5-Minute AIGoCode Setup: Run Your First OpenClaw AI Employee

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OpenClaw is an open-source AI assistant framework supporting Claude, Codex, and other models. Connect it to Telegram, Discord, or Feishu and you have an AI employee that can write code, search the web, manage Notion, and handle daily tasks — all from one interface.

This guide shows how to get started with AIGoCode's relay service to run OpenClaw in about 5 minutes.

Key Steps

1. Get an API Key at aigocode.com — supports Claude Opus, Codex, and more. No VPN required from China.

2. Install OpenClaw (Node.js 22+ required):

   npm install -g openclaw@latest
   openclaw onboard --install-daemon
   

3. Configure AIGoCode as a custom provider in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json — use anthropic-messages API type for Claude, openai-responses for Codex. Both use the same API Key.

4. Connect Telegram — create a bot via @BotFather, add the token to config, start the gateway, and send /pair.

5. Switch models on the fly with /model codex5.3 or /model aigo4.6 — no restart needed.

See the full Chinese guide for detailed config JSON examples and provider setup notes.