Google opens the door to OpenClaw and other AI agents with new release

Source: Mashable Tech

Google introduces a CLI for integrating OpenClaw and other AI agents

OpenClaw has taken the AI industry by storm over the past few months, inspiring a new AI term for personal AI agents — claws. Its popularity has reached a point where even Google is taking notice.

Official Google Workspace CLI

Google has released a command‑line interface (CLI) that gives developers a way to integrate third‑party AI agents like OpenClaw into the Workspace platform. With this CLI, OpenClaw and other AI assistants can connect to a user’s Google Workspace services such as Gmail and Google Drive.

The Google Workspace CLI is available on GitHub: . The repository includes documentation on how to integrate OpenClaw, as well as guidance for connecting MCP (Model Context Protocol)‑compatible apps such as the Claude Desktop app and the Gemini CLI.

Note: Google states that the CLI is “not an officially supported Google product” and is intended primarily for developer use rather than for the average Google user.

How this differs from previous workarounds

As PCWorld noted, OpenClaw and similar claws could already connect to Google Workspace, but doing so required workarounds and the use of multiple APIs to integrate AI assistants into Google’s services and platforms. The new CLI provides an official, streamlined path for developers.

Significance for the AI ecosystem

This release marks a notable shift for Google, signaling an embrace of “claws” and offering developers a legitimate method to embed them within Google Workspace accounts. OpenClaw went viral earlier this year and has become a standard‑bearer for agentic AI tools.

Last month, OpenAI hired OpenClaw’s founder, Peter Steinberger: . Steinberger joined with the goal “to build an agent that even my mum can use,” underscoring the growing focus on user‑friendly AI agents.