OpenClaw MCP API Connection Guide

🚧 WIP -- This skill is under active development. Details may change as the OpenClaw API stabilizes.

Overview

OpenClaw exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server through its gateway, allowing Claude Code and other MCP clients to interact with IoT devices, read sensor data, and manage channels programmatically.

Prerequisites

• OpenClaw installed and running (openclaw --version)
• Gateway daemon active (systemctl --user status openclaw-gateway)
• Gateway healthy (curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:18789/healthz)
• Tailscale configured (for remote access)

Quick Start

1. Verify the Gateway Is Running