Use Case
Build a Personal Research Agent
"Stop bouncing between 17 browser tabs. Hand the topic to your agent and get a clean briefing back."
Modern research is a tab-soup nightmare. With OpenClaw and a few open-source skills, you can build an agent that searches the web, reads pages and PDFs, takes notes, and produces a structured summary on any topic — overnight or in real time.
How it works
1. Install OpenClaw + the web-search skill
Install the agent and add a search skill (DuckDuckGo, SearXNG, or Brave) — all free.
2. Add the URL-reader skill
Lets the agent fetch and parse any web page, including PDFs.
3. Connect a notes destination
Save findings to Markdown, Obsidian, Notion, or a Telegram chat — your call.
4. Schedule it
Use the scheduling chapter to run a daily ‘what's new in AI' brief while you sleep.
Things you can ask
- “Find the 5 most-cited papers on agentic AI from 2025 and summarize each in 80 words.”
- “Read these 3 URLs and tell me where they disagree.”
- “Every morning at 7am, send me a 1-paragraph briefing on new OpenClaw releases.”
Where in the guide
- •Chapter 5 — Skills
- •Chapter 7 — Recipe: Research assistant
- •Appendix B — Scheduling
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