Deploy OpenClaw on Mac Mini: Your Always-On AI Agent (2026)

# Install Homebrew (if not already installed)
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Install Node.js
brew install node

# Verify installation
node --version  # Should be v18 or later
npm --version

# Install OpenClaw globally
npm install -g openclaw

# Verify OpenClaw is installed
openclaw --version

# Set your LLM API key
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-your-key-here"
# or for OpenAI:
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-your-key-here"

# Create a directory for your agents
mkdir -p ~/openclaw-server/agents
cd ~/openclaw-server

# Initialize OpenClaw
openclaw init

# BI Analyst

## Identity
- Name: Atlas
- Role: Business Intelligence Analyst
- Model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

## Personality
- Data-driven and precise
- Explains metrics in plain language
- Proactively flags anomalies and trends
- Responds with tables and charts when appropriate

## Rules
- Always include the date range in your analysis
- Compare current metrics against the previous period
- Flag any metric that changed more than 20% as notable
- When asked about revenue, include both gross and net figures
- Never share raw API keys or credentials in responses

## Skills
- browser: Search the web for industry benchmarks
- file-manager: Read and write CSV reports

## Channels
- telegram: Receive questions and send reports via Telegram

## Data Context
You have access to the following data sources through scripts:
- GA4 analytics (traffic, sessions, conversions)
- Mixpanel events (funnel, retention, feature usage)
- Stripe financials (MRR, churn, LTV)

When asked for a report, run the appropriate script and
summarize the results with key insights.

# Register the agent
openclaw agents add bi-analyst --workspace ./agents/bi-analyst

# Start the gateway
openclaw gateway start

# Test with a direct message
openclaw agent --agent bi-analyst --message "What is our MRR trend?"

const { BetaAnalyticsDataClient } = require(
  "@google-analytics/data"
);

const client = new BetaAnalyticsDataClient({
  keyFilename: "./credentials/ga4-service-account.json",
});

async function getTraffic(propertyId, days = 7) {
  const [response] = await client.runReport({
    property: `properties/${propertyId}`,
    dateRanges: [{ startDate: `${days}daysAgo`, endDate: "today" }],
    metrics: [
      { name: "sessions" },
      { name: "totalUsers" },
      { name: "conversions" },
    ],
    dimensions: [{ name: "date" }],
  });
  return response.rows;
}

module.exports = { getTraffic };

const fetch = require("node-fetch");

async function getFunnelData(projectSecret, fromDate, toDate) {
  const auth = Buffer.from(`${projectSecret}:`).toString("base64");
  const response = await fetch(
    `https://data.mixpanel.com/api/2.0/export?` +
    `from_date=${fromDate}&to_date=${toDate}`,
    { headers: { Authorization: `Basic ${auth}` } }
  );
  return response.json();
}

module.exports = { getFunnelData };

const Stripe = require("stripe");
const stripe = new Stripe(process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY);

async function getMRR() {
  const subscriptions = await stripe.subscriptions.list({
    status: "active",
    limit: 100,
  });

  const mrr = subscriptions.data.reduce((sum, sub) => {
    return sum + sub.items.data[0].price.unit_amount / 100;
  }, 0);

  return { mrr, activeCount: subscriptions.data.length };
}

module.exports = { getMRR };

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
  "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>ai.openclaw.gateway</string>

  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/node</string>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/openclaw</string>
    <string>gateway</string>
    <string>start</string>
  </array>

  <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
  <string>/Users/yourusername/openclaw-server</string>

  <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
  <dict>
    <key>ANTHROPIC_API_KEY</key>
    <string>sk-ant-your-key-here</string>
    <key>PATH</key>
    <string>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin</string>
  </dict>

  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>

  <key>KeepAlive</key>
  <true/>

  <key>StandardOutPath</key>
  <string>/tmp/openclaw-gateway.log</string>

  <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
  <string>/tmp/openclaw-gateway-error.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>

# Load the service (starts immediately)
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.gateway.plist

# Check if it is running
launchctl list | grep openclaw

# View logs
tail -f /tmp/openclaw-gateway.log

# Stop the service
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.gateway.plist

# Restart (unload then load)
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.gateway.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.gateway.plist

# From your laptop
ssh yourusername@mac-mini.local

# Send a message to your agent
openclaw agent --agent bi-analyst --message "Send me today's revenue report"

# Check gateway status
launchctl list | grep openclaw

# Install Tailscale on Mac Mini
brew install tailscale
tailscale up

# Now from any device on your Tailscale network:
ssh yourusername@mac-mini  # Uses Tailscale hostname

# Access the OpenClaw gateway dashboard
# Open in browser: http://mac-mini:18789