This guide documents a fully operational OpenClaw deployment. It covers every component of the system in enough detail that you can replicate it from scratch. The system runs on two hosts: a Hetzner VPS (Linux) as the gateway, and a Mac Mini M1 on a residential network as the node. Everything between them communicates through an SSH tunnel.
This is not a starter template. It is a real system handling daily briefings, calendar sync, smart home control, autonomous competitive intelligence pipelines, and multi-step research workflows.