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How to Publish an OpenClaw Project in 5 Minutes

Use Deplion from an OpenClaw-managed agent workflow to publish a static website, connect a working contact form, collect leads, publish updates, and roll back unwanted versions.

OpenClaw is useful when you want an agent to do more than answer questions: it can coordinate real work across tools and agent runtimes.

That makes website publication a natural fit. If an OpenClaw-managed agent can access the website project and Deplion is available through MCP, the workflow can continue from building the page to publishing it and collecting leads.

The short version: add Deplion to OpenClaw's MCP configuration, make it available to the agent runtime that owns the website task, then ask the agent to publish the current project.

Before you start

You need:

OpenClaw has several MCP surfaces. For this guide, the important one is OpenClaw acting as the client-side registry for a third-party MCP server that an eligible runtime can consume.

Step 1: Add Deplion to OpenClaw

OpenClaw can store third-party MCP server definitions and make them available to supported agent runtimes.

Use OpenClaw's MCP management commands or Control UI to add Deplion using the connection details provided by Deplion.

After adding it, verify the saved server:

openclaw mcp status --verbose

You can also use OpenClaw's MCP diagnostic commands to check the connection and available tools before starting the website task.

If the Deplion connection requires OAuth, complete the login flow when prompted.

Step 2: Make sure the website task runs in a compatible agent workflow

OpenClaw can host or coordinate different agent runtimes. The exact runtime matters because not every execution path projects third-party MCP servers in the same way.

Before doing any website work, ask the active agent:

Can you use Deplion in this session?

If the answer is yes and the Deplion tools are available, continue.

Step 3: Finish the website

Let the agent build or refine the static website as usual.

For example:

Review this landing page, fix obvious desktop and mobile issues, and keep the existing visual direction.

When the result looks right, move to publication.

Step 4: Ask the agent to publish it

Use a direct instruction:

Publish the current website with Deplion and give me the public URL.

The agent already has the website task and project context. Deplion gives it the actions needed to publish the result.

When the agent returns a URL, open it yourself and verify the public page.

Step 5: Connect the contact form

If the page contains a form, ask:

Make the existing contact form collect leads through Deplion. Preserve the current design and fields, then publish the updated version.

This turns a generated page into something that can actually receive inquiries.

Step 6: Test the lead flow

Open the public site and submit a test inquiry yourself.

Then ask the agent:

Show me the latest lead from this project.

If the test submission appears, you have verified the complete visitor-to-lead flow.

Step 7: Keep the site inside the agent workflow

The interesting part of OpenClaw is what happens after the first publication.

You can ask the agent to change the page:

Add a new service section and tighten the mobile spacing.

Then:

Publish the updated version.

Later:

Show me the newest leads from the website.

This creates a continuous operating loop instead of treating publication as a one-time final step.

What if an agent edit goes wrong?

If a later published version is worse than the previous one, ask:

Roll back the website to the previous published version.

That is safer than asking an agent to reconstruct the earlier page from memory.

A prompt worth saving

Publish this website with Deplion. Preserve the current design, connect the existing contact form to lead collection, verify that all required assets are included, check desktop and mobile, publish it, and give me the public URL.

Common problems

Deplion is saved in OpenClaw but the agent cannot use it

Check which OpenClaw runtime is actually handling the task. OpenClaw can manage third-party MCP definitions, but availability depends on the runtime path used for that agent session.

Use openclaw mcp status --verbose and the MCP diagnostic commands to verify the server, then confirm that the selected runtime receives the server definition.

OAuth is not complete

Use OpenClaw's MCP login flow for the saved Deplion server and complete authorization before asking the agent to publish.

The public page is missing assets

Ask the agent to compare the public result with the current project, fix missing styles, scripts, images, or assets, and publish again without redesigning the page.

The form does not produce a lead

Ask the agent to verify the Deplion form connection, republish, and then send another test submission yourself.

What kind of project fits this workflow?

Deplion is intended for static websites and landing pages. If the project requires its own server-side runtime, database, or authentication backend, that backend needs a separate solution.

Key takeaways

The bigger idea is not simply “publish a file.” It is give the agent a complete path from building a website to operating it after launch.