Marketing Agency Guide — 2026 Computer-Use AI

The AI agent that runs
your agency for you.

OpenClaw operates your computer the way a person would — pulling reports, onboarding clients, monitoring campaigns, and chasing invoices. It gets smarter every week and it runs 24/7, even when you're not at your desk.

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213k+
GitHub Stars
Fastest-growing open source project in history — 84 days to 200k
3,000+
ClawHub Skills
Pre-built automations, all security-scanned by VirusTotal
$5/mo
VPS Cost
Full 24/7 deployment on Hetzner or Hostinger
24/7
Always Running
Works while you sleep — no subscription, no per-task fees

Why Agencies Get Stuck

The work that's killing your margin isn't client work. It's everything else.

Marketing agencies spend an average of 40% of their time on tasks that have nothing to do with marketing — reporting, onboarding, chasing invoices, monitoring campaigns. That's the problem OpenClaw solves.

You're the bottleneck in your own agency.

Every report, approval, follow-up, and onboarding email runs through you. When you're at capacity, growth stops. You can't delegate what only lives in your head.

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Your automation stack costs more than it saves.

Zapier charges per task. Make charges per operation. n8n needs a developer to maintain. And none of them can do what OpenClaw does — because none of them actually see your screen.

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Client reporting is eating your margin.

15 clients means 15 sets of logins, 15 exports, 15 reports written by hand. Agencies spend 40% of their time on work that isn't strategy, isn't growth, isn't what clients actually pay for.

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The tools don't talk to each other.

Your CRM doesn't know what happened in the ad account. Your reporting tool doesn't know what the client said on the call. You're the only one holding all the context — and that doesn't scale.

You Have Three Options

Doesn't Scale

Work More Hours

You hit 60+ hours and the ceiling appears. Burnout, declining quality, no leverage. The problem isn't effort — it's that the work is still manual.

Expensive & Fragile

Hire a VA or Account Manager

$3,000–$6,000/month. Months of training. They still make mistakes on repetitive tasks. Now you're managing people instead of growing the agency.

The Actual Fix

OpenClaw for Your Agency

An AI agent that runs on your computer or VPS — browsing, clicking, reading, and writing exactly like a human would. It works 24/7 and gets smarter every time you use it. One-time $19 setup. No monthly fees.

Why It's Different

Zapier / Make

Connects APIs. Needs every tool to have a webhook. Breaks when APIs change. Charges per task. Can't see your screen.

n8n

Visual workflow builder. Powerful but requires a developer to maintain. Still API-only — can't use tools that don't have integrations.

OpenClaw

Operates your computer like a person would. Browses, clicks, reads screens, takes actions — across any app, API or not. Builds its own new skills as you use it. Proactively checks in. Memory persists 24/7.

How It Works

Set it up once.
It runs — and grows — on its own.

OpenClaw doesn't need a developer. You describe what you want in plain English. It builds the workflow, runs it on schedule, and over time builds new skills as you discover new needs.

01

Install on your Mac, PC, or a $6/month VPS

You tell OpenClaw

"Set up OpenClaw on my VPS and connect it to Slack"

Installation takes under 20 minutes. Connect Slack, WhatsApp, or Telegram as your command channel. A VPS keeps it running 24/7 — even when your laptop is off or you're on a client call. The Workshop covers both options.

02

Connect your existing tools — no code, just OAuth

You tell OpenClaw

"Connect to my HubSpot, Meta Ads account, Notion, and Stripe"

OAuth in under 10 minutes. OpenClaw can now read and write across your stack — create CRM records, pull campaign data, send emails, update deals, create Notion pages from templates. No API knowledge required.

03

Describe your first automation in plain English

You tell OpenClaw

"Every Monday at 8am, pull performance for all clients and email their branded reports"

That's the whole workflow. OpenClaw parses your instruction, sets up the automation, and runs it on schedule. The first time it fires, you'll have your Monday morning back. Edit anytime by just describing the change.

04

It builds new skills as your agency grows

You tell OpenClaw

"Build a skill that monitors our competitor's ad library for new campaigns"

This is OpenClaw's most powerful capability. It doesn't just run what you configure — when you describe a new need, it writes the skill itself, saves it to your library, and starts running it. Your automation expands without a developer.

Memory persists 24/7 — across every channel

OpenClaw remembers your clients, their preferences, and their history across sessions. Message it on Slack, then follow up on WhatsApp — it picks up exactly where you left off. The context you've built doesn't disappear between conversations.

7 Core Automations

Real tasks agencies do every week — handled automatically

Start with whichever costs your agency the most time right now. Each one is a standalone workflow you can have running within an hour.

saves 8 hrs/week

01

Automated Client Reporting

Reports sent Monday 8am. No login, no export, no template.

OpenClaw pulls data from Meta Ads, Google Ads, GA4, and your CRM on schedule. Formats into your branded template. Writes a brief performance narrative using the AI. Emails each client. Your Monday morning is free before you're out of bed.

saves 4 hrs/client

02

Client Onboarding on Payment

Payment confirmed → everything fires in under 5 minutes.

Invoice confirmed → welcome email sends, Notion workspace created from your master template, client added to the right Slack channels, intake form delivered, kickoff link included. Five minutes. You didn't touch anything. Client thinks you have a full ops team.

saves 3 hrs/week

03

Live Budget Pacing Alerts

Slack message lands before the client notices.

OpenClaw checks campaign spend on a schedule. If any client is pacing more than 15% over or under their monthly budget, a Slack message fires immediately with client name, campaign, current spend, and target — before it becomes a problem conversation.

saves 2 hrs/day

04

Lead Intake and CRM Sync

No lead ever hits the floor.

