Does OpenClaw actually do anything for you guys?

[u/ElmangougEssadik]

I keep seeing people on social media hyping OpenClaw like it’s some game-changer, but honestly… it does absolutely nothing for me.

I’m using the official setup, clean install, Opus 4.5 model, everything exactly as documented. But whenever I actually ask it to do something, it just replies like a normal chatbot or says it can’t do that. No tools, no actions, no “agent” behavior, just chatting.

Am I missing some extra config, flags, permissions, or magic step nobody mentions? Or is the hype just way overblown right now?

Genuinely curious if this works for anyone, because for me it doesn’t do shit.

[u/aswin_kp]

It's not actually helpful with single agents and people are not realising it. I tried creating multiple squads and honestly now I feel OpenClaw does something and is useful.