OpenClaw & Agentic AI: Building Powerful, Autonomous AI Agents for Real-World Impact

OpenClaw & Agentic AI: Deploy, Command, and Extend AI AgentsAI agents are not the future. They are running right now — answering emails, reviewing code, monitoring calendars, and working quietly in the background while you sleep. The question is no longer whether they are useful. The question is whether you control yours.OpenClaw & Agentic AI is a hands-on intermediate guide to deploying, configuring, and extending personal AI agents using OpenClaw — the open-source, self-hosted gateway that connects your favorite messaging apps to powerful AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and dozens of other providers.In this book you will learn how to:• Install OpenClaw on macOS, Linux (including Raspberry Pi), and Windows in minutes• Connect 25+ messaging channels including Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, iMessage, Slack, and Microsoft Teams• Configure 35+ cloud AI providers and run local models privately using Ollama and LM Studio• Build hybrid cloud-and-local AI setups that cut costs while protecting sensitive data• Automate your day with scheduled tasks, heartbeat monitoring, standing orders, and multi-step workflows• Create custom skills and plugins using the ClawHub ecosystem• Access your AI agent from iOS and Android with voice, camera, and Canvas• Harden your agent against prompt injection, unauthorized access, and API cost attacks• Orchestrate multiple specialized agents working together as a teamWhether you are a developer, technical professional, or power user ready to move beyond chat interfaces, this book gives you the practical knowledge to run an AI agent on your own hardware, under your own control, on your own terms.What makes this book different:Unlike theory-heavy AI books, every chapter is built around real commands, real configurations, and real-world tutorials you can follow immediately. Twenty-nine original diagrams illustrate every key concept. The code works. The examples are honest. The agent runs on your machine. Read more