Jon Molina digitalknk

OpenClaw Config Example - Usage Guide

This sanitized config shows the key settings referenced in the OpenClaw guide.

Quick Start

Copy config-example.json to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Replace all YOUR_* placeholders with real values
Run openclaw doctor --fix to validate
Run openclaw security audit --deep to check for issues

Running OpenClaw Without Burning Money, Quotas, or Your Sanity

TL;DR

OpenClaw is useful, but most of the pain people run into comes from letting one model do everything, chasing hype, or running expensive models in places that don't need them.

What worked for me was treating OpenClaw like infrastructure instead of a chatbot. Keep a cheap model as the coordinator, use agents for real work, be explicit about routing, and make memory and task state visible. Cheap models handle background work fine. Strong models are powerful when you call them intentionally instead of leaving them as defaults.

You don't need expensive hardware, and you don't need to host giant local models to get value out of this. Start small, get things stable before letting it run all the time, and avoid the hype train. If something feels broken, check the official docs and issues first. OpenClaw changes fast, and sometimes it really is just a bug.

	version: "3.3"

	services:

	caddy:
	image: abiosoft/caddy:1.0.3-no-stats
	container_name: caddy
	hostname: caddy
	restart: unless-stopped
	volumes:

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	package main

	import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strings"
	)

	func main() {

-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import sublime_plugin
-import subprocess
-from time import sleep
-import sys
-cl = lambda line: subprocess.Popen(line, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].strip()
-log = lambda message: sys.stderr.write("Log: %s\n" % message)

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	* I am digitalknk on github.
	* I am digitalknk (https://keybase.io/digitalknk) on keybase.
	* I have a public key whose fingerprint is 0D61 DE94 BA6E E570 6FC4 F2EE F3FC 5EE9 83E7 BA89

	To claim this, I am signing this object:

	#
	# NixOS Configuration for Framework Laptop
	#

	{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:

	{

	boot.kernelParams = [ "mem_sleep_default=deep" ];