Building OpenClaw: From Zero to One

I walked through the choices needed to get an OpenClaw assistant running, then demonstrated cloud deployment and Telegram pairing.

SQ Collective · Singapore · 27 February 2026

Speaker discussing security beside presentation screens with an audience in the foreground
Building OpenClaw: From Zero to One presentation, Singapore, 27 February 2026.

From Setup to Conversation

At the first OpenClaw Singapore meetup, I introduced hosting, model selection, security, and skills. I also explained cron versus heartbeat for work that should happen beyond a single chat request.

I followed the introduction with an Alibaba cloud deployment and a Telegram bot pairing walkthrough. This gave the setup choices a concrete destination: an assistant that could receive a message through chat.

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