ECP vs OpenClaw

OpenClaw-style products emphasize an integrated agent experience. ECP (Execution Control Protocol) emphasizes portable workflows, host environments, and explicit control.

Concern	Typical framework product	ECP
Portability	Tied to the product	Workflow manifests move across hosts
Permissions	Product defaults	Environment policies + capability allowlists
Secrets	Product storage	Host keychain / browser vault — not in workflows
Discovery	Product UI	`describe` / `search` on an `Ecp`
Authoring	Product-specific	Fluent API + JSON (+ TOON encode)

You can use a product UI for day-to-day chat and still adopt ECP when you need shareable execution environments, CLI determinism, or MCP-exposed ops.

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