OpenClaw Agent Practical Tutorial! Create Your First AI Agent from Scratch, Step-by-Step Guide
OpenClaw Agent Practical Tutorial! Create Your First AI Agent from Scratch, Step-by-Step Guide

Hey everyone!!!

How to use OpenClaw?

Today I'll walk you through it step by step.

I'm Programmer Wanfeng, with over 300,000 followers across platforms, and the open-source author of python-office.

OpenClaw is an open-source AI Agent platform developed by Tencent, free to use, supports domestic models, and is suitable for beginners starting from zero.

📦 Step 1: Install OpenClaw

First, install the OpenClaw CLI tool.

Steps:

  1. Make sure your computer has Node.js installed
  2. Open terminal and run the installation command:
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npm install -g @openclaw/cli@latest
  1. Verify installation:
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openclaw --version

If it outputs the version number, the installation was successful.

🔧 Step 2: Configure Model

OpenClaw supports many models, DeepSeek or Zhipu AI are recommended.

Steps:

  1. Initialize configuration:
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openclaw init

  1. Follow the prompts to configure your API Key

  2. You can also manually edit the configuration file

🚀 Step 3: Create Your First Agent

Now create your first AI Agent.

Steps:

  1. Create a new project:
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openclaw create my-first-agent
  1. Enter the project directory:
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cd my-first-agent
  1. Edit the Agent configuration file, set your instructions and tools

💡 Step 4: Test the Agent

Now that you've created it, let's test it.

Steps:

  1. Run the Agent:
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openclaw run

  1. Enter your command, for example: Help me organize the images in this folder by date

  2. Watch the Agent's execution process and results

🎯 Step 5: Optimize the Agent

The test passed, now let's optimize it.

Optimization directions:

  1. Add more tools
  2. Optimize instructions
  3. Add memory functionality
  4. Optimize output format

📊 5-Step Summary

StepContentDifficulty
1Install OpenClaw⭐
2Configure model⭐⭐
3Create Agent⭐⭐
4Test Agent⭐⭐
5Optimize Agent⭐⭐⭐

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💡 Final Thought

OpenClaw is a free open-source tool.

It's suitable for beginners who want to learn AI Agent.

Following the steps above, you can also create your own AI Agent.

What kind of Agent do you want to create? Let me know in the comments.

I'm Programmer Wanfeng, see you next time.

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