Most agents just talk. They summarize, they suggest, they apologize -- but they don't actually do anything.

The OpenClaw vision flips that: every agent becomes a claw, reaching into the real world to control browsers, run code, manage files, remember context, and show up wherever your users already are. This workshop walks you through building that kind of agent with Mastra, mapping OpenClaw's capabilities to concrete framework features you can wire up in TypeScript.

How OpenClaw maps to Mastra

In this workshop, you’ll build an agent that can operate independently in real environments using Mastra:

• Persistent Memory → Observational memory and working memory

• Full System Access → Workspace sandboxes with filesystem and shell tools

• Browser Control → Mastra browser support

• Skills & Plugins → Workspace skills and tools

• Any Chat App → Slack, Discord, and Telegram channel adapters

What you'll learn

• How to give your agent a persistent environment where it can read files, run code, and browse the web autonomously

• How to layer in memory so it retains context and gets better over time

• How to deploy it to messaging platforms so it meets users where they already are

OpenClaw is the lens, but these are general-purpose Mastra primitives. Whatever agent you're building, you'll walk away knowing how to make it do more than talk.