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