OpenClaw

OpenClaw is an extremely popular open-source command-line AI coding agent. It aims to provide capabilities similar to Claude Code while remaining fully open-source and supporting custom API access.

Installation

Make sure you have Python 3.10+ installed:

pip install openclaw

Configuration & Launch

OpenClaw can be configured via environment variables or an interactive setup.

Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

Mac / Linux (zsh)

echo 'export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-your-api-key"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.ephone.ai/v1"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Windows (PowerShell)

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-your-api-key", "User")
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("OPENAI_API_BASE", "https://api.ephone.ai/v1", "User")

Option 2: Interactive Setup

Run openclaw directly, and the program will guide you through the API configuration:

API Key: Enter your ePhone AI API Key
Base URL: Enter https://api.ephone.ai/v1
Model: Recommended gpt-4o or claude-opus-4-5-20251101

Key Features

Feature	Description
Autonomous Coding	Describe a task in natural language, and OpenClaw will read code, modify files, and run tests
Multi-Model Support	Perfectly compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic protocol models
Security Sandbox	Requests user confirmation before executing potentially dangerous commands
Context Awareness	Automatically analyzes project structure to locate relevant code

Common Commands

Inside the OpenClaw interactive session:

help: Show all available commands
clear: Clear current conversation history
exit: Exit the program

Recommended Models

Use Case	Recommended Model
Complex logic development	`claude-opus-4-5-20251101`
General coding tasks	`gpt-4o`
Fast fixes and queries	`gpt-4o-mini`

As a powerful agent, OpenClaw performs significant context reading and model calls, leading to faster token consumption. We recommend using a Tier 2 account for a more stable experience.

Development Tools & Platforms

Translation Tools

Integration Applications

Installation

Configuration & Launch

Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

Option 2: Interactive Setup

Key Features

Common Commands

Recommended Models

​Installation

​Configuration & Launch

​Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

​Option 2: Interactive Setup

​Key Features

​Common Commands

​Recommended Models

Installation

Configuration & Launch

Option 1: Environment Variables (Recommended)

Option 2: Interactive Setup

Key Features

Common Commands

Recommended Models