by czl9707
A step-by-step guide to build your own AI agent.
# Add to your Claude Code skills
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build-your-own-openclaw is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by czl9707. A step-by-step guide to build your own AI agent. It has 1,879 GitHub stars.
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Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/czl9707/build-your-own-openclaw" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).
build-your-own-openclaw is primarily written in Python. It is open-source under czl9707 on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.
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A step-by-step tutorial to build your own AI agent, from a simple chat loop to a lightweight version of OpenClaw.
18 progressive steps that teach you how to build an minimal version of OpenClaw. Each step includes:
README.md going through key components and design decision.Example Project: pickle-bot - our reference implementation
Build a fully-functional agent that can chat, use tools, learn skills, remember conversations, and access the internet.
SKILL.mdRefactor to event-driven architecture for scalability and multi-platform support.
Add scheduled tasks, agent collaboration, and intelligent routing.
Features for reliability and long-term memory.
Before running any step, you need to configure your API keys:
Copy the example config:
cp default_workspace/config.example.yaml default_workspace/config.user.yaml
Edit config.user.yaml with your API keys:
Just follow each steps, read and try it out.
Each step is implemented in a separate session. Feel free to suggest improvements!