OpenClaw FAQ

OpenClaw issues a certificate of completion for the Mastery Course. It is not an accredited industry certification — there is no university or government body behind it. It functions like a Coursera, Udemy, or HubSpot Academy certificate: practical evidence of completed coursework, useful for LinkedIn, resumes, and portfolios. For a full breakdown vs. NVIDIA, AWS, IBM, and Microsoft AI certs, see Is the OpenClaw Certification Worth It?.

Three tiers. Essentials is $49.99 (50-page ebook, certificate on request, 3 skills of your choice). Professional is $99.99 (everything in Essentials plus the 10 highest-value skills). Mastery is $199.99 (everything plus all 32 marketplace skills). Lifetime updates included with every tier.

Most learners finish in 6–10 hours over one or two weekends. The masterclass is 50 pages across six chapters: Foundations & Architecture, Install & Configure, Permissions & Sandboxing, Skills & Automation, Security & Incident Response, and the Skill Catalog & Labs. Self-paced — no deadline.

There is a self-assessment at the end of Chapter 13, but no proctored exam, no time limit, and no retake fee. The certificate confirms you have completed the masterclass content and self-assessed your understanding. Email [email protected] from your purchase email to request issuance.

No. The OpenClaw Mastery Course is only available directly at open-claw.sh/course. This lets us ship updates instantly when new Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini features land — Coursera and Udemy courses typically lag by 6–12 months. Lifetime updates are included.

Yes. The PDF certificate includes your name, the issue date, the curriculum version, and a verification URL. Add it to your LinkedIn Licenses & Certifications section with OpenClaw listed as the issuing organization.

Yes. If you start with Essentials and want Professional or Mastery, contact us and we will apply your original purchase as credit toward the upgrade — no double billing.

A skill is a pre-built, deployable AI specialist — a SKILL.md file plus optional templates, scripts, and references that turn Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini into a domain expert with persistent memory. Examples: Sales Call Closer, Deep Research Agent, Legal Contract Reviewer, Code Reviewer. See what an AI skill marketplace is for the full primer.

32 production-grade skills as of June 2026, organized into AI Personas, Marketing, Operations, and Developer Tools. The Mastery tier of the course includes all 32. Individual skills start at $7.99. Browse the full list at open-claw.sh/marketplace.

No. OpenClaw skills use the SKILL.md open standard — read by 32 agent tools (Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cursor, JetBrains Junie, AWS Kiro, Block Goose, more) as of March 2026. GPTs are ChatGPT-only with an ~8K char instruction cap. Skills have no practical instruction limit and run on Telegram/Discord/WhatsApp natively. Full comparison: Claude Skills vs ChatGPT GPTs vs Gemini Gems.

A prompt is a one-shot instruction the AI forgets after the conversation ends. A skill persists across sessions, maintains a defined persona and methodology, and remembers your context (your product, your tone, your past decisions). Skills run on infrastructure (OpenClaw) that handles channel integration, memory, and always-on availability. Detailed breakdown: AI Prompts vs AI Skills vs AI Workflows.

Yes — OpenClaw pays 80% revenue share to skill builders, the most generous in the 2026 marketplace landscape. Contact [email protected] to apply with your skill spec; we security-review every submission before listing.

Under 2 minutes. Buy a skill on the marketplace, pick Telegram as your channel, click the generated chat link, and send your first message. No BotFather token to manage, no server to provision, no code to write. Full walkthrough: How to Build a Telegram AI Agent in 2026.

Yes. OpenClaw deploys business-trained AI skills to WhatsApp through the Business API. Important context: in October 2025, Meta banned general-purpose AI assistants (ChatGPT, Perplexity) from WhatsApp Business — but custom, business-trained agents like OpenClaw skills remain permitted. See best AI skills for WhatsApp.

Yes. Skills deploy to Discord as bots with full message, slash command, and thread support. Great for team workflows (Code Reviewer, Standup Summarizer, Project Risk Manager). See best AI skills for Discord.

Telegram for solo founders, indie hackers, and crypto/growth audiences (most capable bot API, 2GB files, unlimited message length). Discord for engineering teams and communities (server-based workflows, code blocks, threads). WhatsApp for customer-facing business agents where your audience already messages you there.

Yes. Each skill appears as a separate bot contact in your messenger of choice. Many users organize them into a single "AI Team" folder. There is no cap on how many skills you can run concurrently.

Yes. Every skill maintains persistent memory across sessions. Your Sales Call Closer remembers your product, your deal stages, and which objections you have seen before. This persistence is the core difference between a skill and a chatbot prompt.

You pick: Claude (Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, or Haiku 4.5), ChatGPT, or Gemini. Claude Opus 4.7 — released April 16, 2026 — is the strongest choice for multi-step agent workflows (87.6% SWE-bench, 14% better on long workflows, first model to recover from tool failures mid-conversation).

Yes — Claude is one of the three supported models alongside ChatGPT and Gemini. You pick the model per skill or set a default. OpenClaw uses the Claude Agent SDK (renamed from Claude Code SDK in 2026) under the hood for headless agent execution.

No — they are complementary. Claude Code Channels is Anthropic's official plugin that routes Claude Code (the developer CLI) to Telegram, Discord, and iMessage. Best for devs who want their coding assistant in DMs. OpenClaw is a marketplace + deployment platform for pre-built business skills (sales, research, ops) with persistent memory, multi-model support, and one-click deployment for non-developers.

Yes. OpenClaw skills can call MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to access live data — your Stripe account, your CRM, your database, your Notion workspace. The skill defines how to do the task; the MCP server exposes what is true in your systems.

The OpenClaw platform is open source — free to install and self-host. The Mastery Course and the AI skill marketplace are commercial products that fund development. Most users skip the self-host path and use the hosted version because deployment is included.

OpenClaw does not have subscriptions. The Mastery Course and individual skills are one-time digital purchases with lifetime access — there is nothing to cancel. If you are seeing a recurring charge, contact [email protected] immediately and we will investigate.

Course purchases are generally final because the ebook is delivered instantly and skill claims are recorded immediately. We do issue refunds for legitimate issues — technical failures preventing access, duplicate charges, or billing errors. Full policy and how to request: open-claw.sh/refund.

Stripe Checkout — major credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and SEPA. Receipts are issued automatically. Email [email protected] if you need an invoice with VAT/business details.

Generally no — the ebook is delivered instantly and is non-returnable once accessed. We do refund for technical failures or billing errors. If you are unsure whether the course is right for you, browse the free preview content on the course page before purchasing.