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OpenClaw beta.6 bundles a Python debugging skill with pdb and debugpy support, plus a meme-maker skill with SVG rendering and Know Your Meme provenance.

OpenClaw v2026.5.16-beta.6 introduces defineToolPlugin with build, validate, and init commands, making typed simple tool plugins a first-class citizen.

One developer dropped their daily token total from 2.2M to 256k by tuning compaction settings and eliminating silent heartbeat and cron duplication.

Beta.5 lands with a first-class Plugin SDK, meme-maker and Python debugger skills, Slack assistant threads, and a QA-Lab security patch.

OpenClaw beta.4 lands with Slack assistant threads, xAI Grok OAuth, new music providers, Chinese localization, and dozens of targeted fixes.

OpenClaw gains full Slack assistant thread support with suggested prompts, thread-scoped sessions, and Slack-provided context in beta.4.

SuperGrok subscribers can now authenticate xAI models in OpenClaw via OAuth — no XAI_API_KEY required. Here is how the new login flow works.

Peter Steinberger revealed he spent $1.3M on OpenAI tokens in 30 days powering OpenClaw. HN erupted with 144 comments on the economics of running AI agents at scale.

Two betas shipped on May 16 adding xAI Grok OAuth for SuperGrok, Chinese UI localization, Matrix E2EE fixes, and over 50 bug fixes across every layer.

The OpenClaw team published its security roadmap: fs-safe boundaries, Proxyline egress control, ClawHub trust tiers, smarter approvals, and 148 OpenGrep rules in CI.

OpenClaw v2026.5.16-beta.1 ships CLI localization for Chinese speakers, a warm-gateway skill cache for faster turns, and over 30 bug fixes across Telegram, Discord, Codex, and more.

OpenClaw v2026.5.14-beta.2 lands realtime Telnyx voice calls, expressive WhatsApp status reactions, transparent subagent tasks, and mid-turn steering.

OpenClaw now routes OpenAI agent turns through the native Codex app-server by default, cutting prompt clutter and enabling dynamic tool search.

Recursant's new OpenClaw plugin adds in-process authorization, PII redaction, rate limiting, and audit logging to any OpenClaw deployment.

OpenClaw now lets you configure contextInjection and bootstrap size limits per individual agent, giving multi-agent setups precise control over startup context.
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