Agent (OpenClaw Gateway) — Dev Environment

The agent gateway doesn't need template config files — it's configured via environment variables at startup and the shared ~/.openclaw-dev/openclaw.json.

Starting the Gateway

OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT=<port> \
OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=<token> \
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<key> \
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8765 \
OPENCLAW_SKIP_CHANNELS=1 \
npm run gateway:dev

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT`	✅	Must match the API's `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT`
`OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN`	✅	Must match the API's `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN`
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	✅	Direct API key, or use with `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` for proxy
`ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`	❌	Set to `http://127.0.0.1:8765` if using the main gateway's proxy
`OPENCLAW_SKIP_CHANNELS=1`	❌	Skip Slack/Telegram/etc. in dev (recommended)
`PAZI_API_URL`	❌	Points to the Pazi API (default: uses env or config)

Gateway Config

The gateway reads ~/.openclaw-dev/openclaw.json in dev mode. The Pazi repo's dev-env/setup.sh handles updating this file. Two settings matter:

gateway.controlUi.allowedOrigins — must include https://<hostname>:<ssl-port>
gateway.controlUi.dangerouslyDisableDeviceAuth — must be true for non-localhost

Helper Script

Use start-gateway.sh for convenience:

./dev-env/start-gateway.sh --port 13050 --token <token>