Create Your First Hosted Agent
A starter guide for creating a hosted OpenClaw agent in Open Vassal and getting it ready for real work.
Last updated April 9, 2026
Start with the job
Before you create an agent, decide what work it should own. The clearer the job is, the easier it is to configure the instructions, workflows, and access it needs.
Examples include research support, follow-up drafting, customer support triage, recruiting coordination, or recurring operational tasks.
Create the runtime
When you create an agent, you choose the hosted runtime plan and any workspace storage you need. That defines the cloud environment the agent will run inside.
The point is to start with enough capacity for the work without overcomplicating the setup.
Configure the agent
Once the runtime exists, configure how the agent should behave, what priorities it should follow, and what files or tools it should use.
This is where Open Vassal becomes more than hosting. It gives you the operational surface to shape an agent into something specific and repeatable.