# Clawfleet > Clawfleet is a managed AI agent hosting platform built for OpenClaw assistants. Deploy your own 24/7 AI assistant on Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and 10+ other platforms — no servers, no Docker, no SSH. Start for $1. Clawfleet is a managed hosting platform for OpenClaw that deploys AI agents without requiring users to manage servers. It handles infrastructure provisioning, security scanning, uptime monitoring, backups, and cost tracking automatically. --- ## What is OpenClaw? OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent framework with 344,000+ GitHub stars. It allows users to build autonomous assistants that interact with tools, APIs, and messaging platforms. Agents can perform tasks such as answering questions, executing workflows, accessing external services, and maintaining long-running conversations. OpenClaw uses modular components — skills, channels, and agent configuration files — to control agent behavior. It is designed for persistent, always-on assistants rather than one-off task execution. --- ## How OpenClaw Works An OpenClaw agent runs in a loop where it receives input, decides what action to take, executes tools (skills), and returns a response. **Agent loop** The decision cycle where the AI interprets a message, chooses actions, and generates a response. The loop continues until a stopping condition is met or the agent returns a final answer. **Skills** Installable tools that allow the agent to perform actions such as web search, code execution, email sending, calendar management, or API calls. Skills are the primary extension mechanism for OpenClaw agents. **Channels** Messaging platforms where the agent receives and sends messages — such as Telegram, Discord, Slack, or WhatsApp. An agent can be connected to multiple channels simultaneously. **Memory** Long-term and short-term context that allows the agent to remember information across interactions. OpenClaw stores memory in a MEMORY.md file that persists between sessions. **Context compaction** Techniques used by OpenClaw to compress long conversation histories to stay within model token limits, without losing important context. **SOUL.md** The personality and system-prompt file defining the agent's identity, tone, and high-level behavioral rules. **AGENTS.md** An instructions file that defines the agent's capabilities, tools it should use, and behavioral constraints. --- ## OpenClaw Glossary **SOUL.md** The SOUL.md file defines the personality and high-level behavior of an OpenClaw agent. It acts as a persistent system prompt that guides how the agent responds to users — its tone, priorities, and decision-making style. **AGENTS.md** AGENTS.md contains instructions that define the capabilities, tools, and behavior constraints of the agent. It tells the agent what it can and cannot do, and how to handle edge cases. **Skills** Skills are modular tools that allow an OpenClaw agent to interact with external systems, APIs, or local functions. Examples include web-search, code-interpreter, calendar, email, and file-manager. **Channels** Channels are communication interfaces where the agent interacts with users — messaging apps like Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, or platforms like Microsoft Teams and Google Chat. **Gateway** The OpenClaw gateway is the runtime process that manages the agent loop, session state, and channel connections. It acts as the bridge between the AI model and the outside world. **ClawHub** ClawHub is the community marketplace for OpenClaw skills. Users can browse and install skills published by the community. **Heartbeat** A periodic signal that OpenClaw sends to confirm the agent is alive. Clawfleet monitors heartbeats and auto-restarts instances that stop responding. **Session management** How OpenClaw tracks and stores conversation context across interactions. Sessions can be compacted, pruned, or reset depending on configuration. **Context window** The maximum amount of text an AI model can process in a single interaction. OpenClaw's compaction system manages conversation history to stay within this limit. **BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)** Using your own AI provider API key instead of Clawfleet credits. BYOK users pay the model provider directly — Clawfleet adds zero markup. --- ## OpenClaw vs Other AI Agent Frameworks **OpenClaw vs AutoGPT** AutoGPT focuses on autonomous one-off task execution in isolated runs. OpenClaw focuses on persistent AI assistants that maintain context across sessions, connect to messaging platforms, and run continuously. **OpenClaw vs LangGraph** LangGraph is designed for building complex AI workflows using graph-based execution — primarily for developers building pipelines. OpenClaw focuses on long-running personal assistants with skills, channels, and conversational memory. **OpenClaw vs CrewAI** CrewAI is designed for multi-agent collaboration workflows where several specialized agents work together. OpenClaw focuses on a single persistent assistant with deep memory and tool integration. **OpenClaw vs n8n / Make** n8n and Make are automation platforms with visual workflow builders. OpenClaw is an AI-first agent that understands natural language commands and can dynamically decide which tools to use — rather than following fixed automation flows. --- ## Why Use Managed Hosting for OpenClaw