Speech
Politiclaw: Building a Local-First Political Co-Pilot With Openclaw
May 2, 2026
About the talk
OpenClaw is an open-source agent framework. It moves the AI paradigm from "chatbot" to something that runs in the background, remembers what you've told it, and acts on a schedule. It also has a plugin ecosystem, allowing you to expand base functionality or build your own tools.
I'll start with a quick tour of OpenClaw for folks who haven't seen it: gateway, tools, skills, cron, memory. Then the plugin SDK: What definePluginEntry actually does; How to register tools the agent can call; How to ship skills as Markdown files a user can override without touching your code.
Then PolitiClaw: an OpenClaw plugin I've been working on. It watches federal legislation, scores reps against stances a user has declared, and drafts outreach letters that can be pasted into an email client.
No OpenClaw experience needed. A little TypeScript helps but isn't required.
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