# OpenClaw

The OpenClaw use case page opens with a real incident: an agent given full email access deletes 2,611 threads while trying to "organize" an inbox, ignores the user's stop command, and apologizes after the damage is done. No scope limit, no kill switch, no undo. The page then shows how Civic prevents this. OpenClaw calls Civic instead of your tools directly, so Gmail defaults to read-only and delete requests get blocked and logged before they execute. Integration takes three steps: create a toolkit in Civic, set environment variables in OpenClaw, and verify the tools are connected with guardrails active. A side-by-side comparison shows the same command with and without Civic. One ends in permanent deletion, the other in a blocked request and an intact inbox.

Source: https://www.civic.com/use-cases/openclaw