Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add agents/zorost/ai-engineering-lab/openclawgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zorost/AI-Engineering-LabWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/zorost/ai-engineering-lab/openclaw)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/zorost/ai-engineering-lab/openclaw"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/zorost/ai-engineering-lab/openclaw.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00000 | $0.04115 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00000 | $0.02057 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00823 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00411 |
Grade C, and why
openclaw scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Downloads and executes remote codehighSupply chain
curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 361 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
OpenClaw: Practical Guide
Part of AI Engineering Lab · Developed by Zorost Intelligence AI Lab · zorost.com
OpenClaw is the personal-AI-assistant track of Week 17: an open-source assistant that runs on your devices and meets you in the messaging channels you already use. This guide walks through what it is, how it's architected, how to install and run it, how to point it at a local model, and how to wire it to your Week-16 MCP server.
Note on fast-moving facts. OpenClaw renamed itself several times, and its config keys and channel list change frequently. Everything marked "verify against live docs" below should be checked at docs.openclaw.ai before you rely on it.
1. What OpenClaw is
OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own devices and meets you in the messaging channels you already use, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage, and a built-in WebChat. It is designed for a single operator, and it connects models, tools, messaging channels, and optional companion apps through one Gateway (OpenClaw README).
Key facts to keep straight:
- License: MIT.
- Creator: originally created by Peter Steinberger (steipete) and a large community; now developed in the open by the OpenClaw Foundation, a non-profit.
- Mascot: "Molty," a space lobster.
- Repo:
github.com/openclaw/openclaw· Docs:docs.openclaw.ai· Site:openclaw.ai.
1.1 The naming history (get it right)
The project was renamed several times, and the history matters because older tutorials still use the old names:
- Clawdbot: the original viral project (late 2025).
- Moltbot: renamed in January 2026; the "Molty the space lobster" mascot dates from here.
- OpenClaw: the current name (a third rename, driven in part by trademark / impersonation pressure and crypto-scam squatting of earlier names).
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 3d ago First seen · 361 lines · 0 tokens per session scan C 600607d7afb2
openclaw is an agent published in the GitHub repository zorost/AI-Engineering-Lab (304 stars, last pushed 16d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 4,115 tokens. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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