How to Make Your OpenClaw Agent Call Any API Without Exposing Your Keys

Your OpenClaw agent is smart. It can browse the web, write code, manage files. But the moment you need it to call Stripe, or hit the GitHub API, or query a database, you're stuck pasting API keys into places they don't belong. This tutorial shows you how to set up AgentSecrets with OpenClaw so your agent can make authenticated API calls to any service, with your keys locked in your OS keychain where they belong. No .env files. No plaintext. No key values in your chat logs. Time to set up: ~2 minutes. Prerequisites OpenClaw installed and running One of: Python, Node.js, Go, or Homebrew (for installation) At least one API key you want to use (Stripe, OpenAI, GitHub, anything) Step 1: Install AgentSecrets AgentSecrets is a single CLI binary. Choose your preferred way to get it: Option A: Homebrew (macOS/Linux) brew install The-17/tap/agentsecrets Option B: npm/npx (Node.js) # Run without installing npx @the-17/agentsecrets init # Or install globally npm install -g @the-17/agentsecrets Opt