How we selected these OpenClaw APIs
This is a use-case shortlist, not a universal vendor ranking. We favored APIs with official documentation, structured responses, scoped authentication, predictable errors, and a clear job inside an agent workflow. Each choice must add data or action that OpenClaw does not already have locally.
OpenClaw supports tools, plugins, skills, webhooks, and automation. QVeris documents a native OpenClaw plugin and skill setup, while OpenClaw's official tools overview explains how registered tools become available to agents.
我们如何筛选适合 OpenClaw 的 API
这是一份按使用场景整理的清单，并非宣称某个厂商在所有方面都更优秀。我们优先考虑文档权威、响应结构化、认证范围可收紧、错误行为可预期，并且在智能体工作流中职责明确的 API。每个选择都应补充 OpenClaw 本地不具备的数据或操作能力。
OpenClaw 支持工具、插件、Skill、Webhook 与自动化。QVeris 提供原生的 OpenClaw 插件与 Skill 接入指南；OpenClaw 的官方工具概览则说明注册工具如何供智能体调用。
The 8 best APIs to use with OpenClaw适合 OpenClaw 的 8 类最佳 API
QVeris API & Plugin
Best for unified tool discovery统一工具发现首选QVeris is useful when one OpenClaw workflow needs several verified, API-backed capabilities without a custom adapter for every provider. Its Discover → Inspect → Call pattern lets the agent find an operation, inspect parameters, and execute only after the operation is understood. Use the native plugin for runtime reliability; use the skill when a lightweight, instruction-only setup is sufficient.当一个 OpenClaw 工作流需要多种可核验的 API 能力，又不希望为每个服务商分别编写适配器时，QVeris 更合适。Discover → Inspect → Call 流程让智能体先发现操作、检查参数，再在理解能力边界后执行。生产场景可优先使用原生插件；仅需轻量指令接入时可使用 Skill。
Read the OpenClaw setup guide阅读 OpenClaw 接入指南 · Test a workflow in QVeris在 QVeris 中测试工作流
Brave Search API
Best for current web research实时网络研究首选Brave Search gives OpenClaw current web results for research, monitoring, fact checks, and source discovery. It is better suited to open-web retrieval than a documentation-only index. Require citations, cap result counts, and treat every page as untrusted input.Brave Search 可为 OpenClaw 提供实时网页结果，适合研究、监测、事实核查与来源发现。与只收录开发文档的索引相比，它更适合开放网络检索。应要求输出来源、限制结果数量，并将所有网页视为不可信输入。
Read the official Brave Search API documentation阅读 Brave Search API 官方文档
Google Workspace APIs
Best for email, calendar, and documents邮件、日历与文档首选Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Docs APIs can turn OpenClaw into a practical work assistant: summarize a thread, check availability, prepare an event, or organize approved files. Begin with metadata and read scopes. Draft messages and calendar changes before asking for explicit approval to send or save them.Gmail、Calendar、Drive 与 Docs API 可让 OpenClaw 成为实用的办公助手，例如总结邮件线程、查询空闲时间、准备日程或整理获准访问的文件。应从元数据和只读权限开始；邮件与日程变更先生成草稿，获得明确确认后再发送或保存。
Open the official Google Workspace developer documentation打开 Google Workspace 官方开发文档
GitHub REST & GraphQL APIs
Best for software delivery软件交付首选GitHub APIs provide structured access to issues, pull requests, checks, releases, and repository metadata. They fit triage, release summaries, and coding-agent coordination. Start with named repositories and read access; keep merges, branch protection changes, releases, and deletions behind approval.GitHub API 可结构化访问 Issue、Pull Request、检查结果、Release 与仓库元数据，适合任务分流、发布摘要和编程智能体协作。先限定具体仓库并使用只读权限；合并、分支保护变更、发布和删除操作必须经过审批。
Supabase APIs
Best for application data应用数据首选Supabase exposes Postgres data, authentication, storage, and server-side functions through documented APIs. It is a strong fit when OpenClaw must inspect application state or trigger a narrow backend workflow. Use a development project first, enforce Row Level Security, and never expose a service-role key to the agent.Supabase 通过文档化 API 提供 Postgres 数据、认证、存储和服务端函数，适合让 OpenClaw 检查应用状态或触发范围明确的后端流程。应先连接开发项目、启用行级安全策略，并且绝不能向智能体暴露 service role 密钥。
Slack Web API
Best for team coordination团队协作首选Slack's Web API supports channel history, search, message posting, reactions, and workflow events. OpenClaw can summarize a bounded thread or draft a status update. Restrict workspace scopes, separate reading from posting, and preview messages before they are sent.Slack Web API 支持频道历史、搜索、消息发送、表情回应与工作流事件。OpenClaw 可总结指定线程或起草状态更新。应限制工作区权限，将读取与发送分开，并在消息发出前提供预览。
Read the official Slack Web API documentation阅读 Slack Web API 官方文档
Stripe API
Best for payments and billing支付与账单首选Stripe is appropriate for checkout, subscriptions, invoices, and webhook-driven billing state. Use test mode, verify webhook signatures, and make handlers idempotent. Keep payment creation, refunds, subscription changes, and customer-data access behind explicit approval.Stripe 适用于结账、订阅、发票以及由 Webhook 驱动的账单状态。应使用测试模式、验证 Webhook 签名，并确保处理逻辑具备幂等性。创建支付、退款、修改订阅和访问客户数据都必须经过明确审批。
