---
title: Connect OpenClaw
description: Provisional OpenClaw MCP registry guidance.
product: hosted-mcp
lifecycle: beta
support: provisional
appliesTo: OpenClaw releases with outbound MCP registry support
sourceArtifact: harness-catalog-v1
owner: Agent access owner
raw: /raw/connect/openclaw.md
---

OpenClaw's official MCP reference distinguishes `openclaw mcp serve` (OpenClaw acting as a server) from its outbound registry commands (OpenClaw consuming other servers). Sift requires the outbound-client path.

The installed OpenClaw `2026.5.7` client was inspected on 2026-07-13. It exposes `list`, `serve`, `set`, `show`, and `unset`, but no MCP login command, so Sift does not publish a hosted-OAuth command for that release. Run `openclaw mcp --help` for your release and do not copy a command from a newer guide. [Official release evidence](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/docs/cli/mcp.md).

For `2026.5.7`, install the Sift fallback skill:

```bash
npx -y @sift-wiki/cli@0.1.10 skill install sift-setup
```