Any good advice using openclaw?

Matthew Chen — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:12:57 +0000

I’ve been using OpenClaw for about 30 days now. Not every single day, but fairly frequently. I’ve also spent some time building my own custom skills tailored to my workflow.

That said, I still feel like the overall efficiency isn’t where I expected it to be.

Right now, it feels like OpenClaw can get things about 60% done, especially for programming tasks. It’s usable, but not quite good enough to rely on fully. As a developer, I often find that tools like Cursor or other coding assistants can produce better results with less friction.

On the other hand, for non-technical users, I’m not even sure what the “killer use case” is. It doesn’t feel obvious what they should use it for, and the value isn’t immediately clear.

At the moment, I mainly use it to:

Check my website sales data

Track daily user behavior / analytics

But that feels pretty limited compared to what I hoped it could do.

So I’m curious, for those of you who use OpenClaw regularly:

What are your main use cases?

Have you found any workflows that really make it shine?

Any tips on building better skills or improving output quality?

Would love to hear how others are actually getting value out of it.

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Any good advice using openclaw?