# OpenClaw

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Open Claw, Clawdbot, Moltbot

An [open-source AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-vs-open-weights) [agent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-agent) that a person runs on their own computer or [server](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server). They message it from [chat apps](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatbot), and it carries out tasks with tools and files it can reach.

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) runs OpenClaw on a spare computer and texts it to file new [bug](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bug) reports.

Official site: <https://openclaw.ai>

## Connects to (4)

- [AI agent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-agent): An AI tool that does more than answer a question.
- [Open source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source): Software whose code is published for anyone to read, use and build on, under a license that sets the rules for doing so.
- [Tool use](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tool-use): A way for a model to ask the software around it to run a defined action, such as a search or a database lookup, and send back the result.
- [Prompt injection](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prompt-injection): A security weakness in AI products.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/openclaw