What's New

A record of recent updates and refreshes across the book. Each entry explains what changed and why, in plain language.

March 2026

28 March

Getting Started with OpenClaw

Refreshed the installation instructions to reflect the new CLI tooling introduced in OpenClaw 0.9. The quickstart example now uses the recommended project scaffold.

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28 March

Architecture & Design

Expanded the section on the agent runtime to cover the new plugin system. Added a clearer diagram of the message-passing architecture.

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21 March

Building Your First Agent

Revised the tool-calling patterns section following upstream API changes. All code examples have been verified against the latest SDK release.

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14 March

Deployment & Operations

Added guidance on containerised deployments with the new official Docker images. Updated the health-check configuration examples.

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