OpenClaw Mac Setup - Agent Systems Handbook by Prompthon

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This setup path is for macOS users who will run OpenClaw from the local terminal.

Install Node And NVM

Download Node from nodejs.org or install it through nvm. To use nvm, run:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash
source ~/.zshrc
nvm install 22
nvm use 22
nvm alias default 22

Verify Node and npm:

node -v
npm -v

Install Codex globally:

npm i -g @openai/codex

codex login
codex --version

If OpenClaw is already installed on your machine, set the model used by the workshop profile:

openclaw models set openai-codex/gpt-5.5

If OpenClaw is not installed yet, continue to Accounts And Onboarding, install OpenClaw there, and then return to this model setting if needed.