Run OpenClaw in Agentastic
OpenClaw's self-contained local TUI, launched without a separate gateway and seeded through its message flag.
What Agentastic adds
Give every task its own worktree, branch, or container.
Keep OpenClaw's real CLI and your existing configuration.
Inspect the diff, run code review, test, and open a pull request.
Launch OpenClaw
- Install the official CLI and sign in with your existing provider account.
- Open a repository in Agentastic. The connection is discovered from your PATH.
- Open Agent Home, choose OpenClaw, describe the task, and select worktree, local, container, cloud, or remote mode.
Every run gets its own git worktree, so three tasks can share a repository without sharing a branch or a build directory.
What OpenClaw supports
- Launch from a task description: supported
Type the task in Agent Home and Agentastic hands it to openclaw tui --local at launch, so the run starts from your prompt instead of an empty session.
- Unattended runs: not supported
OpenClaw confirms its actions as it goes, so plan on watching the run rather than scheduling it.
- Plan before editing: not supported
Agentastic keeps plan mode out of the picker for OpenClaw rather than emulating it, so runs begin with edits.
- Resume a session: not supported
Every launch of OpenClaw is a fresh session; carry context forward in the repository rather than in the agent.
- Structured chat: not supported
OpenClaw runs in its own terminal UI inside Agentastic; it does not expose a protocol Agentastic can render as a structured chat.
- Code review: not supported
OpenClaw writes the change; pair it with a review-capable agent for the pass before merge.
Agentastic reads these from OpenClaw's own CLI rather than emulating them, and modes it does not support stay out of the picker. The provider reference lists the exact flags for each launch, and how to compare coding agents covers what changes when you switch harnesses.
OpenClaw questions
Is there a GUI for OpenClaw?
Yes. Agentastic runs the real OpenClaw CLI (openclaw tui --local) in a native Mac workspace with a git worktree, terminal, diff view, and code review for each task.
How do I run multiple OpenClaw sessions in parallel?
Start each task from Agent Home in worktree mode. Agentastic gives every run its own git worktree and terminal, so several OpenClaw sessions can work in one repository without editing the same files.
How do I install OpenClaw?
Run curl -fsSL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://openclaw.ai/install-cli.sh | bash -s -- --prefix "$HOME/.local" --no-onboard, then sign in the way OpenClaw's documentation describes. Agentastic finds the openclaw tui --local command on your PATH when you open a repository.
Does Agentastic charge for OpenClaw?
No. Agentastic is free and does not proxy model calls. It launches OpenClaw with the credentials and plan you already use, so any usage is billed by your provider, not by Agentastic.