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Seb Slight c18452598a docs: restructure Get Started tab and improve onboarding flow (#9950)
* docs: restructure Get Started tab and improve onboarding flow

- Flatten nested Onboarding group into linear First Steps flow
- Add 'What is OpenClaw?' narrative section to landing page
- Split wizard.md into streamlined overview + full reference (reference/wizard.md)
- Move Pairing to Channels > Configuration
- Move Bootstrapping to Agents > Fundamentals
- Move macOS app onboarding to Platforms > macOS companion app
- Move Lore to Help > Community
- Remove duplicate install instructions from openclaw.md
- Mirror navigation changes in zh-CN tabs
- No content deleted — all detail preserved or relocated

* docs: move deployment pages to install/, fix Platforms tab routing, clarify onboarding paths

- Move deployment guides (fly, hetzner, gcp, macos-vm, exe-dev, railway, render,
  northflank) from platforms/ and root to install/
- Add 'Hosting and deployment' group to Install tab
- Slim Gateway & Ops 'Remote access and deployment' down to 'Remote access'
- Swap Platforms tab before Gateway & Ops to fix path-prefix routing
- Move macOS app onboarding into First steps (parallel to CLI wizard)
- Rename sidebar titles to 'Onboarding: CLI' / 'Onboarding: macOS App'
- Add redirects for all moved paths
- Update all internal links (en + zh-CN)
- Fix img tag syntax in onboarding.md
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---
summary: "First-run onboarding flow for OpenClaw (macOS app)"
read_when:
- Designing the macOS onboarding assistant
- Implementing auth or identity setup
title: "Onboarding (macOS App)"
sidebarTitle: "Onboarding: macOS App"
---
# Onboarding (macOS App)
This doc describes the **current** firstrun onboarding flow. The goal is a
smooth “day 0” experience: pick where the Gateway runs, connect auth, run the
wizard, and let the agent bootstrap itself.
<Steps>
<Step title="Approve macOS warning">
<Frame>
<img src="/assets/macos-onboarding/01-macos-warning.jpeg" alt="" />
</Frame>
</Step>
<Step title="Approve find local networks">
<Frame>
<img src="/assets/macos-onboarding/02-local-networks.jpeg" alt="" />
</Frame>
</Step>
<Step title="Welcome and security notice">
<Frame caption="Read the security notice displayed and decide accordingly">
<img src="/assets/macos-onboarding/03-security-notice.png" alt="" />
</Frame>
</Step>
<Step title="Local vs Remote">
<Frame>
<img src="/assets/macos-onboarding/04-choose-gateway.png" alt="" />
</Frame>
Where does the **Gateway** run?
- **This Mac (Local only):** onboarding can run OAuth flows and write credentials
locally.
- **Remote (over SSH/Tailnet):** onboarding does **not** run OAuth locally;
credentials must exist on the gateway host.
- **Configure later:** skip setup and leave the app unconfigured.
<Tip>
**Gateway auth tip:**
- The wizard now generates a **token** even for loopback, so local WS clients must authenticate.
- If you disable auth, any local process can connect; use that only on fully trusted machines.
- Use a **token** for multimachine access or nonloopback binds.
</Tip>
</Step>
<Step title="Permissions">
<Frame caption="Choose what permissions do you want to give OpenClaw">
<img src="/assets/macos-onboarding/05-permissions.png" alt="" />
</Frame>
Onboarding requests TCC permissions needed for:
- Automation (AppleScript)
- Notifications
- Accessibility
- Screen Recording
- Microphone
- Speech Recognition
- Camera
- Location
</Step>
<Step title="CLI">
<Info>This step is optional</Info>
The app can install the global `openclaw` CLI via npm/pnpm so terminal
workflows and launchd tasks work out of the box.
</Step>
<Step title="Onboarding Chat (dedicated session)">
After setup, the app opens a dedicated onboarding chat session so the agent can
introduce itself and guide next steps. This keeps firstrun guidance separate
from your normal conversation. See [Bootstrapping](/start/bootstrapping) for
what happens on the gateway host during the first agent run.
</Step>
</Steps>