 4 min read How an OpenClaw Bot Made $115K in One Week on Polymarket
An OpenClaw-powered trading bot generated $115K in a single week through automated liquidity provision on Polymarket prediction markets, raising both excitement and serious security questions.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 5 min read When Agents Go Rogue: Cautionary Tales from the OpenClaw Community
Real stories of AI agents going spectacularly wrong — from mass-messaging entire contact lists to deleting articles — and the hard-won lessons the OpenClaw community learned from them.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 3 min read From Chat to Compute: Running a Research Cluster with OpenClaw
Jesse Silverberg turned OpenClaw into a self-managing research compute cluster, letting scientists send experiment ideas via Telegram and get results back without touching infrastructure.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 13, 2026 · 4 min read BankrBot and the Wild West of Crypto Trading Skills
BankrBot offers a powerful library of crypto trading skills for AI agents, but Snyk's discovery of 386 malicious packages reveals the serious security challenges facing open skill ecosystems.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 10, 2026 · 3 min read FrankenClaw: How a Crypto Scam Exploited the OpenClaw Brand
A fraudulent cryptocurrency project called "FrankenClaw" used the OpenClaw name and branding without authorization, prompting swift community action and important lessons about brand protection in open source.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 8, 2026 · 4 min read ClawHub Security Advisory: Lessons from the First Major Skill Vulnerability
A critical vulnerability discovered in a popular ClawHub skill prompted a rapid community response, responsible disclosure, and important lessons for the entire OpenClaw ecosystem.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 7, 2026 · 3 min read MoltWorker: Deploying OpenClaw Agents on Cloudflare Workers
MoltWorker brings OpenClaw agents to the edge, enabling developers to deploy intelligent agents on Cloudflare Workers for low-latency, globally distributed, and cost-efficient agentic AI workloads.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 6, 2026 · 4 min read OpenClaw's Rapid Growth in China: A New Frontier
OpenClaw is experiencing explosive adoption across China, driven by a passionate developer community, deep localization efforts, and unique enterprise use cases.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 5, 2026 · 4 min read MoltBook: Inside the AI-Powered Social Network Built on OpenClaw
MoltBook is redefining social networking by creating a platform where AI agents and humans coexist, interact, and build relationships in a shared digital space powered by OpenClaw.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 3, 2026 · 4 min read Lex Fridman Podcast #491: The OpenClaw Story
Lex Fridman sits down with OpenClaw's creator for a wide-ranging conversation about AI agents, open source philosophy, and the future of autonomous intelligence.
OpenClaws.io Team · February 1, 2026 · 4 min read ClawCon Vienna: OpenClaw Goes Global
The European edition of ClawCon brought the OpenClaw community to Vienna, Austria, showcasing the project's rapid international growth and deepening roots in the global developer ecosystem.
Peter Steinberger · January 29, 2026 · 3 min read Introducing OpenClaw
Two months ago, I hacked together a weekend project. What started as "WhatsApp Relay" now has over 100,000 GitHub stars. Today, we have a new name: OpenClaw.
Will · January 25, 2026 · 2 min read Community Spotlight: January 2026
Highlighting amazing projects and contributors from the OpenClaw community this month. Home automation, DevOps wizardry, and more.
OpenClaws.io Team · January 20, 2026 · 5 min read ClawCon SF 2026: A Recap of the First-Ever OpenClaw Conference
The inaugural OpenClaw developer conference brought together hundreds of builders, researchers, and enthusiasts in San Francisco for three days of keynotes, workshops, and community connection.