--- title: Claws Out: Securing and Building with OpenClaw - Nick... description: A conference talk by Nick Taylor, dev advocate at Pomerium, covering two main topics: a contribution he made to the OpenClaw project adding a 'trusted proxy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/claws-out-securing-and-building-with-openclaw---nick-taylor-pomerium-rkwnpabdu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Claws Out: Securing and Building with OpenClaw - Nick Taylor, Pomerium | daily.dev og:description: A conference talk by Nick Taylor, dev advocate at Pomerium, covering two main topics: a contribution he made to the OpenClaw project adding a 'trusted proxy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/claws-out-securing-and-building-with-openclaw---nick-taylor-pomerium-rkwnpabdu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rkWnPaBdu.png og:image:alt: Claws Out: Securing and Building with OpenClaw - Nick Taylor, Pomerium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claws Out: Securing and Building with OpenClaw - Nick Taylor, Pomerium **[AI Engineer](https://daily.dev/sources/aidotengineer)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conference talk by Nick Taylor, dev advocate at Pomerium, covering two main topics: a contribution he made to the OpenClaw project adding a 'trusted proxy auth mode' that eliminates the need for manual token entry and device pairing when using an identity-aware proxy, and a live demo showing how he builds MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using OpenClaw via Discord. The trusted proxy mode lets users configure IP-based trusted proxies and JWT user headers instead of pasting auth tokens. The demo shows editing a live MCP server with React/Vite hot reloading from a phone through Discord, with Pomerium securing the public URL. The talk emphasizes security best practices when exposing local services and the fun of building personal software with AI coding tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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