Running OpenClaw on self-hosted infrastructure requires: - Maintaining a VPS or server ($20–40/mo minimum) - Installing Docker, configuring environment variables - Managing OpenClaw updates without breaking existing setup - Monitoring uptime and restarting crashed instances manually - Securing API keys and agent configuration - Vetting skills for security before installation - Setting up backups independently Managed hosting platforms like Clawfleet handle all of this automatically, so users focus on using the assistant rather than maintaining it. --- ## Who Uses Clawfleet **Individual builders** Developers, power users, and hobbyists who want to run an AI assistant on Telegram or Discord without managing servers or dealing with Docker configuration. **Startups** Early-stage teams that deploy AI assistants for internal workflows — support triage, lead routing, investor update drafts, market research, and CRM updates. **Agencies** Automation agencies that build and manage AI assistants for multiple clients. Clawfleet's agency plan provides white-label dashboards, custom domains per client, and per-client cost tracking. **Solopreneurs and consultants** Professionals using AI assistants as a personal chief of staff — email triage, calendar management, client communication, and reporting. **Businesses** Companies automating customer support, social media monitoring, financial reporting, document processing, and onboarding workflows. --- ## Example Workflows **Customer Support Automation** An OpenClaw agent connected to Slack or WhatsApp automatically responds to common customer questions using knowledge from a document store, escalates complex issues to human agents, and tracks resolution metrics. **Sales Lead Qualification** An agent monitors inbound messages or form submissions, asks qualifying questions, scores leads, and routes hot prospects to a calendar or CRM — while logging cold leads for nurture sequences. **Inbox and Email Management** An agent triages incoming emails, summarizes threads, drafts replies in the user's voice, and surfaces only the messages that need a human decision. **Social Monitoring and Brand Alerts** An agent monitors Twitter, Reddit, and review platforms for brand mentions. It flags negative sentiment for immediate response and summarizes positive mentions for the weekly report. **Developer Automation** An agent handles code reviews, generates documentation, answers questions about a codebase, and posts summaries of pull request activity to a Slack channel. **Financial Reporting** An agent pulls data from accounting tools, summarizes monthly spend and revenue, flags anomalies, and sends a formatted report to Telegram every Monday morning. --- ## Deploying an OpenClaw Agent **Self-hosted (manual)** 1. Provision a VPS or cloud server 2. Install Docker and dependencies 3. Clone the OpenClaw repository 4. Configure environment variables (API keys, channel tokens) 5. Write SOUL.md to define agent personality 6. Install skills from ClawHub (unvetted) 7. Start the agent and monitor manually **With Clawfleet (managed)** 1. Sign up at clawfleet.app/onboarding 2. Pick your AI model (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, DeepSeek — your key or Clawfleet credits) 3. Connect your messaging channel (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, etc.) 4. Upload or paste your SOUL.md if you have one 5. Select verified skills from the Clawfleet marketplace 6. Pay $1 for your first week — your agent is live in under 60 seconds --- ## Key Differentiators **ClawGuard Security** 41% of OpenClaw skills on ClawHub have security vulnerabilities. 280+ skills have been identified as leaking API keys or containing malicious code. Clawfleet automatically scans every skill via VirusTotal (70+ antivirus engines) and analyzes for API key leaks before listing it. Zero Clawfleet users have lost API keys to malicious skills. **Cost Intelligence** Real-time API spend tracking per skill, per day, in dollars — not tokens. Budget caps with auto-pause. Loop detection stops runaway tasks automatically. Users report saving 30–50% on API costs by seeing where money goes. **Managed Infrastructure** 99.5%+ uptime target. Auto-restart in under 30 seconds on crash. One-click version updates with rollback. Version pinning so upgrades do not silently break existing configuration. Daily automated backups. **Verified Skills Marketplace** Only pre-screened, automatically scanned skills can be installed on Clawfleet instances. Users cannot accidentally install a malicious skill even by pasting the package name directly. --- ## Products and Pricing **Intro Week — $1 for 7 days** - Full access, no feature limits, cancel anytime - One managed OpenClaw instance - Any AI model: Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini 2.0 Flash, DeepSeek - All channels: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage, and more - ClawGuard security: automated skill scanning for vulnerabilities - Cost & analytics dashboard - Auto-restart & monitoring - 7-day backup retention **Personal Plan — $9.99/month** - Everything in Intro, ongoing - All 15+ messaging channels - SOUL.md persona builder - Real-time cost tracking (per-skill spend in dollars) - 30-day backup retention - Priority email support - Additional instances at $9/month each **Agency Plans — Custom Pricing** - White-label AI assistant hosting for