--- title: "moltworker" type: "tool" slug: "cloudflare-moltworker" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/cloudflare-moltworker" github_url: "https://github.com/cloudflare/moltworker" homepage_url: "https://blog.cloudflare.com/moltworker-self-hosted-ai-agent/" stars: 9917 forks: 1756 primary_language: "TypeScript" license: "Apache-2.0" categories: ["developer-tools", "ai-agents"] tags: ["cloudflare-workers", "anthropic-api", "typescript"] updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:34:41.266672+00:00" --- # moltworker > Run OpenClaw personal AI assistant on Cloudflare Workers Experimental repository enabling the operation of OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot), an AI agent designed to operate as a personal assistant, within Cloudflare's sandboxed environment. It requires a paid Cloudflare Workers plan and Anthropic API key for Claude access. ## Facts - Repository: https://github.com/cloudflare/moltworker - Homepage: https://blog.cloudflare.com/moltworker-self-hosted-ai-agent/ - Stars: 9,917 · Forks: 1,756 · Open issues: 97 · Watchers: 46 - Primary language: TypeScript - License: Apache-2.0 - Last pushed: 2026-05-09T02:37:13+00:00 ## Categories - [Developer Tools](/categories/developer-tools.md) - [AI Agents](/categories/ai-agents.md) ## Tags cloudflare workers, anthropic-api, typescript ## Related tools - [ECC](/tools/affaan-m-ecc.md) - The agent harness performance optimization system (★ 226,962) - [hermes-agent](/tools/nousresearch-hermes-agent.md) - The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research (★ 210,880) - [AutoGPT](/tools/significant-gravitas-autogpt.md) - AutoGPT: Build, Deploy, and Run AI Agents (★ 185,417) - [ollama](/tools/ollama-ollama.md) - Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.1, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models. 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Use at your own risk. ## Requirements - [Workers Paid plan](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/developer-platform/) ($5 USD/month) — required for Cloudflare Sandbox containers. Running the container incurs additional compute costs; see [Container Cost Estimate](#container-cost-estimate) below for details. - [Anthropic API key](https://console.anthropic.com/) — for Claude access, or you can use AI Gateway's [Unified Billing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/features/unified-billing/) The following Cloudflare features used by this project have free tiers: - Cloudflare Access (authentication) - Browser Rendering (for browser navigation) - AI Gateway (optional, for API routing/analytics) - R2 Storage (optional, for persistence) ## Container Cost Estimate This project uses a `standard-1` Cloudflare Container instance (1/2 vCPU, 4 GiB memory, 8 GB disk). Below are approximate monthly costs assuming the container runs 24/7, based on [Cloudflare Containers pricing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/pricing/): | Resource | Provisioned | Monthly Usage | Included Free | Overage | Approx. Cost | |----------|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------|--------------| | Memory | 4 GiB | 2,920 GiB-hrs | 25 GiB-hrs | 2,895 GiB-hrs | ~$26/mo | | CPU (at ~10% utilization) | 1/2 vCPU | ~2,190 vCPU-min | 375 vCPU-min | ~1,815 vCPU-min | ~$2/mo | | Disk | 8 GB | 5,840 GB-hrs | 200 GB-hrs | 5,640 GB-hrs | ~$1.50/mo | | Workers Paid plan | | | | | $5/mo | | **Total** | | | | | **~$34.50/mo** | Notes: - CPU is billed on **active usage only**, not provisioned capacity. The 10% utilization estimate is a rough baseline for a lightly-used personal assistant; your actual cost will vary with usage. - Memory and disk are billed on **provisioned capacity** for the full time the container is running. - To reduce costs, configure `SANDBOX_SLEEP_AFTER` (e.g., `10m`) so the container sleeps when idle. A container that only runs 4 hours/day would cost roughly ~$5-6/mo in compute on top of the $5 plan fee. - Network egress, Workers/Durable Objects requests, and logs are additional but typically minimal for personal use. - See the [instance types table](https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/pricing/) for other options (e.g., `lite` at 256 MiB/$0.50/mo memory or `standard-4` at 12 GiB for heavier workloads). ## What is OpenClaw? [OpenClaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) (formerly Moltbot, formerly Clawdbot) is a personal AI assistant with a gateway architecture that connects to multiple chat platforms. Key features: - **Control UI** - Web-based chat interface at the gateway - **Multi-channel support** - Telegram, Discord, Slack - **Device pairing** - Secure DM authentication requiring explicit approval - **Persistent conversations** - Chat history and context across sessions - **Agent runtime** - Extensible AI capabilities with workspace and skills This project packages OpenClaw to run in a [Cloudflare Sandbox](https://developers.cloudflare.com/sandbox/) container, providing a fully managed, always-on deployment without needing to self-host. Optional R2 storage enables persistence across container restarts. ## Architecture ## Quick Start _Cloudflare Sandboxes are available on the [Workers Paid plan](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/plans)._ ```bash # Install dependencies npm install # Set your API key (direct Anthropic access) npx wrangler secret put ANTHROPIC_API_KEY # Or use Cloudflare AI Gateway instead (see "Optional: Cloudflare AI Gateway" below) # npx wrangler secret put CLOUDFLARE_AI_GATEWAY_API ``` --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/cloudflare-moltworker`](/api/graphcanon/tools/cloudflare-moltworker) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_