OpenClaw Local Model Deployment

1. Pulling the Model

Since configuring the Ollama platform will by default pull the glm-4.7-flash model, if you don't pull it first, the Ollama configuration process will have to wait for the glm-4.7-flash model to finish pulling before proceeding to the next step, resulting in a longer time.

ollama pull glm-4.7-flash

2. Configuring OpenClaw

Open the terminal and execute the OpenClaw configuration command

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openclaw onboard --install-daemon

You must select 【Yes】 to proceed to the configuration process. Press 【Enter】 to proceed to the next step.

Select 【QuickStart】 to begin.

Select the 【Ollama】 platform.

The Ollama base URL can use the default 【http://127.0.0.1:11434】. If you have changed the Ollama service port, please enter the correct one.

We'll only use Ollama's local model, so we'll select "Local".

At this stage, the glm-4.7-flash model will be pulled by default. Once the download is complete, select [Keep current (ollama/glm-4.7-flash)].

For the channel setting, select [Skip for now] to defer configuration.

For the provider setting, select [Skip for now] to defer configuration.

For skills, select [NO].

For hooks, first highlight [skip for now], then press the [Spacebar] to select it, and finally press [Enter].

Wait for the gateway to install and start up.

For the interface mode, select [Hatch in TUI]. (TUI refers to the terminal-based interface, while Web UI refers to the web-based interface.)

Once the TUI interface has finished loading, you can begin entering your interactive input.

Press CTRL+C to exit the openclaw TUI interface.

3. Enabling Tools

The default tools attribute in openclaw is set to coding; this must be changed to full to enable the use of tools.

Open a terminal and edit the openclaw.json configuration file.

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vim ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Search for [tools] and modify the content under the tools section to match the following. Once the changes are complete, save and exit Vim.

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  "tools": {
    "profile": "full",
    "sessions": {
      "visibility": "all"
    }
  },

Restart the openclaw gateway to apply the new configuration.

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openclaw gateway restart