OpenClaw .NET — Demo Guide

Three tracks of step-by-step demos for the OpenClaw .NET platform:

Track	Folder	Best for
🚀 Aspire Stack	`aspire-stack/`	Full solution: Gateway + Web UI + Aspire Dashboard
🔌 Gateway Only	`gateway-only/`	Just the Gateway API, no UI or Aspire needed
🛠️ Tools	`tools/`	Recipe-style demos that combine built-in tools (jobs, agent runs)
🎯 Real-World Scenarios	`real-world/`	Advanced production patterns: scheduling, events, skills, audit

Which track should I use?#

Start with Gateway Only if you want to explore the API with PowerShell/curl commands, step through each feature individually, or don't have a full Aspire environment ready.

Use Aspire Stack once you want to run the full solution — streaming Web UI, Aspire Dashboard, GenAI visualizer, distributed traces, and the complete agent observability story.

Choose Real-World Scenarios after completing either track above, when you're ready to build production patterns: scheduled jobs, event-driven workflows, skill composition, multi-agent orchestration, and compliance audit trails.

Quick Start#

Aspire Stack (full solution)#

aspire start src\OpenClawNet.AppHost
# Open http://localhost:15888 for the dashboard

Gateway Only#

dotnet run --project src/OpenClawNet.Gateway
# Swagger at http://localhost:5010/swagger

Prerequisites (both tracks)#

Tool	Install	Notes
.NET 10 SDK	`winget install Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.10`
Aspire workload	`dotnet workload install aspire`	Required for Aspire Stack
Ollama	https://ollama.com	`ollama pull gemma4:e2b` (recommended)
Git	Repo cloned, on `main`

Aspire version used: 13.2.2 — see what's new

Architecture#

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Aspire 13 Dashboard (:15888)                        │
│  Logs · Traces · Metrics · GenAI Visualizer          │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
               │ orchestrates
┌──────────────▼──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  OpenClaw .NET.Web  (Blazor Server)                    │
│  Chat UI with HTTP SSE streaming + toolbar status   │
│  [Provider] [Model] [Jobs] [Connection ●]           │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
               │ HTTP + SSE streaming
┌──────────────▼──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  OpenClaw .NET.Gateway  (ASP.NET Minimal API)          │
│  IAgentOrchestrator → tools → skills → memory       │
│  /api/chat  /api/chat/stream  /api/sessions         │
│  /api/webhooks  /api/jobs  /api/settings            │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
               │
        ┌──────┴──────┐
  Ollama / Foundry   SQLite
  (IAgentProvider)   (IConversationStore)