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 "generated": "2026-10-25",
 "id": "openclaw-openclaw--run-your-own-ai-assistant-on-your-laptop",
 "repo": "openclaw/openclaw",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw",
 "repo_slug": "openclaw-openclaw",
 "title": "Run your own AI assistant on your laptop in 10 minutes",
 "page_title": "How to run your own AI assistant on your laptop in 10 minutes with OpenClaw",
 "summary": "Install OpenClaw, let onboarding check your model and set up the Gateway, then chat with it in the Control UI.",
 "who": "Anyone who wants a personal assistant that keeps its memory and credentials on their own machine instead of a vendor's cloud.",
 "problem": "Hosted assistants keep your history on someone else's servers and only live in one app.",
 "outcome": "A running Gateway with a working assistant you can talk to in the browser dashboard, ready to connect to chat apps.",
 "steps": [
  "On macOS, Linux or WSL2 run `curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash` (Windows PowerShell: `iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex`)",
  "If you already manage Node.js, use `npm install -g openclaw@latest --allow-scripts=openclaw` instead",
  "Run `openclaw onboard --install-daemon`; onboarding verifies model access, creates the workspace and configures the Gateway",
  "Check it with `openclaw gateway status`, then open the Control UI with `openclaw dashboard`",
  "Send a message in the Control UI to confirm the assistant answers"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Install openclaw/openclaw on this machine with the official installer, run openclaw onboard --install-daemon using <model provider>, confirm openclaw gateway status is healthy, and tell me what the onboarding wrote to disk and where.",
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 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux, Windows or WSL2 (the installer provisions Node.js if needed)",
  "An API key or plan for a model provider, or a local model",
  "Accounts for the chat apps you want to connect"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
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   "tag": "remote-script",
   "notice": "The one-line installer runs a script fetched from the internet; read it first or use the npm install instead."
  },
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Model keys and chat app tokens are stored on your machine, so protect the account it runs under."
  }
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