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The basics · 3 min read

Choose your first OpenClaw job and start well

Choose a useful first OpenClaw workflow, understand signup and redemption, set review boundaries, and evaluate the trial using work you can inspect.

The best first job is usually the one you keep pushing to tonight: unanswered quotes, a messy inbox, booking confirmations, or a report you assemble by hand. Pick a task whose result you already know how to judge.

You do not need to administer a server to use the managed service. You do need to explain your business, decide what the worker may do, and review the first results. Those are the steps that turn an available tool into a useful routine.

Match the worker to the work you actually have

For trades, begin with missed inquiries or quote follow-ups. For professional services, try inbox triage and appointment preparation. A shop might start with opening-hours questions and review drafts; a property business might organize viewing inquiries and follow-ups.

These are starting ideas, not claims that every business needs the same workflow. A clinic or salon can begin with ordinary booking administration. Supplier research, paperwork, and website updates are other options when those are the tasks taking up your time.

Understand the signup path

The sales page has the current subscription price, trial offer, availability, and service agreement. Start there, complete checkout, and choose the contact details for the worker. Your account shows setup progress and gives you the links to use it.

If you have a redemption code, use the redemption form on the sales page instead. Permanent and trial codes have different terms; use the offer attached to your code rather than assuming they all last the same amount of time. When capacity is full, the page provides a waitlist.

Decide where the worker should stop

For the first few tasks, ask for drafts and summaries before sending, publishing, booking, or changing records. Give the worker the access needed for the chosen task and tell it which decisions should come back to you.

Then inspect the actual result. Check that the message refers to the right customer, the calendar entry has the right time, or the website update appears on the intended page. Expand the job once you understand the review it needs.

Judge the trial by useful work

Keep a small record of the tasks attempted, the time you spent reviewing, and what you accepted. For a rough comparison, a part-time hire at $20 an hour for 10 hours a week over 4.3 weeks costs about $860 CAD a month. That is an illustrative comparison, not a promised saving.

The meaningful comparison is your actual subscription price and workload. Keep the service if the reviewed results help. Billing and cancellation are available through your account; if you have a custom domain, review its transfer and expiry details there as well. The sales page and service agreement are the place to check current terms.

An instruction you can adapt

A first-week brief

This week, help me catch up on five customer inquiries. Use the attached service guide. Draft replies, list questions you cannot answer from it, and keep everything unsent for review. At the end of the week, summarize what we completed and what I had to correct.

What to look for in the result

  • A small set of useful, reviewable outputs.
  • Clear evidence of the guidance the worker still needs.
  • A basis for deciding which job to delegate next.

Try it with your business: Pick one guide from this library, bring the relevant inputs, and use the current free-trial offer to test that workflow.

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