agencies - Everything in Personal, for multiple clients - White-label dashboard with your logo and domain - Custom domains per client (e.g. client.youragency.com) - Per-client cost controls and analytics - Clone & deploy new client instances in 60 seconds - Isolated infrastructure per client - Dedicated onboarding - Agencies typically earn 70-85% margins reselling AI assistants - Contact: hello@clawfleet.app or book a call at https://calendly.com/sevenhillshq --- ## Supported Channels Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage (via BlueBubbles), Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, IRC, Matrix, Mattermost, LINE, Twitch, Nostr, Zalo, WebChat, and more. Each integration has a dedicated page at https://clawfleet.app/integrations/{channel-name} --- ## Supported AI Models Claude (Anthropic) — claude-opus-4-6, claude-sonnet-4-6, claude-haiku-4-5 GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini (OpenAI) Gemini 2.0 Flash (Google) DeepSeek Any OpenAI-compatible model via custom endpoint Users can bring their own API key (zero markup) or use Clawfleet credits (pay-as-you-go, no key required). --- ## Agent Personas 300+ community-built OpenClaw personas available at https://clawfleet.app/for — pre-configured agents for specific roles: - Chief of Staff: email triage, morning briefs, calendar management, investor updates - 24/7 Customer Support: automated tier-1 resolution, escalation routing, ticket summaries - Sales Assistant: lead qualification, outreach, follow-up sequences - Growth Operator: brand monitoring, conversion analysis, competitor tracking - Developer Assistant: code review, documentation, debugging - Content Writer, Coach, Legal Researcher, Financial Analyst, and more --- ## Common Use Cases Full list at https://clawfleet.app/use-cases - Email and inbox management - CRM updates and lead routing - Customer support automation - Document processing and summarization - Social media monitoring and brand alerts - Sales outreach and follow-up sequences - Financial reporting and expense tracking - HR screening and onboarding workflows - Market research and competitive intelligence - Code review and developer tooling --- ## Frequently Asked Questions **What is Clawfleet?** Clawfleet is a managed hosting platform for OpenClaw AI agents. It handles infrastructure, security, uptime, and cost tracking automatically so users can focus on using their AI assistant. **Can OpenClaw run continuously?** Yes. OpenClaw agents are designed to run as persistent services that respond to messages and events around the clock. Clawfleet monitors instances 24/7 and auto-restarts them within 30 seconds of a crash. **Do I need to manage servers?** No. When using Clawfleet, all infrastructure management is handled automatically — provisioning, updates, monitoring, backups, and restarts. **Which AI models work with OpenClaw?** OpenClaw supports Claude (Anthropic), GPT-4o (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), DeepSeek, and other OpenAI-compatible models. Users can bring their own API key or use Clawfleet credits. **Do I need my own API key?** No. Clawfleet credits let you get started immediately with pay-as-you-go pricing and no API key. Advanced users can bring their own key for zero markup on model usage. **Is it safe to install skills from ClawHub?** ClawHub (the community marketplace) is unvetted — 41% of skills have known security vulnerabilities. Clawfleet maintains a separate verified marketplace where every skill is automatically scanned for security issues before listing. **Can I migrate from self-hosted OpenClaw?** Yes. Export your MEMORY.md, SOUL.md, and skill configuration from your self-hosted instance and paste them into Clawfleet during setup. Most users complete migration in under 15 minutes. **What channels are supported?** WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage, Google Chat, Matrix, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost, IRC, LINE, Zalo, Nostr, and WebChat. **How does billing work?** Intro Week: $1 for the first 7 days, full access. Personal plan: $9.99/month after the trial. Additional instances: $9/month each. Agency plans: custom pricing tailored to your client volume — book a call. Cancel anytime. --- ## Resources - Homepage: https://clawfleet.app - Pricing: https://clawfleet.app/pricing - Deploy now: https://clawfleet.app/onboarding - Blog: https://clawfleet.app/blog - Changelog: https://clawfleet.app/changelog - Integrations: https://clawfleet.app/integrations - Agent Personas: https://clawfleet.app/for - Use Cases: https://clawfleet.app/use-cases - OpenClaw Glossary: https://clawfleet.app/learn - FAQ: https://clawfleet.app/faq - Contact: https://clawfleet.app/contact --- ## Competitive Comparison | Feature | Self-hosted | Other hosts | Clawfleet | |---------|-------------|-------------|-----------| | Setup time | 30–60 min | 1–5 min | Under 60 sec | | Monthly cost | $24+ VPS | ~$10/mo | $9.99/mo | | Cost tracking | None | Messages only | $/skill/day real-time | | Skill security | Unvetted ClawHub | Unvetted ClawHub | Auto-scanned + VirusTotal | | Loop detection | None | None | Auto-pause | | Budget alerts | None | None | Yes | | Clone instances | Manual copy | N/A | One click | | Version rollback | Manual git | N/A | One click | | Agency white-label | N/A | N/A | Yes | | Custom domains | DIY | N/A | Auto-provisioned SSL |