OpenClaw setup with Hostinger, Telegram and Google Workspace

This beginner tutorial walks through OpenClaw setup on Hostinger's managed plan, with Telegram as the chat interface and Google Workspace for calendar and email tasks. The speaker explains the AI agent as a server, an AI provider, connected tools and instructions. He compares a laptop, a separate computer and a VPS, then recommends the hosted option. The demonstrated setup uses provider API access rather than showing how to run models locally.

The walkthrough covers choosing an AI provider, creating a Telegram bot through BotFather and approving the pairing code. An initial conversation sets the assistant's name and time zone, followed by a ping test in Telegram.

Google access takes more work than the initial installation. The speaker finds the Gog skill on ClawHub, asks OpenClaw to inspect it and installs its CLI without Homebrew. He then creates a Google Cloud project, enables APIs and configures a desktop OAuth client. Installing the skill does not itself authorize Google access. The first calendar test encounters read-only permissions, so he repeats authorization to enable writing and reports that the meeting appears.

A final example sets up recurring product-price checks and shows a Telegram alert after the speaker lowers the price. He also explains cron jobs and heartbeats, then shows restart and deletion controls in Hostinger. His skill inspection is a demonstrated check, not a guarantee of safety.