OpenClaw just went mainstream. Here's your unfair head start.

Before the lobster craze turned into a security nightmare — I wrote the guide. Here's how to start without the mistakes everyone else is making.

If you found your way here from my Perplexity Computer vs. OpenClaw piece, welcome — you’re not alone. That post has been getting more search traffic this week than anything I’ve published, which tells me a lot of you are seriously weighing whether OpenClaw is worth your time and money.

Here’s the thing: I wrote the setup guide

• Before The NYT covered it.

• Before Jensen Huang called it “the new computer” at Nvidia GTC.

• Before China started holding lobster-themed installation parties.

The fundamentals haven’t changed.

→ Mastering OpenClaw: The Day-0 Playbook

It’ll walk you through everything you need to go from zero to a running OpenClaw instance — without the gotchas that are tripping people up right now.

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One thing I’ll flag: the security landscape has shifted since I wrote it. Prompt injection attacks are real and documented — agents have been tricked into leaking credentials and deleting files. I’m working on an updated section covering this. For now, the rule of thumb is simple: don’t give your agent access to anything you’d be devastated to lose or leak.

More on that soon.

— Nicholas