Why Your OpenClaw Can't Help You Yet

Go to accounts.google.com/signup and create a new Google account.

Naming convention

Pick something that makes it clear this is your AI's account:

• yourname.openclaw@gmail.com
• yourcompany.ai@gmail.com
• botname.agent@gmail.com

Google requires 2-step verification before you can create app passwords. This is actually good security.

Step 2a: Enable 2-Step Verification

1. Sign into your new Gmail account
2. Go to myaccount.google.com/security
3. Click 2-Step Verification → Get started
4. Add your phone number and verify

Step 2b: Create an App Password

1. Go to myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
2. Name it something like OpenClaw
3. Click Create
4. Copy the 16-character password (you won't see it again)

Add the email credentials to your OpenClaw configuration. You can do this through the config file or environment variables.

Option A: Environment variables (recommended)

SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_USER=yourname.openclaw@gmail.com
SMTP_PASS=your-16-char-app-password
IMAP_HOST=imap.gmail.com
IMAP_PORT=993
IMAP_USER=yourname.openclaw@gmail.com
IMAP_PASS=your-16-char-app-password

Option B: OpenClaw config

{
  "email": {
    "smtp": {
      "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
      "port": 587,
      "user": "yourname.openclaw@gmail.com",
      "pass": "your-16-char-app-password"
    },
    "imap": {
      "host": "imap.gmail.com",
      "port": 993,
      "user": "yourname.openclaw@gmail.com",
      "pass": "your-16-char-app-password"
    }
  }
}

openclaw gateway restart

Google Search Console shows how your site performs in Google Search. Adding your AI's email gives it read access to all your data.

1. Go to search.google.com/search-console
2. Select your property (or add one if you haven't)
3. Go to Settings → Users and permissions
4. Click Add user
5. Enter your AI's email: yourname.openclaw@gmail.com
6. Set permission to Full (or Restricted if you prefer read-only)

Same process as Search Console. Add your AI as a user so it can pull analytics data.

1. Go to analytics.google.com
2. Click Admin (gear icon, bottom left)
3. Under your property, click Property Access Management
4. Click the + button → Add users
5. Enter your AI's email
6. Set role to Viewer (read-only is usually enough)

Share your calendar with your AI's email so it can see your availability and schedule meetings.

1. Go to calendar.google.com
2. Hover over your calendar name on the left → click the three dots → Settings and sharing
3. Scroll to Share with specific people or groups
4. Click Add people and groups
5. Enter your AI's email
6. Set permission to Make changes to events

You can share individual files, folders, or your entire Drive with your AI's account.

Share a folder (recommended)

1. Create a folder in Google Drive called something like AI Workspace
2. Right-click → Share
3. Enter your AI's email
4. Set to Editor

Anything you drop in this folder, your AI can access. Clean separation between your personal files and what your AI can see.

Ask your AI to test each service. Here are some prompts to try:

# Email
"Send a test email to my personal email"

# Search Console
"Check if my site has any indexing issues"

# Analytics
"What was my website traffic this week?"

# Calendar
"What's on my calendar tomorrow?"

# Drive
"List the files in my AI Workspace folder"