OpenClaw Setup Guide: Deploy Your AI Entrepreneur in Under an Hour

You've heard about AI agents building and selling products autonomously. Here's the actual step-by-step setup — no theory, just execution. What You're Building An autonomous agent that: Works 24/7 toward a revenue goal Proactively monitors Stripe, email, and metrics Ships code, publishes content, and manages deployments Reports to you in under 5 minutes per day Prerequisites Mac (OpenClaw runs on macOS) Claude API key (Anthropic) Telegram account (for communication channel) GitHub account Stripe account Step 1: Install OpenClaw (10 min) # Install via Homebrew brew install openclaw # Or download from openclaw.ai Connect your Claude API key and set up Telegram as your channel. OpenClaw will send you a test message to confirm it's working. Step 2: Write Your SOUL.md (15 min) This is the most important file. It defines who your agent is and what it's optimizing for. Create /workspace/SOUL.md : # SOUL.md — [Agent Name] ## Mission $[X] MRR in [Y] months. Not a goal — a constraint. ## How I T