SYS.AUDIT_V1.0

OPENCLAW_INIT

AUDIT YOUR KNOWLEDGE:
CAN YOU RUN AN AUTONOMOUS AGENT
ON YOUR WON?

Before you dive into deploying a personal AI agent like OpenClaw, it’s vital to audit your technical readiness. Self-hosting autonomous agents is exciting, but it opens up significant privacy and security risks if your "digital house" isn't bolted down.

Go through this checklist. If any of these concepts sound completely unfamiliar, it’s a sign to invest some time in grounding—or perhaps start with simpler prompting or agents before moving up to the OpenClaw level.

01 GIT // VERSION CONTROL
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OpenClaw updates are frequent and bleeding-edge. Can you clone repositories, handle merge conflicts manually, and manage branches via CLI?

02 NPM // DEPENDENCIES
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Node environments are fragile. Do you understand `package.json`, how to audit for vulnerabilities, and fix peer-dependency conflicts?

03 SSH // KEY MANAGEMENT
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Remote management is mandatory. Can you generate Ed25519 keys, manage `authorized_keys`, and disable password authentication on a VPS?

04 INFRA // APACHE & NET
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OpenClaw needs to communicate. Can you configure Apache/Nginx vhosts, reverse proxies, and understand local vs. public networking exposures?

05 SEC // THREAT MITIGATION
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Agents interacting with the web are vulnerable. Can you identify and patch XSS vectors and ensure proper input sanitization?

06 DATA // PERSISTENCE
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Memory requires storage. Can you provision a database (Postgres, Vector Stores), manage connection strings, and run basic queries?

07 AI // LLM ARCHITECTURE
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The brain of the agent. Do you understand inference APIs, context windows, tokens, and agent loops?