The definitive step-by-step walkthrough: from the XO dashboard to a running OpenClaw project in eight steps, with screenshots, a video walkthrough, and a starter repository.
Create a project from the starter kit, open the chat interface, connect your IDE of choice, and run the installer. Troubleshooting for permissions, gateway ports, CLI paths, and the Coder extension is included. Everything starts at the XO dashboard.
Eight steps
Dashboard to running agent, with actual screenshots for every step.
Starter kit
Fork the openclaw-starterkit repo and skip the boilerplate.
Any IDE
VS Code, Cursor, or IntelliJ. The workspace connects to all of them.