🔐 ClosedClaw

Encrypted Credential Vault & Security Layer for OpenClaw

ClosedClaw protects your API keys and sensitive credentials by storing them in an AES-256-GCM encrypted vault. It runs as a daemon that sits between you and OpenClaw, injecting credentials at runtime without ever storing them in plaintext.

🚀 Quick Start

# Install globally
npm install -g closedclaw

# Initialize your vault
closedclaw init

# Store your API keys
closedclaw store anthropic sk-ant-api03-xxxxx
closedclaw store openai sk-xxxxx
closedclaw store elevenlabs xxxxx

# Start the daemon
closedclaw start

# Check status
closedclaw status

📖 How It Works

┌──────────────┐      ┌───────────────┐      ┌──────────────┐
│   You/Apps   │ ───▶ │  ClosedClaw   │ ───▶ │   OpenClaw   │
│              │      │   (Daemon)    │      │   Gateway    │
└──────────────┘      └───────────────┘      └──────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
                      ┌───────────────┐
                      │  Encrypted    │
                      │    Vault      │
                      │  (AES-256)    │
                      └───────────────┘

1. Initialize: Create an encrypted vault with your master passphrase
2. Store: Add API keys - they're encrypted immediately
3. Start: Launch the daemon, unlock with your passphrase
4. Use: The daemon injects credentials into OpenClaw requests

🛡️ Security Features

Feature	Description
AES-256-GCM	Military-grade encryption for all stored data
scrypt KDF	Passphrase-derived keys with high memory cost
Secure Permissions	Files created with 0600 mode (owner-only)
Memory Safety	Credentials cleared from memory when locked
No Plaintext	API keys never written to disk unencrypted

📋 CLI Commands

closedclaw init

Initialize a new encrypted vault. You'll create a master passphrase.

closedclaw store <provider> <key>

Store an API key for a provider (e.g., anthropic, openai, elevenlabs).

closedclaw list

List all stored providers (keys are never displayed).

closedclaw delete <provider>

Remove a stored credential.

closedclaw start [-f|--foreground]

Start the daemon. Use -f to run in foreground.

closedclaw stop

Stop the running daemon.

closedclaw status

Show vault and daemon status.

closedclaw config [options]

View or update configuration.

• --daemon-port <port>: Set ClosedClaw's port (default: 3847)
• --openclaw-port <port>: Set OpenClaw gateway port (default: 3000)

⚙️ Configuration

ClosedClaw stores its config at ~/.closedclaw/config.json:

{
  "daemon": {
    "port": 3847,
    "host": "127.0.0.1"
  },
  "openclaw": {
    "gatewayUrl": "http://127.0.0.1",
    "gatewayPort": 3000
  }
}

🔧 Integration with OpenClaw

Update your OpenClaw configuration to use ClosedClaw as the gateway:

{
  "gateway": {
    "port": 3847
  }
}

Or set the environment variable:

export OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3847

📁 File Locations

File	Location	Purpose
Config	~/.closedclaw/config.json	Settings & preferences
Vault	~/.closedclaw/vault.enc	Encrypted credentials
PID	~/.closedclaw/closedclaw.pid	Daemon process ID

🏗️ Development

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/closedclaw/closedclaw.git
cd closedclaw

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Run in dev mode
pnpm dev

# Build
pnpm build

# Test
pnpm test

📜 License

MIT © ClosedClaw Team

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