This 2-day hands-on course teaches working professionals how to adopt AI through an OpenClaw-first workflow. Participants begin by installing OpenClaw, making the setup safer for workplace use, and understanding how OpenClaw skills create more reliable behaviour. Once that foundation is in place, the course moves into practical business workflows where OpenClaw uses OfficeDesk through curated skills for document extraction, contact management, and Xero bill and invoice preparation.
What you'll learn
Install OpenClaw and verify a working local setup
Apply safer operating practices when using OpenClaw on workplace laptops
Explain what OpenClaw skills are and how they guide AI behaviour
Read and interpret real OpenClaw skill examples
Understand how OfficeDesk tools are used through OpenClaw skills
Run guided OpenClaw chats for practical workplace tasks
Use OpenClaw skills to process documents, manage contacts, and prepare Xero drafts
Apply human review and approval controls before any sensitive action
Curriculum
16 lessons · 13h 30m total
1What OpenClaw Is and Why It Matters
60 min
Establish a clear mental model of OpenClaw as a working surface and OfficeDesk as the tool layer that makes it useful. Covers what OpenClaw is, what OfficeDesk provides, the core relationship between platform and tools, and responsible use with human approval.
2Installing OpenClaw
60 min
Hands-on installation of OpenClaw on student laptops. Covers system requirements, step-by-step installation walkthrough, verifying the installation, and locating main settings and configuration options.
3Securing OpenClaw on Student Laptops
60 min
Give students a safer default setup for using OpenClaw in a workplace context. Covers why installation alone is not enough, practical guardrails, safety habits, and the secure setup checklist.
4Introduction to OpenClaw Skills
60 min
Teach students what OpenClaw skills are and why they produce more reliable behaviour than unguided prompting. Covers what a skill is, why skills matter, the four questions every skill answers, and inspecting real skill examples.
5How Skills Use OfficeDesk
60 min
Show students how OpenClaw skills call on OfficeDesk behind the scenes to perform real work. Covers tracing a skill from activation to tool execution to reviewed output, with the document extraction skill as the primary worked example.
6First Guided OpenClaw Chats
60 min
Students start using OpenClaw directly with clear, bounded tasks and review results carefully. Covers giving clear task descriptions, uploading supporting material, reviewing results, and refining instructions when needed.
7Practice, Review, and Q and A
30 min
Consolidate Day 1 learning and address questions before Day 2. Students complete one end-to-end guided workflow, followed by a quick recap and preview of Day 2 topics.
8Day 1 Recap and Workflow Mindset
30 min
Shift students from platform setup into workflow execution while keeping OpenClaw as the main interface. Review the OpenClaw-first mental model, what a skill does, and preview the real workflows for Day 2.
9Document Extraction Through Skills
75 min
Use OpenClaw to process uploaded business documents through the document-extraction skill. Students upload a sample invoice PDF, process it through OpenClaw, compare extracted output with the source document, and flag missing or low-confidence fields for review.
10Vendor and Contact Workflows
60 min
Use OpenClaw to identify whether a vendor or customer already exists and avoid duplicate contacts. Covers searching before creating, updating details only after confirming the right record, and recording the right contact for downstream workflows.
11Xero Bill Workflows Through OpenClaw
60 min
Use OpenClaw to move from extracted document data to a draft bill workflow in Xero. Covers preparing bill data from an extracted document, confirming the contact before bill creation, understanding the draft-to-payment flow, and why source attachments and audit traceability matter.
12Xero Invoice Workflows Through OpenClaw
60 min
Use OpenClaw to prepare customer invoices through the xero-invoice-lifecycle skill. Covers confirming contact, account, due date, and tax treatment, and understanding the draft, authorise, and send flow.
13Tax Validation and Human Review Controls
60 min
Show students where AI assistance stops and human review becomes essential. Covers why tax treatment is a review point, how OpenClaw can support checking without replacing judgement, and the review habits that protect a business from avoidable mistakes.
14Day 2 Capstone Workflow
45 min
Complete an end-to-end OpenClaw workflow using skills as the main operating model. Students process a new business document, extract details, check the related contact, route into the correct Xero lifecycle skill, and stop at the human approval point.
15What Comes Next: OfficeDesk.ai
15 min
Show students the natural next step from single-user OpenClaw skills to managed, multi-agent orchestration. Live walkthrough of the OfficeDesk.ai dashboard covering departments, supervisors, agents, and cross-department routing.
16Course Wrap Up
15 min
Recap of both days: OpenClaw first, OfficeDesk through skills, OfficeDesk.ai for scale. Key principles: safe setup, clear prompts, skill-guided workflows, and human approval.
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