MoltWorker is Real

Cloudflare Developers| 00:05:01|Mar 26, 2026
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Introduces running Modbot/OpenClaw on Cloudflare Workers and the required paid plan, showing the basic setup for deployment.

MoltWorker (Modbot/OpenClaw) now runs on Cloudflare Workers, with sandboxed persistence and AI gateway access—all managed securely without new hardware.

Summary

Cloudflare Developers shows how Modbot (also known as OpenClaw) can run inside Cloudflare Workers, turning a personal AI agent into a serverless, browser-accessible service. The host, calling themselves confidence, explains that Modbot, a persistent, memory-enabled AI agent with broad integrations, can operate from chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Slack. The video walks through the setup on Cloudflare Workers, noting the need for the $5 Workers plan and the beta Sandboxes feature for serverless containers. Confidence points to a detailed blog post and a GitHub repo (cloudflare/motalker) that document the technical steps and provide a deployment diagram. Key components include AI gateway for providers like Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, and open-source models; Sandboxes as the runtime environment; and R2 for persistent storage to remember state and workspace data. The workflow leverages Cloudflare’s browser-as-a-service to browse the web, take screenshots, and interact as if on a local browser, while prioritizing security with zero-trust access. Confidence emphasizes that this approach enables secure, hardware-free deployment of Modbot/OpenClaw within Cloudflare Containers. The video ends with a call to subscribe for more updates and invites viewers to try deploying their own instance using the provided links.

Key Takeaways

  • Cloudflare Workers can host Modbot/OpenClaw using the $5 plan and Sandboxes (beta) to run serverless containers.
  • AI gateway lets Modbot connect to providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, and open-source models like GB2S and Kim K2.5.
  • Persistence is handled via Cloudflare R2 to store memory and workspace data since containers are stateless by default.
  • Browser rendering in Cloudflare enables Modbot to browse the web, take screenshots, and perform browser-like interactions in the cloud.
  • Deployment is documented with a blog post and a GitHub repo (cloudflare/motalker) guiding setup and showcasing a working subdomain like moldsbot.sandbox.cloudflare.workers.dev.

Who Is This For?

Essential viewing for developers interested in running AI agents like Modbot/OpenClaw on serverless platforms, particularly Cloudflare Workers, to avoid local hardware while maintaining security and persistence.

Notable Quotes

"Hello everyone, my name is confidence and I'm excited to let you know that modbot or open claw now runs on cloudflare workers."
Introductory statement establishing the core claim of the video.
"You can actually run it on Cloudflare workers. And this post shows you exactly how we got that running on CloudFare Workers and how you can go deploy this to your own Cloudflare account."
Explains the core tutorial flow and where to find deployment instructions.
"We got this running inside of sandboxes, which is a serverless instance of CloudFare containers and this is what powers the entire backend process."
Describes the runtime environment and its role.
"Like I mentioned earlier, Modbot can actually browse the web. And fun fact, Cloudflare offers browsers in the cloud as a service via browser rendering."
Highlights browser-based capabilities and the Cloudflare browser service.
"If you already have a workers paid plan, you can actually go follow the link in the description below. go check out this repository and get it deployed to your Cloudflare worker account without having to purchase a new hardware."
Calls to action with deployment prerequisites and links.

Questions This Video Answers

  • How do I run Modbot/OpenClaw on Cloudflare Workers without hardware?
  • What is Cloudflare Sandboxes and how does it enable serverless containers?
  • What providers does the AI gateway support for Modbot on Cloudflare?
  • How does Cloudflare R2 support persistence for stateless containers?
Cloudflare WorkersModbot/OpenClawAI gatewaySandboxesR2 persistenceBrowser renderingZero trustCloudflare ContainersGitHub cloudflare/motalker
Full Transcript
Hello everyone, my name is confidence and I'm excited to let you know that modbot or open claw now runs on cloudflare workers. If you don't know what modebot is, it's a personal AI agent that runs on your own computer and has system access with persistent memory and lots of integrations to various services which enables it to do lots of things like browse the web, read and respond to your email. You can also interact with it from chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Signal, you name it. It's a really cool piece of software and lots of developers have been exploring it in the past weeks, myself included, because I have a home lab and I'm actually running it on my home lab. But you don't need to actually go out to buy new hardware just to be able to securely run your Modbot instance or your OpenClaw instance. You can actually run it on Cloudflare workers. And this post shows you exactly how we got that running on CloudFare Workers and how you can go deploy this to your own Cloudfare account. Um, just as a note, you would need the $5 Cloudflare Workers paid plan. And this is going to come at no additional cost if you already have an existing subscription because this depends on Sandboxes which is in beta and available on the $5 plan. All right, let's get into how this is actually working. So, I'm going to leave a link to this blog post in the description below, but we actually got Modbots working inside of Cloudfare containers and you can actually go run this yourself. And this post details the technical bits of how we got it working and you can go check out this really cool diagram giving you a visual idea of how this works. So, um off the bat, we already provide um AI access and uh you can provide AI access to the running instance using AI gateway. And this is so cool because it enables you work with any provider, Anthropic, OpenAI, uh, Gemini and even uh, opensource models like GB2SS and Kim K2.5 and the other ones that are really cool and coming out every day. Uh, we got this running inside of sandboxes uh, which is a serverless instance of CloudFare containers and this is what powers the entire backend process. Um, you can see more details in the blog post and we have persistent storage running inside of R2 because sandboxes or containers are stateless by default and you want to be able to remember state and also the workspace that Modeboard needs when it's actually working on files. That's provided through our tool for persistence. And um, like I mentioned earlier, Modeboard can actually browse the web. And fun fact, Cloudfare offers browsers in the cloud as a service uh via browser rendering. So, we got this hooked up to the Modbot instance and it's able to open up the web browser and browse the web and take screenshots and do everything you would on a local web browser. And I think the best part is um security because CloudFare is a security first uh company. So, this was built with security in mind. setting up zero trust access such that only you or those you've given access to can uh interact with your mod or open cloud instance. I'm going to leave this blog post um linked in the description so you can go take a look at the technical bits. But what is also interesting is that I'll be leaving a link to this GitHub repository which is going to be on github.com/cloudflare/motalker. And this is a repository that details how to go about getting this deployed to your own Cloudflare Walker account. Like it's really cool. I already followed the steps in this block uh in in the readme file here and I have my instance deployed and it's going to be on moldsbot.sandbox.comflare.workers.dev and you can see this is a worker uh subdomain as you can see workers.dev. So this is uh getting ready and uh this is the control UI as you can see and you can tell that I've been having conversations with my instance and I can go run commands to show you. Yep, you can see the status of my instance. Also, I have this connected to WhatsApp running on my device and I can actually talk to my agents using WhatsApp which interacts with my uh cloud bots or modes bot or opencloud uh agent running inside of Cloudflare containers. I think this is really cool and um we wanted to make this really accessible. So, if you already have a workers paid plan, you can actually go follow the link in the description below. go check out this repository and get it deployed to your Cloudflare worker account without having to purchase a new hardware. And this is a really cool and secure way to get um your own MOT or OpenCloud instance running securely. All right, we'll be making more videos on this. Don't forget to get subscribed so you won't miss uh the future video we'll be making on this uh topic. And uh leave a like on this video if you like it.

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