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Klaus AI

Klaus is a managed cloud hosting platform for OpenClaw AI agents, built by Usebits Inc (Y Combinator W26, San Francisco) and founded by Bailey Wickham and Robbie Thompson. Klaus provisions an isolated, pre-configured OpenClaw instance on dedicated AWS ARM compute in about five minutes, with messaging channels (Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage, Discord), Google Workspace, browser automation via Chromium and a Chrome Browser Relay extension, AgentMail email, GitHub backup, Tailscale SSH, scheduled cron tasks, semantic memory backed by OpenRouter embeddings, and instance webhooks that let external services trigger the agent over authenticated HTTP. Model access is brokered through OpenRouter with bring-your-own-key and ChatGPT-subscription options. The platform is operated through the Klaus web dashboard and a first-party command-line client published to npm as @klausai/cli, which talks to a tRPC API at api.klausai.com and proxies an OpenAI-compatible chat-completions endpoint. Authentication is by API key or an OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (RFC 8628).

Klaus AI publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, AI Agents, Agent Hosting, OpenClaw, and Personal Assistant.

The Klaus AI catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Klaus AI’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, CLI, and 16 more developer resources.

36.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs
Artificial IntelligenceAI AgentsAgent HostingOpenClawPersonal AssistantAutomationManaged HostingIntegrationsWebhooksCommand LineMessagingY Combinator

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 36.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Klaus Platform API

The Klaus platform API at api.klausai.com is a tRPC RPC surface used by the first-party @klausai/cli command-line client to manage OpenClaw instances, agents, integrations, mode...

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Klaus Ai Authentication

apiKey/http/oauth2 · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Klaus Ai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: klaus-ai
name: Klaus AI
description: Klaus is a managed cloud hosting platform for OpenClaw AI agents, built by Usebits Inc (Y Combinator W26, San
  Francisco) and founded by Bailey Wickham and Robbie Thompson. Klaus provisions an isolated, pre-configured OpenClaw instance
  on dedicated AWS ARM compute in about five minutes, with messaging channels (Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage, Discord),
  Google Workspace, browser automation via Chromium and a Chrome Browser Relay extension, AgentMail email, GitHub backup,
  Tailscale SSH, scheduled cron tasks, semantic memory backed by OpenRouter embeddings, and instance webhooks that let external
  services trigger the agent over authenticated HTTP. Model access is brokered through OpenRouter with bring-your-own-key
  and ChatGPT-subscription options. The platform is operated through the Klaus web dashboard and a first-party command-line
  client published to npm as @klausai/cli, which talks to a tRPC API at api.klausai.com and proxies an OpenAI-compatible chat-completions
  endpoint. Authentication is by API key or an OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (RFC 8628).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/klaus-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/klaus-ai.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-legal-entity: Usebits Inc
x-yc-batch: W26
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI Agents
- Agent Hosting
- OpenClaw
- Personal Assistant
- Automation
- Managed Hosting
- Integrations
- Webhooks
- Command Line
- Messaging
- Y Combinator
apis:
- aid: klaus-ai:klaus-ai-platform-api
  name: Klaus Platform API
  description: The Klaus platform API at api.klausai.com is a tRPC RPC surface used by the first-party @klausai/cli command-line
    client to manage OpenClaw instances, agents, integrations, models, and chat sessions, plus an OpenAI-compatible chat-completions
    proxy at /openclaw/v1/chat/completions for sending messages to an agent. Requests authenticate with an x-api-key API key
    created at klausai.com/account, or with a bearer session token obtained through the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant.
    The active instance is selected with an x-klaus-instance-id request header. Klaus publishes no OpenAPI description of
    this surface; the operations catalogued here were read from the provider's own published npm client bundle.
  humanURL: https://klausai.com/faq/
  baseURL: https://api.klausai.com
  tags:
  - AI Agents
  - Instances
  - Integrations
  - Models
  - Sessions
  - Chat Completions
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/klaus-ai-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/klaus-ai-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/klaus-ai-problem-types.yml
  - type: CLI
    url: cli/klaus-ai-cli.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://klausai.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://klausai.com/faq/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://klausai.com/faq/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://klausai.com/blog/how-to-set-up-openclaw-complete-getting-started-guide/
- type: Support
  url: https://klausai.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://klausai.com/blog/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://klausai.com/blog/rss.xml
- type: Pricing
  url: https://klausai.com/klaus/subscribe
- type: SignUp
  url: https://klausai.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://klausai.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://klausai.com/privacy/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/klaus-ai-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/klaus-ai-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/klaus-ai-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/klaus-ai-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/klaus-ai-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/klaus-ai-problem-types.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/klaus-ai-webhooks.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/klaus-ai-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/klaus-ai-lifecycle.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/klaus-ai-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/klaus-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/klaus-ai-llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence