16 Days · Beginner to Production · No Gaps

The Full OpenClaw Course

Every topic in the OpenClaw production stack, in order, in one place. The full comprehensive OpenClaw course is a 16-day bootcamp delivered as a single 4 hours 20 minutes video and 16 long-form written lessons. Architecture on Day 1, multi-agent orchestration on Day 15, complete reference on Day 16. No prior OpenClaw experience required.

This is the most complete OpenClaw course published anywhere on the internet. Watch the full video, jump to any of the 16 lessons in the curriculum index below, or read the long-form companion pages at your own pace.

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Foundation, Days 1-5

Architecture, install, AI providers, cost optimization, channels. The base everything else builds on.

Behavior, Days 6-9

HEARTBEAT proactive scheduling, SOUL personality, MEMORY long-term recall, AGENTS operating rules.

Capability, Days 10-12

Tools, the ClawHub skills marketplace, deeper integrations (Gmail, calendar, search, browser), Docker sandboxing.

Production, Days 13-16

VPS deployment, agentic coding workflows, multi-agent orchestration, complete workspace-files reference.

The full curriculum, day by day

Sixteen lessons that build on each other. Each row links to the YouTube video at the exact second the lesson starts and to the long-form written companion page.

  1. Day 0100:00:00What Is OpenClaw?

    The mental model. OpenClaw is a persistent agent daemon, not a chatbot. Reactive vs proactive AI, the gateway, channels, memory, soul, and tools.

    Read the long-form Day 1 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 00:00:00 →
  2. Day 0200:29:21Install OpenClaw and Send Your First Message

    Install Node, run the curl installer, walk the onboard wizard, get the gateway running on port 18789, open the dashboard, connect Telegram via BotFather.

    Read the long-form Day 2 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 00:29:21 →
  3. Day 0300:57:30AI Models, Providers, and Ollama

    Why OpenClaw is model-agnostic. Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, Chinese models (DeepSeek, Kimi K2, GLM 5). Run Llama 3.2 fully local with Ollama.

    Read the long-form Day 3 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 00:57:30 →
  4. Day 0401:24:02Cost Optimization: 70%+ Savings

    Two-tier processing (cheap model for HEARTBEAT, premium for interactive), prompt-bloat audits, prompt caching, spending caps. Drop $70/mo to ~$17 with the same agent.

    Read the long-form Day 4 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 01:24:02 →
  5. Day 0501:43:22Channels: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, iMessage, Slack, WebChat

    Wire your agent into the apps you already use. Per-channel auth, allowlists, formatting differences, voice notes, and the cross-channel memory test.

    Read the long-form Day 5 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 01:43:22 →
  6. Day 0602:09:02HEARTBEAT.md: Your Proactive Agent

    Stop being reactive. Write HEARTBEAT.md so your agent runs morning briefings, deadline checks, and system monitors on a schedule, with the heartbeat:ok silence guard.

    Read the long-form Day 6 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 02:09:02 →
  7. Day 0702:31:22SOUL.md: Personality, Voice, Boundaries

    Replace the generic chatbot voice. SOUL.md is loaded on every turn. Core truths, boundaries, and vibe. Sharp beats vague, short beats long, corporate-mush kills agents.

    Read the long-form Day 7 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 02:31:22 →
  8. Day 0802:46:47MEMORY.md and the Three-File Memory System

    MEMORY.md (long-term, injected every turn), daily notes (on-demand, free until searched), the dreaming pipeline that promotes durable facts, hybrid search.

    Read the long-form Day 8 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 02:46:47 →
  9. Day 0902:57:55AGENTS.md: Operating Rules and Subagents

    The operating manual. Safety defaults, subagent spawning, the four-deep nesting model, and the three independent security mechanisms.

    Read the long-form Day 9 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 02:57:55 →
  10. Day 1003:11:40Tools and Skills

    Tools are raw capabilities (exec, read, write, web). Skills are SKILL.md instruction manuals. Core 20-tool set, ClawHub marketplace, security audit pattern.

    Read the long-form Day 10 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 03:11:40 →
  11. Day 1103:23:43Integrations: Gmail, Calendar, Web Search, Browser

    WebHooks, cron, and HEARTBEAT together. GoGo skill for Google Workspace, SearXNG vs Brave for search, Playwright browser automation with SSRF blocking.

    Read the long-form Day 11 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 03:23:43 →
  12. Day 1203:43:54Docker: Sandboxing Your Agent

    Containerize. Sandbox modes (off, non_main, all), volume mounts, gVisor for kernel isolation, Docker bypassing UFW, the production hardening checklist.

    Read the long-form Day 12 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 03:43:54 →
  13. Day 1303:53:54VPS Deployment: Always-On in the Cloud

    Hetzner, DigitalOcean, or Linode. The curl installer with --install-daemon, Tailscale for remote access, openclaw security audit --deep, log rotation.

    Read the long-form Day 13 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 03:53:54 →
  14. Day 1403:57:38Agentic Coding with OpenClaw

    Stop using your agent as a chatbot. Align-before-build prompting, build-log files for multi-session continuity, the orchestrator pattern with research subagents.

