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Getting Started

Quick Start

Already installed OpenClaw and loaded the extension? Here's a 60-second walkthrough to send your first query.

1

Verify the gateway is running

Open a terminal and check the gateway status. You should see a green running indicator.

bash
"kw">openclaw status
"c"># ✓ Gateway running on ws://127.0.0.1:18789
"c"># ✓ Provider: anthropic (claude-opus-4-6)

"c"># If it's not running, start it:
"kw">openclaw gateway
2

Open any webpage

Navigate to any content-rich page — a news article, Wikipedia, a blog post, or a research paper. Constclaw works on any site.

3

Select text

Highlight any passage you want to analyze. A floating "Ask Constclaw" button will appear near your selection.

Select any text on the page...
🦀 Ask Constclaw
4

Click the floating button

Click "Ask Constclaw". The Chrome side panel opens showing your selected text and the current analysis mode.

5

Choose a mode & analyze

Pick one of the five analysis modes from the dropdown, then click Analyze. The AI response streams into the panel within seconds.

Explain Summarize Translate Fact Check Expand
✓

Done — your first query!

The response appears in the side panel. It's also saved to your query history (last 20 queries, stored locally). You can replay any previous query from the history tab.

Tip: Right-click selected text and choose "Ask Constclaw" from the context menu as an alternative to the floating button.

What's next?

🔍
Analysis Modes
Learn what each of the 5 modes does
⚙️
Settings
Configure language, gateway URL, token
📚
Examples
See real input/output for every mode
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Gateway Protocol
Understand the WebSocket wire format
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