What isn't working?
Search the symptom you can see. Each page starts with the shortest safe diagnosis and tells you what success looks like.
01
Installation
The CLI never becomes available.
02
Gateway
The control plane is stopped or unreachable.
03
Channels
Transport works—or looks like it does—but messages fail.
04
Models
A provider cannot authenticate or discover a model.
05
Skills, plugins & tools
A capability is invalid, ignored, unavailable, or unexpectedly risky.
Security issue?
Stop, contain access, rotate exposed credentials, then investigate.
Open security guideOpenClaw diagnostic sequence
Stop at the first failed layer. That is usually where the useful error is.
$ openclaw status
$ openclaw status --all
$ openclaw gateway probe
$ openclaw gateway status
$ openclaw doctor
$ openclaw channels status --probe
$ openclaw logs --follow