Sentry API
Best for production diagnosis生产故障诊断首选A read-only Sentry integration can give OpenClaw issue details, stack traces, release context, and event samples. Redact sensitive event data, correlate more than one signal before claiming a root cause, and require a regression test before resolving an issue.只读的 Sentry 集成可向 OpenClaw 提供问题详情、堆栈、发布上下文与事件样本。应对敏感事件数据脱敏，结合多个信号后再判断根因，并在关闭问题前补充回归测试。
Read the official Sentry API documentation阅读 Sentry API 官方文档
Choose the API by the missing capability按缺失能力选择 API
| Need需求 | Start with推荐起点 | First safe operation首个安全操作 | Required guardrail必要护栏 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover many tools发现多类工具 | QVeris | Discover + Inspect | Allow only selected calls只允许已选操作 |
| Current web evidence实时网页证据 | Brave Search | Bounded search限定范围搜索 | Citations and result caps保留来源并限制数量 |
| Office workflow办公流程 | Google Workspace | Read metadata读取元数据 | Approve sends and edits发送与修改需审批 |
| Software delivery软件交付 | GitHub | Read issues and PRs读取 Issue 与 PR | No automatic merge禁止自动合并 |
| Application state应用状态 | Supabase | SELECT | RLS |
| Team updates团队更新 | Slack | Draft a message起草消息 | Preview before posting发送前预览 |
| Billing账单 | Stripe | Test-mode lookup测试模式查询 | Signed webhooks验证 Webhook 签名 |
| Incident diagnosis故障诊断 | Sentry | Read issue context读取问题上下文 | Redaction and regression tests脱敏与回归测试 |
A safe OpenClaw API implementation pattern安全的 OpenClaw API 接入模式
Define one bounded job定义一个边界清晰的任务
Specify inputs, outputs, freshness, result limits, and whether the operation reads or writes.明确输入、输出、新鲜度、结果上限，以及操作属于读取还是写入。
Wrap credentials outside the prompt在提示词之外管理凭证
Keep secrets in the plugin environment or an approved secret manager. Expose a narrow tool, not a raw key.将密钥保存在插件环境或合规密钥管理器中，只暴露范围明确的工具，不要暴露原始密钥。
Validate arguments and responses校验参数与响应
Enforce schemas, timeouts, pagination, retry limits, provenance, and normalized errors.执行 Schema 校验、超时、分页、重试上限、来源记录与错误标准化。
Test failure paths测试失败路径
Cover invalid authentication, empty results, rate limits, partial responses, duplicate webhooks, and revoked permissions.覆盖认证失败、空结果、限流、部分响应、重复 Webhook 与权限撤销等情况。
Security controls that matter more than API count比 API 数量更重要的安全控制
- Use separate credentials for development, testing, and production.开发、测试和生产环境使用独立凭证。
- Default to read-only scopes and add write permissions one operation at a time.默认采用只读权限，并按单个操作逐步增加写权限。
- Require confirmation for messages, payments, deletions, merges, and access changes.消息发送、支付、删除、合并与权限变更必须经过确认。
- Cap rows, pages, payload size, date ranges, retries, and total calls.限制行数、分页、负载大小、日期范围、重试次数与总调用量。
- Treat API responses as untrusted input and log tool decisions without unnecessary personal data.将 API 响应视为不可信输入，并记录工具决策，但避免写入无必要的个人数据。
For a narrower implementation example, read about real-time stock market data for OpenClaw.如需查看更聚焦的接入示例，可阅读OpenClaw 实时股票市场数据。
Frequently asked questions常见问题
Can OpenClaw call external APIs?OpenClaw 可以调用外部 API 吗？
Yes. OpenClaw can use registered tools and plugins, while QVeris provides a native plugin and a lightweight skill for discovering and calling API-backed capabilities.可以。OpenClaw 能调用已注册的工具与插件；QVeris 则提供原生插件和轻量 Skill，用于发现并调用由 API 支持的能力。
Which API should I connect first?应该先接入哪个 API？
Choose the API that supplies the one piece of external evidence or action currently blocking a repeated workflow. Start read-only and measure whether it improves the complete task.选择能补齐当前重复工作流所缺关键证据或操作的 API。先从只读能力开始，并验证它是否真正改善完整任务。
Should I give OpenClaw a raw API key?可以把原始 API 密钥交给 OpenClaw 吗？
No. Store credentials in the plugin environment or an approved secret manager and expose only narrowly scoped operations.不可以。凭证应保存在插件环境或合规密钥管理器中，并且只向智能体暴露范围明确的操作。
Is an API the same as an OpenClaw skill?API 和 OpenClaw Skill 是一回事吗？
No. An API is a service interface. A skill mainly provides instructions about when and how to use capabilities, while a plugin can register callable tools at runtime.不是。API 是服务接口；Skill 主要提供何时、如何使用能力的指令，而插件可以在运行时注册可调用工具。
Give OpenClaw one dependable API before giving it eight先给 OpenClaw 一个可靠 API，再考虑八个
Test one exact operation with bounded inputs, inspect the response, and only then connect it to automation.先用受限输入测试一个明确操作并检查响应，再把它接入自动化流程。