What is OpenClaw and how does Flexura fit in?
OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI agent framework that acts as a personal digital assistant. It connects LLMs to your local machine and lets you control your computer through messaging apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, and iMessage. OpenClaw uses a directory-based skills system where each skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file.
Flexura is built specifically for this skills architecture. The installer places a complete SKILL.md file in OpenClaw's skills directory, teaching your agent how to search the internet and generate images. OpenClaw discovers the skill automatically — no configuration needed.
Why OpenClaw agents need internet search
OpenClaw is model-agnostic — you can connect it to Claude, OpenAI, DeepSeek, or local models via Ollama. But regardless of which LLM powers your agent, it is limited by its training data cutoff. Flexura's Search API gives your OpenClaw agent access to real-time information from the entire internet.
Whether you ask your agent to research a topic, find documentation, check current prices, or get the latest news, the search results are structured specifically for AI consumption — with direct answers, full page content, and source citations.
Image generation for OpenClaw workflows
OpenClaw excels at automating multi-step workflows across different platforms. With Flexura's Image Generation API, your agent can create visual assets as part of these workflows — generate social media graphics, create thumbnails, produce product mockups, or build presentation visuals.
The async generation workflow fits perfectly with OpenClaw's persistent, long-running architecture. Your agent submits a prompt, continues with other tasks, and retrieves the completed image when it's ready — all without blocking.
Compatible with MaxClaw and the MiniMax ecosystem
If you use MaxClaw (the cloud-hosted version by MiniMax), Flexura works there too. The skill file format is compatible across the OpenClaw ecosystem, whether you're self-hosting on your own hardware, running on a VPS, or using MiniMax's managed platform.
As MiniMax expands the agent ecosystem with new models like M2.5 and M2.7, Flexura's capabilities grow alongside. Every new Flexura feature — text-to-speech, video generation, document reading — becomes available to your agent automatically.