--- title: Setup OpenClaw 2.0 with Gemini in Under 60 Seconds description: A step-by-step guide walks through installing OpenClaw 2.0 (v2026.8.1) and connecting it to Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash model in five commands. It covers Node.js... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/setup-openclaw-2-0-with-gemini-in-under-60-seconds-aaz2eeiah twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Setup OpenClaw 2.0 with Gemini in Under 60 Seconds | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide walks through installing OpenClaw 2.0 (v2026.8.1) and connecting it to Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash model in five commands. It covers Node.js... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/setup-openclaw-2-0-with-gemini-in-under-60-seconds-aaz2eeiah og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AaZ2EeiAH.png og:image:alt: Setup OpenClaw 2.0 with Gemini in Under 60 Seconds 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. # Setup OpenClaw 2.0 with Gemini in Under 60 Seconds **[Philipp Schmid](https://daily.dev/sources/philschmid)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide walks through installing OpenClaw 2.0 (v2026.8.1) and connecting it to Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash model in five commands. It covers Node.js prerequisites, configuring a Gemini API key, setting Gemini 3.7 Flash as the default agent model, testing inference via CLI, and launching the gateway and Control UI. It also covers enabling Google Search grounding by default and connecting chat channels like Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp, plus other Gemini capabilities like image, video, music generation, TTS, and realtime voice. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I set up OpenClaw 2.0 with Gemini 3.7 Flash? Install OpenClaw globally via npm, export a Gemini API key from Google AI Studio, set gemini-3.7-flash as the default agent model, then start the gateway in local mode to launch the Control UI. Google Search grounding is enabled automatically when the GEMINI_API_KEY is present, requiring no extra configuration or search keys. _daily.dev surfaces setup guides like this for developers wiring new models into agent tooling._ ### Do I need a separate search API key to use Google Search grounding with OpenClaw and Gemini? No, Google Search grounding is enabled by default whenever the GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable is present, with no extra configuration or search keys required. Any onboarding prompt suggesting a Brave API key can be ignored since Gemini's built-in grounding handles it automatically. _developers weighing agent search integrations can track these gotchas on daily.dev before wiring up their own setup._ ### What Node.js version is required to run OpenClaw 2.0? OpenClaw 2.0 requires Node 26 as the recommended version, or Node 22.22.3+ or 24.15+ as alternatives, checkable via node --version. A Gemini API key from Google AI Studio is also needed before installation. _daily.dev helps developers keep prerequisites straight when adopting new agentic tooling._ --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini), [#openclaw](https://daily.dev/tags/openclaw) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/setup-openclaw-2-0-with-gemini-in-under-60-seconds-aaz2eeiah) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Setup OpenClaw 2.0 with Gemini in Under 60 Seconds","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/setup-openclaw-2-0-with-gemini-in-under-60-seconds-aaz2eeiah","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/setup-openclaw-2-0-with-gemini-in-under-60-seconds-aaz2eeiah"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T13:57:21.144Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T13:15:32.170Z","description":"A step-by-step guide walks through installing OpenClaw 2.0 (v2026.8.1) and connecting it to Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash model in five commands. 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