Extend OpenClaw with Bright Data Skills for a Web-Data-Ready WhatsApp AI Assistant

OpenClaw, formerly known as ClawdBot or MoltBot, is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs locally on various devices and integrates with popular messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and more. It stands out due to its ability to run entirely on user hardware, ensuring full control over data and execution, and it can integrate with multiple large language models (LLMs). OpenClaw supports skill-based extensibility, allowing users to enhance its capabilities with tools like Bright Data, which provides web search and scraping functionalities. This integration enables AI assistants to access real-time web data, overcoming limitations of outdated knowledge inherent in static LLM datasets. The tutorial explains how to set up OpenClaw for creating a WhatsApp AI assistant powered by Bright Data's tools, which can perform tasks such as monitoring competitors by retrieving and summarizing the latest news articles. The assistant's proactive automation, deep multi-channel integration, and advanced context system further enhance its functionality, making it suitable for a wide range of business-ready applications.