AI assistants answer questions. OpenClaw does things. It reads your email, manages your calendar, writes and deploys code, controls your browser, monitors your servers, and coordinates entire fleets of specialised sub-agents — all from a message on Telegram or WhatsApp, while you sleep. Claw in Control is the definitive hands-on guide to OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent that became the most-starred GitHub repository in history within three months of launch. This book takes you from zero to a fully hardened, deeply integrated, autonomously running agent — in plain English, with real commands and real workflows. You will learn how to: Install OpenClaw and connect it to your messaging app in under 15 minutes Configure Gmail, Calendar, GitHub, Slack, Notion, and 40+ other integrations Build custom skills that automate your most repetitive workflows Set up Claude Code as a coding sub-agent that opens PRs while you sleep Deploy and govern OpenClaw in enterprise environments with full audit trails Understand every CVE disclosed in the first 90 days — and close every one of them Design multi-agent fleets where specialist agents coordinate under a single orchestrator Navigate the regulatory landscape: EU AI Act, GDPR enforcement, and what comes next Who this book is for: Developers, power users, IT leads, and security engineers who want to run a personal AI agent that actually works — safely, deliberately, and at the edge of what AI can do today. The technology is moving fast. This book was written in the thick of it. Claw in Control draws on live CVE disclosures, community showcase builds, enterprise security research from Cisco, Kaspersky, Giskard, and Oasis Security, and the moment OpenClaw's creator joined OpenAI. It is the most current, most complete resource available on the platform that defined the agentic AI era.