Descriptions:
David Ondrej demonstrates how to set up OpenClaw on a VPS to orchestrate a team of Claude Code agents that run 24/7 and accept instructions via Telegram voice notes — no local Mac Mini hardware required. The video makes the case that a virtual private server is faster to provision, easier to scale, and accessible from anywhere in the world compared to local AI hardware setups.
The tutorial walks through the full stack from scratch: spinning up an Ubuntu VPS, running OpenClaw’s one-line installer, installing Claude Code and adding it to the system path, retrieving an Anthropic API key, and configuring OpenClaw as a developer orchestrator using Claude Opus 4.6. Ondrej shows how to connect Telegram as the primary interface, set reasoning to maximum via the /think high command, and direct OpenClaw to spin up and manage Claude Code sub-agents for software development tasks. He also covers when to execute setup steps manually versus delegating to the agent itself — noting that OpenClaw can run terminal commands but can also inadvertently break its own environment.
Key practical details include using /slash new for fresh sessions, verifying the correct model version (Opus 4.6 via OpenRouter), and structuring initial prompts to establish the orchestrator’s role and responsibilities. The video includes a Hostinger sponsorship that covers the VPS provisioning portion of the setup.
📺 Source: David Ondrej · Published March 11, 2026
🏷️ Format: Tutorial Demo
