AI Agent
An AI agent is a software system that uses artificial intelligence to autonomously perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions to achie...
Autonomous AI
Autonomous AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that can operate independently, making decisions and taking actions without direct human super...
Telegram Bot
A Telegram bot is an automated program that runs inside the Telegram messaging app. Bots can send messages, respond to commands, process payments, pla...
Discord Bot
A Discord bot is an automated application that integrates with the Discord messaging platform. Bots can moderate channels, play music, manage roles, r...
Docker Container
A Docker container is a lightweight, standalone, executable package that includes everything needed to run a piece of software: code, runtime, system ...
API Key
An API key is a unique identifier used to authenticate requests to an Application Programming Interface (API). For AI services, API keys are required ...
Self-Hosting
Self-hosting means running software on your own server infrastructure rather than using a third-party managed service. For AI agents like OpenClaw, se...
Managed Hosting
Managed hosting is a service where the hosting provider handles all server infrastructure, maintenance, updates, security, and configuration. Users in...
LLM (Large Language Model)
A Large Language Model (LLM) is an AI system trained on vast amounts of text data that can understand and generate human language. LLMs like GPT-4, Cl...
OpenClaw
OpenClaw is an open-source autonomous AI agent framework (MIT license) with over 60,000 GitHub stars. Formerly known as Clawdbot and also referred to ...
Clawdbot
Clawdbot was the original name of the open-source autonomous AI agent project now known as OpenClaw. The name was a combination of "Claude" (the AI mo...
Moltbot
Moltbot is a community-given name for the autonomous AI agent project officially known as OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot). The name comes from "molt" (sh...
Code Execution
Code execution in the context of AI agents refers to the ability of an AI system to write, compile, and run programming code in a real environment. Un...
Zero-Knowledge Architecture
Zero-knowledge architecture is a security approach where the service provider cannot access or read user data, even if they wanted to. The system is d...
AI Coding Assistant
An AI coding assistant is a software tool that uses artificial intelligence to help developers write, debug, and manage code. These range from inline ...
AI Agent vs Chatbot
The key difference between an AI agent and a chatbot is action. A chatbot responds to messages with text — it can answer questions, generate content, ...
Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering is the practice of crafting effective instructions (prompts) for AI systems to get the best results. For AI agents like OpenClaw, g...
VPS (Virtual Private Server)
A VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a virtualized server that acts as a dedicated server within a shared physical server. VPS hosting provides root acce...
SSH (Secure Shell)
SSH (Secure Shell) is a network protocol for securely connecting to remote servers over an encrypted connection. It's the standard tool for server adm...
Persistent Storage
Persistent storage refers to data storage that survives system restarts, container rebuilds, and session endings. Unlike temporary storage that gets w...
About OpenClaw, Clawdbot & Moltbot
OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot, also known as Moltbot) is an open-source autonomous AI agent framework. This glossary covers the key concepts behind how it works and the technology that powers EasyClawd managed hosting.