Guide · practical · week 1
How to use OpenClaw (first week)
If you treat it like a chatbot, it will feel underwhelming. Treat it like an always‑on teammate: give it a task, a time, and a destination.
Week 1 checklist
- Connect Telegram (DMs first)
- Learn the debug loop: openclaw logs --follow
- Schedule one cron reminder (first win)
- Add 1 monitoring workflow (CPU/disk/website)
Starter commands
openclaw gateway status openclaw logs --follow