A production-ready API Gateway providing robust authentication, rate limiting, and load balancing for high-performance service architectures.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install api-gateway-starter
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install api-gateway-starter using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is API Gateway Starter?
The API Gateway Starter is a comprehensive solution designed for developers who need to secure and manage their distributed service architecture. As a professional-grade entry in the Openclaw Skills library, it provides a centralized entry point for all API requests, ensuring that critical security protocols like JWT, OAuth2, and API key validation are consistently enforced across your infrastructure. This skill eliminates the manual overhead of managing individual service security by offering a unified interface for load balancing and automatic SSL/TLS certificate management.
By integrating this gateway, teams can leverage built-in Redis caching and monitoring tools to maintain high availability and performance. Whether you are building complex AI-driven applications or standard microservices, this Openclaw Skills template ensures your backend remains protected and scalable. The system is designed to be lightweight yet powerful, requiring only Node.js while offering optional Redis support for more demanding production environments.
API Gateway Starter Use Cases
- Securing microservices with centralized JWT or OAuth2 authentication.
- Protecting backend APIs from abuse using per-user and per-endpoint rate limiting.
- Improving system latency through Redis-backed caching and intelligent load balancing.
- Monitoring request logs and performance metrics for Openclaw Skills deployments.
- Managing automatic SSL/TLS certificate renewal for secure web traffic.
How API Gateway Starter Works
- The gateway process is initialized via the command line, loading global settings from the config.yaml file.
- Upstream services are registered via the CLI to define where incoming traffic should be routed.
- Authentication layers are configured (JWT, OAuth2, or API Keys) to intercept and validate requests before they reach backend services.
- The gateway handles SSL/TLS termination and distributes traffic across multiple upstreams based on the configured load balancing logic.
- Request metrics and logs are generated in real-time to provide observability into the Openclaw Skills workflow.
API Gateway Starter Setup
To get started with this gateway, ensure you have Node.js 18+ installed. Follow these steps to initialize your environment:
# Start the gateway process
./gateway.sh start
# Register a new upstream backend service
./gateway.sh add http://localhost:3000
# Configure JWT authentication with a custom secret
./gateway.sh auth jwt --secret your-secret
Customize your ports and rate limits by editing the config.yaml file located in the root directory.
API Gateway Starter Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes its configuration and operational data using a structured file system and YAML-based metadata:
| Component | File/Path | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | config.yaml |
Defines ports, upstream addresses, auth methods, and rate limit thresholds. |
| Script Entry | gateway.sh |
CLI tool for managing the lifecycle and registration of services. |
| Logging | /logs |
Stores structured request logs and system metrics for auditing. |
| Certificates | /certs |
Automatically managed SSL/TLS certificates for encrypted traffic. |
API Gateway Starter Advanced Features
- Multi-upstream support for high-availability load balancing and failover strategies.
- Redis integration for distributed caching and stateful rate limiting across multiple gateway instances.
- Automatic SSL/TLS management to ensure continuous security without manual intervention.
- Detailed request logging and real-time metrics specifically optimized for Openclaw Skills observability.
- Flexible authentication hooks allowing for custom JWT and OAuth2 provider configurations.
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