OpenClaw Assistant – Home Assistant Add-on (DEV / Experimental)

This repository is the DEV / experimental channel for the OpenClaw Home Assistant add-on.

• It may contain breaking changes.
• It may be unstable.
• Updates may be pushed more frequently.

If you want the stable/released add-on, use the main repo instead:

• https://github.com/techartdev/OpenClawHomeAssistant

What this repo is for

Use this repo if you:

• want to test new features/fixes before they go to stable
• want to help validate changes on different hardware (e.g. Raspberry Pi / ARM)

How to install

Home Assistant → Settings → Add-ons → Add-on store → ⋮ → Repositories → add:

• https://github.com/techartdev/OpenClawHomeAssistant-dev

Then install OpenClaw Assistant (DEV).

Features

Browser Automation (Chromium)

This add-on includes Chromium for website automation tasks. OpenClaw can use it for browser-based skills and automation.

Configuration

OpenClaw's browser tool uses its own control service/protocol. Configure it in one of two ways:

Option 1: Via openclaw.json

Add to /config/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "browser": {
    "enabled": true,
    "headless": true,
    "noSandbox": true,
    "cdpUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:9222"
  }
}

Option 2: Via Gateway Flags

Start OpenClaw gateway with browser flags:

openclaw gateway --browser-headless --browser-no-sandbox

Note: The noSandbox flag is required in Docker containers due to security restrictions.

Docs

For full documentation, see the stable repo docs (kept in sync as best-effort):

• https://github.com/techartdev/OpenClawHomeAssistant