How to Use OpenClaw with AWS — Cloud Automation and

OpenClaw + AWS: AI-Powered Cloud Operations

AWS is the world's most comprehensive cloud platform. OpenClaw gives you an AI agent that can operate it. With AWS CLI configured, your agent can manage EC2 instances, move files in S3, invoke Lambda functions, query CloudWatch logs, and handle routine cloud ops without you touching the console.

Prerequisites: AWS CLI Setup

brew install awscli  # or: pip install awscli
aws configure
# Enter: Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, default region (e.g. us-east-1), output format (json)

Store credentials securely:

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIA...
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1

Add to ~/.openclaw/.env. The AWS CLI picks these up automatically.

Add AWS Context to TOOLS.md

### AWS Config
- Profile: default (configured via aws configure)
- Primary region: us-east-1
- S3 buckets: my-app-assets, my-app-backups
- EC2 instances: web-prod (i-xxxx), worker-prod (i-yyyy)
- Lambda functions: process-webhook, generate-report

Common AWS Tasks Your Agent Can Handle

S3 Operations

# Upload file
aws s3 cp /local/file.zip s3://my-bucket/releases/

# Sync directory
aws s3 sync ./dist s3://my-bucket/static/ --delete

# List recent files
aws s3 ls s3://my-bucket/ --recursive | sort | tail -20

EC2 Management

# Check instance status
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids i-xxxx --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].State.Name'

# Start/stop instance
aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-xxxx
aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-xxxx

CloudWatch Logs

# Tail recent logs from a Lambda
aws logs tail /aws/lambda/process-webhook --since 1h

# Get errors in last 24h
aws logs filter-log-events \
  --log-group-name /aws/lambda/my-function \
  --filter-pattern "ERROR" \
  --start-time $(date -v-24H +%s000)

Automated Cloud Ops Workflows

Daily Cost Check

openclaw cron add \
  --name hex-aws-costs \
  --schedule "0 8 * * *" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Check AWS Cost Explorer for yesterday's spend, compare to average, flag if >20% over, post to #saas"

Auto-Scale Response

Configure CloudWatch alarms to webhook your OpenClaw gateway when CPU exceeds a threshold. Your agent receives the alert and can scale the Auto Scaling group, notify your team, or run a diagnostic script — all autonomously.

Invoke Lambda from Your Agent

aws lambda invoke \
  --function-name process-webhook \
  --payload '{"action": "generate_report", "period": "weekly"}' \
  /tmp/lambda-response.json
cat /tmp/lambda-response.json

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