Build your own OpenClaw-like AI agent from scratch using the Vercel AI SDK, Composio, Supermemory, Telegram, and Vercel Cron.

In this free full course, you'll start with the Vercel AI SDK Chatbot template, connect your agent to real apps like Gmail with Composio, add long-term memory with Supermemory, give the agent a persistent personality, make it usable from Telegram, and add scheduled automations with Vercel Cron.

By the end, you'll understand the core building blocks behind production AI agents: tool calling, context engineering, OAuth, memory, auth, database migrations, multi-channel agent interfaces, scheduled jobs, and deployment.

Resources
💻 START HERE: Chatbot template https://vercel.com/templates/next.js/chatbot
💻 Prompts and source code: https://github.com/shawnesquivel/OpenClaw-Clone-Composio-VercelAI
🔗 100% off the Composio Starter Plan for 1 month: Use code FREECODECAMP at checkout
🔗 Get 50% off Cursor plans: https://cursor.com/referral?code=DQSTRSDOYBCI

🏗️ @Composio provided a grant to make this course possible.

What you'll build
- A deployed Vercel AI SDK chatbot
- Telegram access for your agent
- 1000+ apps for your agent via OAuth
- Long-term memory and soul
- Scheduled automations with Vercel Cron

⭐️ Chapters ⭐️
0:00:00 Build an OpenClaw-like AI Agent
0:01:10 Final Agent Demo
0:03:13 What You'll Learn
0:03:52 Who Am I
0:04:27 Do You Need to Know How to Code?
0:05:03 Cursor, Codex, and Course Resources
0:05:34 Free Cursor, OpenAI Programs, and Discounts
0:06:16 What Is an AI Agent?
0:09:41 PART 1: Vercel AI SDK Chatbot Template
0:12:59 Test the Deployed Template
0:13:42 Vercel AI Gateway Router
0:14:37 Run the Template Locally
0:16:48 Confirm Database Changes
0:17:58 Start the Local Dev Server
0:19:16 PART 2: Add Composio Tools
0:20:29 Context Engineering
0:24:21 Create a Composio API Key
0:25:23 PROMPT 1: Add Composio Tools
0:26:36 Reviewing AI-Generated Changes
0:28:54 Test Composio with Gmail
0:30:56 Composio 1 Month Free
0:31:17 OAuth and Composio Auth
0:32:41 PROMPT 2: Expand AI Gateway Models
0:35:12 Inspect Database Changes
0:36:21 PART 3: Add Long-Term Memory with Supermemory
0:40:27 Set Up Supermemory
0:39:49 PROMPT 3: Add Supermemory
0:41:25 Reviewing Supermemory Changes
0:42:06 Test Long-Term Memory
0:43:43 PART 4: Add Agent Soul
0:45:37 PROMPT 4: Add Soul
0:46:59 Test Soul Feature
0:49:07 PART 5: Add Telegram
0:50:59 Setting Up Telegram
0:51:45 Add Telegram Token to Env
0:52:47 Setting Up ngrok
0:54:56 PROMPT 5: Add Telegram
0:56:19 Register the Telegram Webhook
0:58:34 Test the Telegram Bot
0:58:57 PART 6: Add Automations with Vercel Cron
1:00:55 Configure Vercel Cron
1:01:59 PROMPT 6: Add Scheduled Tasks
1:03:30 Test Scheduled Tasks
1:04:59 PART 7: Deploy to Production
1:06:34 How to Get Help

Keywords: AI agent tutorial, Vercel AI SDK, Composio, Supermemory, OpenClaw, Cursor AI, Telegram bot, Vercel Cron, AI chatbot, tool calling, context engineering, OAuth, agent memory, build AI agents, Next.js AI agent

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A full course on building an AI agent from scratch using Next.js, Vercel AI SDK, Composio, and Supermemory. The agent features a chat UI, persistent memory across conversations, 1000+ app integrations (Gmail, Slack, Notion, etc.) via Composio, a customizable personality (soul), Telegram integration for mobile access, and scheduled cron jobs. The course uses Cursor as an AI-assisted code editor, requiring minimal manual coding. Key concepts covered include context engineering, OAuth token management, webhook setup with ngrok, and database migrations with Drizzle ORM on Neon Postgres.

Build Your Own OpenClaw Using Vercel, Composio, Supermemory