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This guide shows you how to deploy an OpenClaw AI agent with the official Bright Data plugin on Railway using a one-click template, so your agent gets 66 Bright Data web tools with no CLI setup and no manual plugin installation. Deploy on Railway The Railway template bundles the Bright Data plugin for OpenClaw pre-installed and pre-configured. On first boot, the container installs the plugin, registers all tools and generates a persistent gateway token, giving your agent real-time web search, bot-bypass scraping, browser automation and 50+ structured data tools across platforms like Amazon, LinkedIn and Instagram.
The plugin registers 66 tools across five categories: search, scrape, batch operations, browser automation and structured web data.
Prefer to install the plugin yourself on an existing OpenClaw instance? Use the manual CLI install in Set up Bright Data with OpenClaw.

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Prerequisites

OpenRouter is recommended. Its free Nemotron model provides the 262K context window required to handle the 66-tool plugin manifest without rate limit errors.

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How to deploy the template on Railway

1

Get your Bright Data API key

2

Deploy on Railway

Click Deploy on Railway. Railway creates a new project from the template.
Add a persistent volume mounted at /data in your service settings before or immediately after deploying. Without it, the gateway cannot store its configuration.
3

Set environment variables

Set the following variables in the Railway Variables tab:
VariableDescriptionRequired
BRIGHTDATA_API_TOKENYour Bright Data API keyRequired
SETUP_PASSWORDPassword for the /setup status pageRequired
OPENROUTER_API_KEYRecommended AI providerRecommended
OPENAI_API_KEY / ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / GEMINI_API_KEYAlternative AI providersOptional
4

Wait for initialization

First boot takes three to five minutes. The container installs the plugin, registers all 66 tools and generates a persistent gateway token.
5

Open the setup page and copy the gateway token

Open https://your-app.up.railway.app/setup, enter your SETUP_PASSWORD and wait for status DONE. Copy the gateway token.
6

Connect the OpenClaw UI

Open the OpenClaw UI from the setup page and paste the gateway token. All 66 Bright Data tools are available immediately.

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Which Bright Data tools are included?

The plugin registers 66 tools across five categories: search, scrape, batch operations, browser automation and structured web data (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Zillow and more). For the full list of tools, parameters and example prompts, see the tool reference on the OpenClaw integration page.

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Troubleshooting

Do I need to add a volume? Yes. Add a persistent volume mounted at /data before or immediately after deploying. Without it, the OpenClaw gateway cannot store its configuration and will not retain the gateway token across restarts. Why is OpenRouter recommended over other providers? The free Nemotron model on OpenRouter provides a 262K context window, which is required to handle the 66-tool plugin manifest without rate limit errors. OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini also work if you set their API keys instead. The setup page is not showing my tools yet Wait for the /setup page to report status DONE before opening the OpenClaw UI. First boot takes three to five minutes while the container installs the plugin, registers all 66 tools and generates the gateway token.

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Additional resources