Setting Up Your OpenClaw 101 🦞 — Community Knowledge Share

​Heard all about OpenClaw and the craze but don't know how to get your bot setup? Come learn from people who did. Learn what actually works in 2 hours!

​This Friday at downtown FUNK, we’re getting together to swap notes, show off setups, and learn from those who have already spent hours troubleshooting. It’s not a class, it’s a collective deep dive into what people have tried, what works, what did not to make AI agents work for us and not the other way around.

​What the community is bringing to the table:

​✅ Local vs Cloud: See the pros and cons of running your setup on a MacMini at home versus a VPS in the cloud or both?

✅ Messaging Choices: Community members will demo Telegram, WhatsApp, and Slack etc. so you can choose the interface that fits your needs.

✅ Cost Control: Tips on how to not burn money by choosing the right AI models for the right tasks.

✅ Privacy and Safety: Simple steps to make sure your bot does not get hijacked or accidentally send your private keys and data internet wide.

✅ Step by Step Troubleshooting: Builders will share the common mistakes they made during their first setup so you can avoid them.

​Whether you're halfway through a build or just curious about where to start, come hang out and grab tips from people who are getting their hands dirty on this and so should you! You can't learn to "ride a bike" just watching Youtube videos! JUST DO IT!

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📅 When: Friday, Mar 20 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Where: FUNK Coffee & Bar
🎟️ RSVP: https://luma.com/5vgx4kjq


Agenda:
• 4:00 PM | 1-Min Intros: Rapid-fire around the room. Who you are and why you want to build with AI?

• 4:20 PM | Live Demos: 5 minutes per builder. Show how you set up your OpenClaw - what surprised you, what broke.

​• 5:30 PM | Open Q&A: Ask anything. Troubleshooting.

​​🚀 Who This Is For:

• ​​Solo Entrepreneurs: Leveraging AI to do the work of a 5-person team.

• ​​Tinkerers: Obsessed with OpenClaw, local LLMs, and automation.

• ​​Doers: You value a functional prototype over a polished slide deck.
  

​*** Bring your laptop 💻 and let's figure things out together!

👥 Bring a friend! Building with AI? Bring one non-builder friend. The best learning happens when fresh eyes ask the questions everyone else is afraid to ask.
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​*** Note: If you could not get in this time, sign up for next Fri! We're on every Fri 4-6pm @FUNK!

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