OpenClaw Architecture Deep Dive (Reduce Costs & Better Tools/API Use)
If your API bill is higher than expected, your agent keeps forgetting things that you already told it, or you're not getting the performance you feel like you should. What I'm going to do today is go through a deep dive of the OpenClaw architecture.
🚀 Tools I Use
Composio Tools/MCP: https://dashboard.composio.dev/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=Youtube&utm_campaign=2026-03&utm_content=TechWithTim
Openclaw setup: https://www.hostg.xyz/SHJ7M
VPS setup: https://www.hostinger.com/techwithtim10
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🎞 Video Resources 🎞
Guide/Presentation in Video: https://www.techwi…
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Chapters (16)
| Overview
1:01
| Security Warning
3:03
| Deploying on VPS
3:53
| Accessing OpenClaw (Web)
5:59
| Accessing OpenClaw (Code Editor)
9:19
| Memory Architecture
11:22
| The Memory Model
16:00
| Context Windows Explanation
18:21
| Context Commands
20:25
| Compacting & Flush
23:35
| Vector Memory Search
25:29
| MCP & Tool Use (Composio)
32:41
| Prompt Caching
34:36
| Cost Impact Matrix
36:15
| Optimization Strategies
37:32
| Config Cheatsheet
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