Let AI take
real actions.
With control, review, and proof.
Every decision is evaluated through five governance gates, optionally approved by humans, and cryptographically recorded in a Merkle transparency tree. No infrastructure to operate — governance handled by the protocol.
OpenClaw Starter is not a chatbot. It is a governed execution system for AI agents.
01 — What You Can Do
Real scenarios.
Real governance.
Agent evaluates deployment risk. Low risk deploys automatically. High risk requires human approval. Dangerous changes are blocked.
Agent proposes key rotation. Governance requires approval. Execution is logged with cryptographic proof. Full audit trail.
Scheduled agent scans systems on a cadence. Only alerts when governance detects risk. Every scan decision is provable and replayable.
02 — The Agent Loop
Every action.
Governed end-to-end.
Action passes all gates. Executes automatically. Proof recorded.
Action requires human approval. Agent suspends. Resumes on approve or terminates on deny.
Action blocked by governance. Never executes. Refusal recorded with proof chain.
03 — Five-Gate Governance
Five gates.
Every action.
All tiers use identical five-gate governance. The same cryptographic proof chain. The same transparency log.
04 — Why This Matters
AI can act.
But should it?
AI agents act unpredictably. No audit trail. No review step. No proof that a decision was safe when it was made.
Every AI action is controlled, reviewable, and provable. You decide what runs automatically, what needs approval, and what is blocked.
Chatbots generate text. OpenClaw governs real execution with proof chains.
Frameworks let agents act. OpenClaw ensures every action is evaluated before it runs.
Guardrails filter output. OpenClaw governs the execution itself with cryptographic accountability.
05 — Three-Tier LLM Routing
Choose your model.
Keep your governance.
Workers AI
Llama 3.1 8B inference at the edge, included free. No API keys needed. Every response governed through the five-gate pipeline.
AI Gateway
Bring your own API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google. Routed through Cloudflare AI Gateway with sovereign headers for governance inspection.
Managed
ObligationSign-provisioned keys with premium model access. Full SLA, dedicated support, unlimited governance events.
06 — Sovereign Headers
Every API call
carries its proof.
When OpenClaw Starter routes through the AI Gateway, every outbound request includes sovereign headers — the governance commitment hash, agent ID, and governance mode. This means the AI provider receives cryptographic context proving the request was governed before it was sent.
The same headers are used for BYOK and Managed tiers. The governance record is anchored before the LLM call is made.
07 — Edge Architecture
100% edge.
Zero servers.
08 — Quick Start
Three steps.
Governed AI.
Create an Agent
{ "name": "my-agent" }
Connect via WebSocket
Upgrade: websocket
Verify Governance
→ { leaf_hash, verdict }
09 — Get Started
Make AI safe to act in the real world.
Every action controlled. Every decision reviewable. Every outcome provable.