Setup Tinker

Setup Tinker Stack

Deploy the full CLaaS stack using Docker Compose with Tinker-hosted inference — no local GPU needed.

Prerequisites

• Docker running
• A Telegram bot token from @BotFather
• A Tinker API key

Instructions

When this skill is invoked, perform the following steps. The user may pass a Telegram bot token and/or Tinker API key as arguments; if not, ask for them.

1. Check prerequisites

Verify Docker is running:

docker info > /dev/null 2>&1

If Docker is not running, tell the user to start Docker Desktop (or the Docker daemon) and re-run.

2. Configure .env.tinker

From the repo root, check if docker/.env.tinker exists. If not, copy the example:

cp docker/.env.tinker.example docker/.env.tinker

Set the required variables in docker/.env.tinker:

Prompt the user for TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN and TINKER_API_KEY if they were not passed as arguments. Update the file using sed or the Edit tool.

3. Start the stack

docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --env-file docker/.env.tinker --profile tinker up --build -d

4. Wait for health

Poll the services until they are ready (timeout after 3 minutes):

# claas-api (serves both inference and training)
until curl -sf http://localhost:8080/ > /dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 5; done

Then wait for the init-tinker container to complete:

docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --env-file docker/.env.tinker --profile tinker logs -f init-tinker 2>&1 | head -50

5. Verify the stack

# Models (served by CLaaS API)
curl -s http://localhost:8080/v1/models

# CLaaS health
curl -s http://localhost:8080/v1/health

# LoRA adapters
curl -s http://localhost:8080/v1/lora

# OpenClaw logs — look for Telegram bot username
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --env-file docker/.env.tinker --profile tinker logs openclaw-tinker 2>&1 | tail -20

Report the status of all services and the Telegram bot username from the OpenClaw logs.

6. Confirm

Tell the user the stack is running and they can send a DM to their Telegram bot. The bot will respond using the openclaw/assistant-latest LoRA adapter via Tinker-hosted inference.

Troubleshooting

• Docker not running: Start Docker Desktop or the Docker daemon and re-run /setup-tinker.
• Invalid bot token (401 from Telegram): Double-check the TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN in docker/.env.tinker. Generate a new token from @BotFather if needed.
• Model not supported by Tinker: The MODEL value must match a model ID supported by Tinker (e.g. Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B). Check available models via Tinker's get_server_capabilities endpoint.
• Plugin ECONNREFUSED on port 8080: The OpenClaw feedback plugin must reach http://claas-api:8080 (Docker service DNS), not localhost. Re-run the init container: docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --env-file docker/.env.tinker --profile tinker up init-tinker.
• Containers keep restarting: Check logs with docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --env-file docker/.env.tinker --profile tinker logs -f <service>.