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OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run in your own environment. On Agent Swarm, you can launch it from a ready template and chat with it inside your workspace in a few clicks.

Open The Template

Create your own repository from the official OpenClaw starter template.

Official OpenClaw Docs

Learn what OpenClaw can do and how its workspace files work.

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Launch OpenClaw On Agent Swarm

1

Create your repository

Open agency-ai-solutions/openclaw-starter-template.Click Use this template and create a repository in your own GitHub account or organization.Use this template dropdown
2

Connect the repository

In Agent Swarm, connect your GitHub account and pick the repository you created from the template.
3

Enable persistent storage

Turn on Persistent File Storage for the swarm before the first deploy.For Agent Swarm deploys, set OPENCLAW_HOME=/app/mnt/openclaw. The file browser should show that same path directly, not a raw /mnt root.
4

Add your AI provider secrets

Default deploy: add OPENAI_API_KEY in Secrets Vault before you deploy.If you later switch away from the default OpenAI GPT-5.4 setup, add the matching provider secret for that model too.Optional advanced settings:
  • OPENCLAW_PROVIDER_MODEL only if you want a different provider or model
  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY only if you switch to an Anthropic model
  • OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN only if you want to override the internal gateway token
5

Fill the onboarding form

Choose the assistant name, describe what it should help with, and add any extra instructions you want before deploy.Marketplace onboarding form example
6

Deploy and chat

Start the deployment, wait for the build to finish, then open the chat and send your first message.

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Customize OpenClaw After Deploy

OpenClaw keeps its own workspace files on persistent storage. That is where you update its personality, rules, and long-term notes. Agency Swarm now writes the default OpenClaw workspace to /app/mnt/openclaw/workspace. At the storage root, you should also see sibling folders like logs and state. The most important files are:
  • AGENTS.md for operating rules and priorities
  • SOUL.md for voice, tone, and personality
  • USER.md for user-specific preferences
  • MEMORY.md for durable notes you want OpenClaw to keep
To replace them:
  1. Open your deployed agent
  2. Go to Customization -> Persistent File Storage
  3. Open /app/mnt/openclaw/workspace
  4. Upload the replacement file
Agent Swarm persistent file storage view for OpenClaw workspace
If OpenClaw starts behaving strangely, check both the onboarding instructions and the workspace files. They are both part of the final behavior.
If you are upgrading an older deploy, OpenClaw may still have legacy files under .openclaw/workspace until the integration migrates them to the cleaner workspace path.

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What You Get

  • A private OpenClaw deployment running on Agent Swarm
  • Normal chat inside your Agent Swarm workspace
  • Persistent OpenClaw files under /app/mnt/openclaw
  • A clean upgrade path through the starter template repo
This deployment is meant for one trusted user or one trusted team. The provider secrets you add in Agent Swarm are available inside the sandbox so OpenClaw can call model providers. Review OpenClaw Security before you expose access more broadly.

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Want To Use It In Code?

If you want to use OpenClaw inside your own Agency Swarm code, continue with OpenClawAgent.