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ClawDock

ClawDock is a small shell-helper layer for Docker-based OpenClaw installs. It gives you short commands like clawdock-start, clawdock-dashboard, and clawdock-fix-token instead of longer docker compose ... invocations. If you have not set up Docker yet, start with Docker.

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Install

Use the canonical helper path: 
mkdir -p ~/.clawdock && curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh -o ~/.clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
echo 'source ~/.clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
If you previously installed ClawDock from scripts/shell-helpers/clawdock-helpers.sh, reinstall from the new scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh path. The old raw GitHub path was removed.

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What you get

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Basic operations

CommandDescription
clawdock-startStart the gateway
clawdock-stopStop the gateway
clawdock-restartRestart the gateway
clawdock-statusCheck container status
clawdock-logsFollow gateway logs

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Container access

CommandDescription
clawdock-shellOpen a shell inside the gateway container
clawdock-cli <command>Run OpenClaw CLI commands in Docker
clawdock-exec <command>Execute an arbitrary command in the container

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Web UI and pairing

CommandDescription
clawdock-dashboardOpen the Control UI URL
clawdock-devicesList pending device pairings
clawdock-approve <id>Approve a pairing request

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Setup and maintenance

CommandDescription
clawdock-fix-tokenConfigure the gateway token inside the container
clawdock-updatePull, rebuild, and restart
clawdock-rebuildRebuild the Docker image only
clawdock-cleanRemove containers and volumes

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Utilities

CommandDescription
clawdock-healthRun a gateway health check
clawdock-tokenPrint the gateway token
clawdock-cdJump to the OpenClaw project directory
clawdock-configOpen ~/.openclaw
clawdock-show-configPrint config files with redacted values
clawdock-workspaceOpen the workspace directory

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First-time flow

clawdock-start
clawdock-fix-token
clawdock-dashboard
If the browser says pairing is required: 
clawdock-devices
clawdock-approve <request-id>

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Config and secrets

ClawDock works with the same Docker config split described in Docker:
  • <project>/.env for Docker-specific values like image name, ports, and the gateway token
  • ~/.openclaw/.env for provider keys and bot tokens
  • ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json for behavior config
Use clawdock-show-config when you want to inspect those files quickly. It redacts .env values in its printed output.