OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run yourself, which you talk to from Telegram, Discord or its web Control UI. The OpenClaw template runs its gateway from the ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw:latest image.

What the template creates

Resource	What it is
openclaw	The gateway and Control UI on port 18789, with 1 GiB of memory and a 1 GB volume at /data
OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN	A token Dekka generates, which you sign in to the Control UI with

OpenClaw keeps its state in /data/.openclaw and its workspace in /data/workspace, so its memory and settings survive every deploy. Dekka checks its health at /startupz.

OpenClaw needs 1 GiB of memory, which the Growth plan allows.

What you provide

Every input is optional, and you can add or change any of them later in the service's variables.

Input	What it's for
Anthropic API key	The model OpenClaw thinks with. You can add other providers later in its settings.
OpenAI API key	If you'd rather use OpenAI models.
Telegram bot token	To talk to OpenClaw from Telegram. Create a bot with @BotFather to get one.

OpenClaw needs at least one model provider to answer anything, so add the Anthropic or OpenAI key now or in its settings before you start.

After it deploys

1. Open the Environment tab, choose openclaw, and press and hold OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN to reveal it.
2. Open the service's URL and sign in to the Control UI with that token.
3. Add model providers and chat channels in its settings, and if you added a Telegram token, send your bot a message.

The gateway token is a secret like any other, so treat it as a password. Anyone with it can use your assistant and the provider keys behind it.

Limits

The volume means the service runs a single replica. During the pilot, deploys run on a simulated engine, so OpenClaw doesn't actually start or answer messages.

OpenClaw is open source under the MIT licence. Your model provider's terms and charges apply to the requests it makes.