Understanding OpenClaw’s Architecture (A High-Level Tour)
OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot / Moltbot) has been getting a lot of attention recently. People describe it as an “AI agent”, a “local assistant”, or even “an AI that controls your computer”. All of those are partially true — but they can also be confusing. (If you want to understand the basics of how AI agents work in general, I wrote a primer on that.) This article explains OpenClaw’s architecture at a high level, without diving into implementation details. The goal is to give you a clear mental model of what OpenClaw is made of and how the pieces fit together. ...