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openclaw + gank

openclaw is an ai agent that runs on your machine and talks to you through telegram, discord, whatsapp, whatever. it supports mcp servers as skills — which means you can plug in gank-mcp-server and your agent gets access to everything: launches, trading, wallets, volume bots, privacy swaps. fully autonomous. this is the setup that lets an ai run your entire token operation end to end.

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the idea

you (telegram/discord) <-> openclaw agent <-> gank mcp server <-> solana
you tell the agent what to do in plain english. it figures out the tools, calls gank, executes on-chain. you can also let it run strategies on its own — it has persistent memory, so it remembers your preferences and positions between sessions.

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what you need

  • openclaw installed (mac/windows/linux)
  • a gank account (gank.dev)
  • an api key from the gank dashboard
  • some sol in a wallet

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getting started

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1. install openclaw

grab it from openclaw.ai. follow their setup — pick your llm provider (anthropic, openai, local), connect your chat apps. their docs cover this better than we can.

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2. get a gank api key

go to gank.dev → profile → api keys → generate. copy it. you’ll paste this into the mcp config.

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3. add gank as an mcp skill

openclaw supports mcp servers natively. add gank-mcp-server to your openclaw mcp config: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gank": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "gank-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "GANK_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}
where this goes depends on your openclaw setup. check their docs for mcp config location — it’s usually in the openclaw settings or a config file.

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4. verify it works

open a chat with your agent and ask it something like:
“list my gank wallets”
if it comes back with your wallet list, you’re connected. if it doesn’t have any wallets yet:
“create a dev wallet and a regular wallet on gank”

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5. fund and go

send some sol to your dev wallet. from there the agent can do everything:
“launch a token called TESTCOIN with ticker TEST, dev buy 0.01 sol”
“buy 0.05 sol of [mint address] from my regular wallet”
“start a volume bot on [mint] with 5 volume wallets, medium intensity, 30 minutes”
“vamp everything back to my dev wallet”
you get the picture.

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skills to look for

openclaw has a skill/plugin ecosystem. some things that pair well with gank:
  • token scanner / new pair alerts — feed new launches into the agent so it can auto-snipe based on criteria you set
  • price monitoring — the agent watches positions and sells at your targets
  • sentiment analysis — scrape twitter/telegram for alpha, let the agent decide what to ape
  • scheduling — run volume bots at specific times, launch at peak hours
  • portfolio tracking — the agent keeps a running tally and rebalances
openclaw can also write its own skills if you describe what you want. worth experimenting.

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example strategies

things people are doing with this setup. not financial advice, just patterns.

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launch + pump + extract

  1. agent creates all wallet types (dev, bundle, snipe, swarm, volume)
  2. funds them from a main wallet
  3. launches token with dev buy + bundle buys
  4. snipe wallets hit next block
  5. volume bot runs for 30 min
  6. swarm buy for extra pressure
  7. monitors price, sells at target
  8. vamps everything back to dev
the whole cycle can run without you touching anything. tell the agent the parameters and walk away.

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snipe + ride + exit

  1. you or a scanner skill spots a new token
  2. agent snipes it immediately
  3. monitors price with trailing stop
  4. sells at profit target or cuts losses at stop

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privacy rotation

  1. agent vamps all wallets to dev
  2. initiates privacy swap (sol→xmr→sol) to fresh wallets
  3. waits ~45 min for swap completion
  4. continues operating from the new wallets
no manual wallet management. the agent handles the whole cycle.

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tips

  • start small. give the agent 0.1 sol and let it trade. watch the live feed. get comfortable before scaling up.
  • use the dashboard to monitor. everything the ai does shows up in real time.
  • the agent’s wallets are isolated from yours. it can’t drain your human wallets.
  • openclaw has persistent memory. tell it your preferences once (“always use 20% slippage on sells”, “never spend more than 0.5 sol per trade”) and it remembers.
  • if something goes wrong, you can always use the dashboard to manually sell or vamp. human overrides always work.
  • revoke the api key from the dashboard if you need to kill access instantly.