# Clawlege — Complete Course Documentation

> Free, open source interactive course teaching anyone to build AI agents with OpenClaw.

## About

Clawlege is a completely free educational platform that teaches kids, teens, and adults how to build personal AI agents using the OpenClaw framework. The course is 100% open source (MIT license), requires no signup, and the first three modules need zero coding experience.

The name "Clawlege" combines "Claw" (from OpenClaw) with "knowledge" — learn the claw.

## Who This Is For

### Kids & Teens (Ages 10+)
Build a homework helper that explains things your way, a sports tracker for your teams, or a weather buddy that tells you what to wear. No coding needed — you teach your agent by writing to it in plain English.

### Curious Adults
Understand AI by building it yourself. Not theory, not hype — hands-on creation. Module 1 takes 30 minutes. By Module 3, your agent has a personality, knows your preferences, and follows your rules.

### Developers
Skip to Module 5. Build custom skills, integrate hardware, deploy production agents. Contribute to the OpenClaw ecosystem.

## Course Modules

### Module 1: Meet Your Agent
- What an AI agent actually is (not magic, not a chatbot)
- Your first SOUL.md — giving your agent a personality
- The three core files: SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, USER.md
- Running your agent for the first time
- Duration: ~30 minutes

### Module 2: Teaching Your Agent
- Writing AGENTS.md — your agent's operating manual
- Setting up USER.md — teaching your agent about you
- Memory and preferences
- Conversation style and boundaries
- Duration: ~45 minutes

### Module 3: Securing Your Agent
- API key protection and environment variables
- Prompt injection: what it is and how to defend against it
- Permission boundaries — what your agent can and cannot do
- Data privacy and what your agent should never share
- Real-world security failure case studies
- Security checklist for production agents
- Duration: ~1 hour

### Module 4: Making It Yours
- Advanced personality customization
- Voice and tone refinement
- Multi-context behavior (different personas for different situations)
- Duration: ~45 minutes

### Module 5: Real-World Skills
- Connecting to web search, email, calendar
- Working with APIs and external services
- Building skill files (SKILL.md)
- Duration: ~1.5 hours

### Module 6: Build Something Unique
- Designing custom skills from scratch
- Problem-solving with agents
- The Anthropic skill-building framework
- Duration: ~1.5 hours

### Module 7: Hardware & Senses
- Voice assistants (ESP32, Echo, Jetson)
- Camera integration
- Wearable devices and IoT
- Giving your agent ears, eyes, and voice
- Duration: ~1 hour

### Module 8: Ship It
- Packaging your agent for distribution
- Sharing on GitHub
- Community contribution
- Duration: ~45 minutes

### Module 9: Demo Day
- Presenting your agent
- Building a portfolio
- Contributing to open source
- Duration: ~30 minutes

## Starter Templates

### Personal Assistant (Atlas)
A daily briefing, reminder, and calendar management agent. Organized, reliable, proactive. Checks your schedule, summarizes important emails, and keeps you on track.

### Homework Helper (Sage)
A patient tutor that guides students to answers instead of giving them directly. Uses the Socratic method, celebrates effort over results, and adapts to the student's pace.

### Sports Tracker
Live scores, standings, and player stats for your favorite teams. Knows game schedules, tracks stats, and gives you the highlights.

### Weather Buddy
Forecasts with outfit suggestions and activity recommendations. Checks weather proactively and suggests what to wear or whether to bring an umbrella.

### Recipe Finder (Basil)
Meal planning, grocery lists, and "what can I make with what I have?" Knows dietary restrictions, suggests recipes based on available ingredients, and helps plan weekly meals.

## Technology

- Built on OpenClaw (https://openclaw.ai) — open source AI agent framework
- Agents are configured through plain text files (Markdown)
- No proprietary tools or vendor lock-in
- Works with any LLM provider (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, xAI Grok, Google Gemini)
- Runs locally on your machine — your data stays yours

## Links

- Website: https://clawlege.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/Clawlege/clawlege
- OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai
- OpenClaw Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
- OpenClaw Discord: https://discord.com/invite/clawd
- License: MIT