Use Case Tutorials

Use case tutorials walk you through one real-world scenario each: you finish with a working setup (e.g. code reviews via GitHub, calendar sync, or a voice assistant) instead of generic theory. Every tutorial is self-contained and assumes OpenClaw is already installed and you have at least one channel connected.

Pick by goal: productivity (email, calendar, file organization, task automation, knowledge base), development (code assistant, web scraping), content (content creation, social media, data analysis), home & voice (smart home, voice assistant), or teams (customer support, multi-agent squad). Each page lists prerequisites and estimated time (typically 20–40 minutes).

If you are new to OpenClaw, start with Getting Started and Channel Setup, then return here to choose a use case.

OpenClaw use cases are step-by-step tutorials that show you how to do one concrete thing with your self-hosted AI assistant—from automating email and calendar to running a multi-agent team or building a personal knowledge base. Each use case ends with a working setup you can use every day. They answer “what can OpenClaw do?” with real examples: code assistance, research, content creation, smart home control, voice assistants, and team coordination. You choose a scenario that matches your goal, follow the tutorial (typically 20–40 minutes), and get a result you can extend or combine with others.

Use cases are grouped by what you want to achieve. Pick a category that fits your workflow, then open the tutorial that matches best.

Productivity

Keep inbox, calendar, tasks, and files under control. Tutorials cover Google Workspace (gws) (100+ skills for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Docs—first-class OpenClaw support), email management (Gmail Pub/Sub, filtering, summaries), calendar integration (CalDAV, iCloud, Google), task automation (cron, webhooks), daily briefing & morning digest, file organization, and a personal knowledge base so the agent answers from your notes and docs.

Development

Use OpenClaw for code, data, and the web. The code assistant use case covers generation, debugging, and PR reviews; web scraping covers browser automation and data extraction; form automation covers filling and submitting forms. For workflow tooling, OpenClaw + n8n puts n8n between the agent and your APIs for observability and security. Advanced automation covers heartbeats, webhooks, multi-step workflows, and error handling beyond basic cron.

Content & media

Create and manage content from chat. Tutorials include content creation (articles, docs, edits), social media (posts, scheduling), and data analysis & reporting (CSV, Excel, reports).

Home & voice

Control smart home devices and talk to OpenClaw hands-free. The smart home use case covers IoT and automation; the voice assistant use case covers Voice Wake, Talk Mode, and voice-triggered workflows so you can use OpenClaw without typing.

Teams & coordination

Run multiple agents or support customers. Set up a sub-agent shows how to delegate tasks to short-lived sub-agents (sessions_spawn, sessions_send, Discord threads, CLI). Multi-agent team shows sessions, heartbeats, and shared task coordination; shared context shows how to give your agent squad one shared directory so they read from the same page. For support workflows, customer support covers FAQ bots, triage, and automated responses.

Security & operations

Harden your deployment for production. The security hardening walkthrough turns the Security Hardening Checklist into a step-by-step sequence: gateway auth, DM policy, sandboxing, secrets, and Docker. For incident alerting, incident alerting & on-call shows how to wire Sentry, GitHub, or health-check webhooks so the agent summarizes and DMs you when something fails.

Below are all use case tutorials. Each card links to a full walkthrough with prerequisites and estimated time.