Excellent in OpenClaw, registered through its own MCP command

The installer registers Excellent through OpenClaw's own command line, which keeps its config in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json. Restart OpenClaw afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.

curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh

It runs excellent install-agent-mcps, which writes the entry and prints OpenClaw: linked.

~ · zsh

# the installer runs OpenClaw's own MCP command

~$openclaw mcp set excellent '{"command":"/absolute/path/to/node","args":["/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist/server.js"],"cwd":"/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist","env":{},"transport":"stdio"}'

Setup prompt · paste it into OpenClaw

Set up Excellent (excellent.so) in OpenClaw for me. First run: curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh
If its output has a line starting "OpenClaw: linked" or "OpenClaw: already-linked", skip to the last step.
Otherwise run:
openclaw mcp set excellent '{"command":"/absolute/path/to/node","args":["/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist/server.js"],"cwd":"/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist","env":{},"transport":"stdio"}'
Replace /absolute/path/to/node with the output of `node -p process.execPath`, and /absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist with the output of `echo "$(npm root -g)/@excellent-so/cli/dist"`.
Last step: tell me to restart OpenClaw, because it only sees the new server after a restart.

It runs the installer and looks for OpenClaw: linked; if that line is missing it adds the entry by hand, then asks you to restart.

Agent: OpenClawOpenClaw
Config file: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.jsonmacOS
Linux, Windows: Linux: the same path. Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.openclaw\openclaw.jsonNot supported yet
Format: OpenClaw's own mcp set commandOpenClaw's own mcp set command
Detected by: the openclaw binary
The installer prints: OpenClaw: linked
Restart: Restart OpenClaw afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.
Undo: Run `openclaw mcp unset excellent`, then restart OpenClaw.
Source: micro packages/core/src/agent-clis.ts:710
OpenClaw docs

The CLI on npm today, 0.1.0 (checked October 23, 2026), predates install-agent-mcps: the installer skips this step, says so, and changes no agent config. Paste the setup prompt, or add the entry by hand as the setup doc shows.

Put Excellent in your agent: install it, restart the agent, run one task

curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh

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The entry and the setup prompt