New lead submits a form → OpenClaw creates the CRM record, enriches it with available data, scores by fit criteria, and pings the right account manager in Slack with a summary. Zero manual entry across every lead source simultaneously.

saves 6 hrs/week

05

Content Repurposing Pipeline

One piece of content becomes ten outputs.

Publish a blog post or record a podcast → OpenClaw rewrites it into five formats: LinkedIn post, Twitter thread, Instagram caption, email newsletter snippet, short video script. Queue reviewed in one pass. Consistent output without constant creation.

saves 2 hrs/week

06

Invoice Follow-up Sequences

Never chase a client awkwardly again.

Invoice overdue 5 days → professional reminder with payment link. 10 days → firmer reminder. 20 days → escalation flag. Sequence cancels automatically when Stripe confirms payment. Relationships stay intact because the system handles the uncomfortable part.

saves 3 hrs/week

07

Competitor Campaign Monitoring

Know before your clients ask.

OpenClaw scrapes competitor pages on a schedule. When tracked competitors change their pricing, launch a new offer, or update their homepage, you get a Slack alert with a diff and screenshot. You know what they're doing before your clients notice.

A Week in the Life

Before and after OpenClaw

These aren't hypothetical. This is the shift agencies describe in their first month — specific, measurable, and immediate.

Monday Morning Reporting

Before

First thing every Monday: log into Meta Ads, Google Analytics, your CRM, three client accounts. Export CSVs. Paste numbers into a deck per client. Write commentary. Email individually. It's 11am and actual strategy work hasn't started.

After OpenClaw

OpenClaw pulled every client's data at 8am, wrote the performance narrative, formatted the report to your template, and sent the emails. You open Slack to a summary. It's 8:45am. Your first client call is at 10.

New Client Onboarding

Before

Client pays their invoice on a Friday afternoon. You spend the next 4–6 hours creating their Notion workspace, writing the welcome email, adding them to Slack, setting up tracking, scheduling the kickoff. The weekend is gone.

After OpenClaw

Invoice confirmed → welcome email fired, Notion workspace built from your template, client added to Slack channels, intake form delivered, kickoff scheduling link sent. Five minutes. Client responds on Monday morning to the welcome email thinking your team moved fast.

Month-End Close

Before

Last 3 days of every month: reports aren't done, invoices aren't sent, one client noticed their budget ran hot. Working until midnight. Dreading the first of every month.

After OpenClaw

Reports went out on the 1st. Invoices sent on the 2nd. The budget alert fired 3 weeks ago when the campaign started pacing off — you caught it before the client did. Month-end is a review, not a scramble.

In Plain English

Type what you need.
OpenClaw figures out the rest.

No visual builder. No flowchart blocks. No developer. You describe the task the same way you'd describe it to an employee. These are real commands agency owners use.

01

You tell OpenClaw

"Pull this month's performance for all clients and DM me on Slack"

OpenClaw calls your ad platform APIs, compiles performance metrics per client, writes a brief narrative on the key numbers, and posts a formatted summary to your Slack. Ready in about 90 seconds.

02

You tell OpenClaw

"Onboard the new client from today's signed contract — use my standard template"

Creates the Notion workspace from your saved template, sends the welcome sequence, adds the client to the right Slack channels, delivers the intake form, books the kickoff, and logs the new client record in HubSpot.

03

You tell OpenClaw

"Set up a weekly budget check across all active Meta campaigns — alert me if anything's 15% off"

Builds a recurring workflow that runs Monday and Thursday mornings, pulls spend vs. budget for every active campaign across all your ad accounts, and fires a Slack alert for any campaign outside the threshold.

04

You tell OpenClaw

"Build a skill that monitors our top 5 competitor websites and alerts me when anything changes"

This is where OpenClaw shows its actual power — it doesn't just run the task, it writes the skill itself. Builds a scraper, saves it to your skill library, and runs it on the schedule you define. You just expanded what it can do.

ClawHub Marketplace

Your agency stack, natively connected

ClawHub is the OpenClaw skill marketplace. Install pre-built integrations in one click. Every skill is security-scanned daily by VirusTotal — the same platform that protects Hugging Face.

ClawHub skills are security-scanned by VirusTotal — daily

Every skill published to ClawHub is scanned using VirusTotal's Code Insight (powered by Gemini) and re-scanned daily. Malicious skills are instantly blocked. Suspicious ones are flagged with a warning. The same security standard that protects Hugging Face applies to every skill you install.

Getting Started

First automation live in under 30 minutes.

Most agency owners have Monday morning reporting running the same day they start the Workshop. The hardest part is deciding which pain point to solve first.

1

Get the $19 Workshop

Guided installation, tool connections, and your first live workflow. Covers Mac, PC, and VPS setup. One-time payment, lifetime access, no monthly fees.

2

Install OpenClaw on Mac or VPS

A $6/month VPS (like Hetzner) means OpenClaw runs 24/7 without your laptop. The Workshop covers both local and server setup with step-by-step instructions.

3

Connect your agency stack

OAuth into HubSpot, Slack, your ad platforms, Notion, and Stripe. Under 10 minutes total. OpenClaw can now read your data and take action across all of them.

4

Describe your first automation

Start with Monday morning reporting — 8 hours/week recovered, 20 minutes to configure. Tell OpenClaw exactly what you want. It handles the rest.

FAQ

Questions agency owners ask

Start This Week

180,000 people installed OpenClaw
in its first 90 days.

Most of them aren't running agencies — yet. The agencies that set this up now are building a compounding advantage that gets harder to close every month.

The $19 Workshop. One-time payment. No subscriptions. First automation live in under 30 minutes.

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