    Read the long-form Day 14 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 03:57:38 →
  15. Day 1504:02:07Multi-Agent Orchestration

    One gateway, many agents. Per-agent workspaces, agent directories that must never collide, deterministic routing precedence, agent-to-agent communication.

    Read the long-form Day 15 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 04:02:07 →
  16. Day 1604:11:30The Complete Workspace-Files Reference

    Every workspace file, every openclaw.json section, the full bootstrap injection order, and the end-to-end message routing pipeline.

    Read the long-form Day 16 lesson →Watch on YouTube at 04:11:30 →

Why a full course matters for OpenClaw

Most public OpenClaw teaching is a 10-minute install demo or a single “build a chatbot” tutorial. That gets people to “hello world” and abandons them at the production cliff. Production OpenClaw deployments fail on the parts the demos skip: cost runaway from misconfigured heartbeats (Day 4), memory bloat in MEMORY.md (Day 8), tool policies that let a malicious skill touch your home directory (Day 10 + Day 12), VPS firewalls that Docker silently bypasses (Day 13).

The full course covers all of those. That is the difference between learning OpenClaw and shipping it.

Full OpenClaw Course FAQ

What does the full OpenClaw course actually cover?

Every topic in the OpenClaw production stack, in order. Architecture, install, the full provider matrix (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, plus Chinese models), cost optimization, six channel integrations, the four workspace markdown files (HEARTBEAT, SOUL, MEMORY, AGENTS), tools, ClawHub skills marketplace, deeper integrations (Gmail, calendar, search, browser), Docker sandboxing, VPS deployment, agentic coding workflows, and multi-agent orchestration. Sixteen days, end to end, no gaps.

Is this really the complete OpenClaw course?

Yes. There is no advanced module behind a paywall, no "part 2" coming later, no missing chapter. The full 4-hour video and the 16 written lesson pages cover the entire production lifecycle: from "what is OpenClaw" on Day 1 to a multi-agent system running on a VPS by Day 16. The Day 16 reference page is a complete map of every workspace file and every openclaw.json section.

How is this different from a free OpenClaw course or a video course?

Same material, different framing. The full OpenClaw course, the free OpenClaw course, and the OpenClaw video course are all the same 16-lesson curriculum with the same 4-hour video. Different searchers use different language: this page is for people searching for "the full course" or "complete OpenClaw course".

How long does it take to finish the full course?

4 hours 20 minutes of video runtime, plus the homework. Most viewers finish the video over a long weekend if they are moving fast, or stretch the build-along across the full 16 days at one lesson per evening. The 16-day pace is gentler on retention. Fast-watchers usually go back and re-do specific days (Day 4 cost optimization, Day 7 SOUL.md, Day 13 VPS deploy) when they hit those problems on real builds.

What level is the full OpenClaw course pitched at?

Beginner to advanced. Day 1 assumes zero prior knowledge of OpenClaw. Day 2 walks you through Node install, the curl installer, and the onboard wizard. By Day 9 you are configuring tool policies and subagent nesting. By Day 15 you are routing traffic across multiple specialized agents. The course is built so a complete beginner who follows it day by day ends with a production-grade deployment.

Do I need to do all 16 lessons or can I skip around?

Skipping works for some lessons and not others. The early days build the foundation: Day 2 (install) and Day 5 (channels) are required prerequisites for everything after. Day 7 (SOUL), Day 8 (MEMORY), and Day 9 (AGENTS) can be read in any order once Day 5 is done. Day 13 (VPS) and Day 12 (Docker) only matter if you are deploying. The full course works as a 16-day build-along, but the day pages also work as a reference you can dip into.

What will I have built by the end of the full course?

A production-grade OpenClaw agent running 24/7 on a VPS, with a custom SOUL.md voice, persistent MEMORY.md with hybrid search, a working HEARTBEAT.md that fires scheduled work, channel integrations into Telegram and at least one of WhatsApp / Discord / iMessage / Slack, tools and skills installed from ClawHub plus a custom skill you wrote, the whole stack containerized with Docker, and optionally a multi-agent setup with deterministic per-channel routing.

Who teaches the full OpenClaw course?

Adhiraj Hangal, founder of OpenClaw Consult and author of openclaw/openclaw#76345, merged into core by project creator Peter Steinberger in May 2026. Roughly 1 in 6 OpenClaw contribution attempts ever merges into core. Adhiraj is one of the few consultants on the public market with a merged PR, a published 4-hour course, and 240+ articles on the platform.

Where to go next

Start the full course at Day 1, or jump to the day that solves the problem you have right now using the curriculum index above.

For a deeper reference, the OpenClaw Lab has 240+ articles covering everything the course does not have time for: specific industry deployments, side-by-side comparisons, security deep-dives, and advanced patterns.

If you want a production agent shipped under fixed scope in 2-4 weeks instead of building it yourself, hire OpenClaw Consult.