# How to connect Clearout to OpenClaw (paste one key, 21 tools) > Connect Clearout to OpenClaw with ClawLink: paste your Clearout key once and 21 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine. Web version: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/clearout The usual route to Clearout access for OpenClaw is an MCP server you configure and keep running, plus your own OAuth app or API keys. ClawLink gives OpenClaw a more practical Clearout setup: install one ClawHub skill, connect Clearout in the browser, and OpenClaw can call real Clearout actions from any chat surface with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself. ## Setup It takes three steps to connect OpenClaw to Clearout. 1. **Install ClawLink** — add the plugin to OpenClaw once. 2. **Connect Clearout** — one-click OAuth in the ClawLink dashboard. 3. **Use it from chat** — ask OpenClaw in plain English. **Paste this into OpenClaw to set up ClawLink:** > I want to connect my apps to OpenClaw through ClawLink. > Please install the ClawLink plugin from ClawHub and enable it: `openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin` > When it is installed, tell me and stop. After I reply, give me the ClawLink pairing link. Setup notes, if you need them: https://claw-link.dev/skill.md **Alternative for any agent (no plugin needed):** if the OpenClaw plugin route isn't available or doesn't work, any AI agent with shell access can use the ClawLink CLI instead: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login # sign in via browser — no API key to paste npx -y @useclawlink/cli connect clearout # connect Clearout (browser OAuth) npx -y @useclawlink/cli actions clearout # list available actions npx -y @useclawlink/cli run clearout --input '' # execute (add --confirm for writes) ``` ### Install by command The setup prompt above does all of this in one paste. By hand, it is one install command plus a browser approval: ```bash openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin ``` Then ask OpenClaw to set up ClawLink. It starts browser pairing and prints an approval link — open it, approve the device, return to the chat, and say `done`. Finally, connect Clearout in the [ClawLink dashboard](https://claw-link.dev/dashboard) — paste your Clearout API key once. Verify the connection by asking OpenClaw: > Use Clearout to autocomplete company to domain and walk me through the result in plain English. ### Using a different agent? The OpenClaw plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login ``` `login` opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once Clearout is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 21 Clearout tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: [connect apps to any AI agent](https://claw-link.dev/learn/connect-apps-to-any-ai-agent). ## Clearout MCP for OpenClaw Looking for a Clearout MCP server for OpenClaw? ClawLink connects Clearout to OpenClaw and exposes 21 Clearout tools your agent can call over [MCP](https://claw-link.dev/learn/what-is-an-mcp-server), with [hosted auth](https://claw-link.dev/learn/oauth-for-ai-agents) and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using Hermes instead? The [Hermes Clearout integration](https://claw-link.dev/hermes/clearout) works the same way. ## What the OpenClaw Clearout integration can do 21 Clearout tools are ready for OpenClaw once the account is connected. ### All 21 Clearout tools for OpenClaw | Tool | What it does | |---|---| | **Autocomplete company to domain** `clearout_autocomplete_company_to_domain` | Autocomplete company names to probable domains with confidence scores | | **Business account verify** `clearout_business_account_verify` | Check if an email belongs to a business/work account | | **Catch all verify** `clearout_catch_all_verify` | Check if an email domain is catch-all | | **Disposable verify** `clearout_disposable_verify` | Check if an email is from a disposable provider | | **Domain find mx** `clearout_domain_find_mx` | Retrieve MX records for a domain in priority order | | **Domain find whois** `clearout_domain_find_whois` | Fetch WHOIS record for a domain | | **Email finder bulk result download** `clearout_email_finder_bulk_result_download` | Generate a bulk email finder result download URL | | **Email verify bulk progress status** `clearout_email_verify_bulk_progress_status` | Retrieve progress for a bulk email verification job | | **Email verify bulk result download** `clearout_email_verify_bulk_result_download` | Obtain a temporary URL for bulk email verification results | | **Email verify get credits** `clearout_email_verify_get_credits` | Fetch available email verification credits | | **Email verify instant** `clearout_email_verify_instant` | Instantly verify a single email address | | **Free account verify** `clearout_free_account_verify` | Detect if an email is from a free email service provider | | **Gibberish account verify** `clearout_gibberish_account_verify` | Verify if an email address is gibberish | | **Reverse lookup find company via domain** `clearout_reverse_lookup_find_company_via_domain` | Find company information (name, logo, LinkedIn URL, address) by looking up its domain name | | **Reverse lookup find person via email** `clearout_reverse_lookup_find_person_via_email` | Retrieve a person’s profile from an email address | | **Reverse lookup find person via linked in** `clearout_reverse_lookup_find_person_via_linked_in` | Discover person information via a LinkedIn profile URL | | **Role account verify** `clearout_role_account_verify` | Determine if an email is a role-based account | | **Email finder bulk** `clearout_email_finder_bulk` | Upload a CSV or XLSX contacts file for bulk email finding | | **Email verify bulk** `clearout_email_verify_bulk` | Upload a CSV or XLSX file for bulk email verification | | **Email finder bulk cancel** `clearout_email_finder_bulk_cancel` | Cancel a running bulk email finder job | | **Email verify bulk cancel** `clearout_email_verify_bulk_cancel` | Cancel an in-progress bulk email verification job | ## Example prompts **Autocomplete Company To Domain** > Use Clearout to autocomplete company to domain and walk me through the result in plain English. **Business Account Verify** > Use Clearout to business account verify and walk me through the result in plain English. **Catch All Verify** > Use Clearout to catch all verify and walk me through the result in plain English. **Disposable Verify** > Use Clearout to disposable verify and walk me through the result in plain English. ## ClawLink vs. building it yourself The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Clearout working from chat. | | Manual | ClawLink | |---|---|---| | **Credential handling** | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Clearout API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Clearout account becomes available to the agent without you building credential management. | | **Ongoing maintenance** | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for Clearout. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. | | **Agent usability** | You still need to expose the right Clearout actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 21 tools for Clearout are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. | ## ClawLink vs. Composio Composio also exposes Clearout to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for OpenClaw users instead. You install the plugin once, connect Clearout in the browser, and the 21 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Clearout key you paste at setup is stored server-side rather than kept in your environment. Choosing between them? Read the full [Composio alternatives](https://claw-link.dev/hub/composio-alternatives) comparison. ### OpenClaw installed the Clearout skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about Clearout, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure Clearout is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ### Connection succeeds but no tools appear Reconnect Clearout from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded. ### "Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling Clearout tools Clearout tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every Clearout call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again. ### Clearout returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs. ### API key setup works but results look incomplete Double-check that the API key for Clearout has the right scopes or account access. A valid key can still be too limited for some reads or writes. ### Is there a OpenClaw Clearout integration? Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect OpenClaw to Clearout: link your Clearout account once in the browser and OpenClaw can call the Clearout API through 21 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling. ### How do I add Clearout to OpenClaw with ClawLink? Paste the setup prompt from this page into OpenClaw. It installs the ClawLink Clearout skill from ClawHub, then you click Connect in the dashboard to authorize Clearout. OpenClaw calls the tools from the next message — no config files, and the Clearout key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment. ### How long does it take to connect Clearout to OpenClaw? About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Clearout in the dashboard, authenticate, and OpenClaw can use it from the next chat message. ### Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Clearout up myself? The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Clearout working from chat. ### OpenClaw installed the Clearout skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about Clearout, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure Clearout is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. 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