API Gateway
Connect to 100+ APIs (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Notion, Slack, Airtable, etc.).
Details
API Gateway connects to 100+ APIs including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Notion, Slack, Airtable, HubSpot, and more. Single integration point for many services.
When to use
Use when you need one skill to talk to many SaaS APIs instead of installing separate skills. Configure once per service; good for teams with diverse tooling.
How API Gateway fits into your OpenClaw setup
Development skills are the workhorses of an OpenClaw setup. They give your assistant the ability to participate in real engineering work — reading and writing code, running tooling, and reporting back in the channel where you already collaborate. API Gateway belongs to this group, and like most development skills it pays off fastest when it is wired into the projects you touch every day rather than installed and forgotten.
Day-to-day use
A typical session starts in chat: you describe what you need in plain language, and the assistant works out that API Gateway is the right tool for the job. It runs the work, watches the output, and replies with the result or a follow-up question. Because the conversation happens in Discord, Telegram, or whichever channel you have connected, the full history of what was asked and what was done stays searchable alongside the rest of your team's discussion.
Installing API Gateway
Getting it running is straightforward: run the command below from the OpenClaw directory and restart your assistant. The one step people skip — and regret — is reading the README first. If the skill needs an API key, a token, or account permissions, sorting that before the first request saves a confusing debugging session.
Once the assistant is back online, test it with a simple, low-stakes request that exercises the skill. A quick verification now saves confusion later, because you will know the difference between a skill that is not installed and one that is misconfigured.
clawhub install api-gatewayGetting the most out of it
The value of API Gateway grows with what surrounds it. An assistant with one skill performs a trick; an assistant with a curated dozen runs workflows. As your setup matures, revisit the catalogue with your actual week in mind — the gaps you notice while working are the best installation guide there is.
Plenty of people configure this themselves over a weekend. If you would rather have it working by Friday, we install OpenClaw, configure skills like API Gateway for your exact workflow, and write custom ones for anything the catalogue does not cover.