ShipClawGlossary
Plain-English definitions for the words that come up when you deploy an OpenClaw agent.
- BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)
- BYOK is when a managed OpenClaw host asks you to supply your own Anthropic / OpenAI / etc. API key. ShipClaw does NOT support BYOK — we hold the Anthropic relationship and bill credits instead.
- OpenClaw
- OpenClaw is the open-source self-hosted personal AI assistant Gateway at github.com/openclaw/openclaw (MIT, TypeScript, 366k+ stars). Bridges 24+ messaging channels to multi-model AI agents with built-in browser, canvas, voice, and cron tools. Lobster-themed — 'EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!'
- Pool node
- A shared-tenant OpenClaw host. Each pool node runs ~50 user agents inside one Railway container, with per-user process isolation, port-stride routing, and an idle timeout that suspends idle agents.
- SOUL.md
- A markdown-based personality file that defines an OpenClaw agent's voice, values, refusal rules, and tool preferences. ShipClaw ships 110 prebuilt SOUL.md personalities and supports custom uploads.
- Stealth browser
- OpenClaw's anti-detection web automation layer. Patches the standard Chromium fingerprint surface that bot-detection vendors rely on. Reduces — but does not eliminate — CAPTCHA and bot-block rates.