diff --git a/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh b/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
index 7c392c6569b2..7b8c5ae81daf 100755
--- a/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
+++ b/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,27 @@ _clawdock_mask_value() {
   printf "%s" "<redacted:${length} chars>"
 }
 
+_clawdock_browser_url_for_gateway_url() {
+  local url="$1"
+  case "$url" in
+    http://127.0.0.1:18789*|http://localhost:18789*|https://127.0.0.1:18789*|https://localhost:18789*) ;;
+    *)
+      printf "%s" "$url"
+      return 0
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  local published published_port
+  published=$(_clawdock_compose port openclaw-gateway 18789 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | tr -d '\r')
+  published_port="${published##*:}"
+  if [[ ! "$published_port" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    printf "%s" "$url"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  printf "%s" "${url/:18789/:${published_port}}"
+}
+
 _clawdock_read_config_dir() {
   if [[ ! -f "$CLAWDOCK_CONFIG" ]]; then
     return 1
@@ -375,7 +396,7 @@ clawdock-dashboard() {
 
   echo "🦞 Getting dashboard URL..."
   local output exit_status url
-  output=$(_clawdock_compose run --rm openclaw-cli dashboard --no-open 2>&1)
+  output=$(_clawdock_compose run --rm --no-deps openclaw-cli dashboard --no-open 2>&1)
   exit_status=$?
   url=$(printf "%s\n" "$output" | _clawdock_filter_warnings | grep -o 'http[s]\?://[^[:space:]]*' | head -n 1)
   if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -385,6 +406,7 @@ clawdock-dashboard() {
   fi
 
   if [[ -n "$url" ]]; then
+    url=$(_clawdock_browser_url_for_gateway_url "$url")
     echo -e "✅ Opening: ${_CLR_CYAN}${url}${_CLR_RESET}"
     open "$url" 2>/dev/null || xdg-open "$url" 2>/dev/null || echo -e "   Please open manually: ${_CLR_CYAN}${url}${_CLR_RESET}"
     echo ""
diff --git a/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts b/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts
index 135d8d06ed58..62ea6cfa99db 100644
--- a/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/clawdock-helpers.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 const repoRoot = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../..");
 
+async function writeExecutable(file: string, content: string) {
+  await writeFile(file, content, { mode: 0o755 });
+}
+
 describe("scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh", () => {
   it("loads the standard docker-compose.override.yml before ClawDock extra overrides", async () => {
     const tempDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-clawdock-"));
@@ -22,12 +26,11 @@ describe("scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh", () => {
       await writeFile(path.join(projectDir, "docker-compose.yml"), "services: {}\n");
       await writeFile(path.join(projectDir, "docker-compose.override.yml"), "services: {}\n");
       await writeFile(path.join(projectDir, "docker-compose.extra.yml"), "services: {}\n");
-      await writeFile(
+      await writeExecutable(
         path.join(binDir, "docker"),
         `#!/usr/bin/env bash
 printf '%s\\n' "$@" > "$CLAWDOCK_DOCKER_ARGS_FILE"
 `,
-        { mode: 0o755 },
       );
 
       await execFileAsync(
@@ -62,4 +65,79 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > "$CLAWDOCK_DOCKER_ARGS_FILE"
       await rm(tempDir, { force: true, recursive: true });
     }
   });
+
+  it("opens dashboard URLs through the published gateway port without starting dependencies", async () => {
+    const tempDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-clawdock-"));
+    try {
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      const binDir = path.join(tempDir, "bin");
+      const argsFile = path.join(tempDir, "docker-args.txt");
+      const openedUrlFile = path.join(tempDir, "opened-url.txt");
+      await mkdir(projectDir);
+      await mkdir(binDir);
+      await writeFile(path.join(projectDir, "docker-compose.yml"), "services: {}\n");
+      await writeExecutable(
+        path.join(binDir, "docker"),
+        `#!/usr/bin/env bash
+printf '%s\\n' "$@" >> "$CLAWDOCK_DOCKER_ARGS_FILE"
+printf '%s\\n' '---' >> "$CLAWDOCK_DOCKER_ARGS_FILE"
+if [[ "$*" == *" port openclaw-gateway 18789" ]]; then
+  printf '%s\\n' '0.0.0.0:19001'
+else
+  printf '%s\\n' 'Dashboard: http://127.0.0.1:18789/?token=test-token'
+fi
+`,
+      );
+      await writeExecutable(
+        path.join(binDir, "open"),
+        `#!/usr/bin/env bash
+printf '%s\\n' "$1" > "$CLAWDOCK_OPENED_URL_FILE"
+`,
+      );
+
+      await execFileAsync(
+        "bash",
+        ["-c", "source scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh; clawdock-dashboard"],
+        {
+          cwd: repoRoot,
+          env: {
+            ...process.env,
+            CLAWDOCK_DIR: projectDir,
+            CLAWDOCK_DOCKER_ARGS_FILE: argsFile,
+            CLAWDOCK_OPENED_URL_FILE: openedUrlFile,
+            HOME: path.join(tempDir, "home"),
+            PATH: `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.PATH ?? ""}`,
+          },
+        },
+      );
+
+      await expect(readFile(openedUrlFile, "utf8")).resolves.toBe(
+        "http://127.0.0.1:19001/?token=test-token\n",
+      );
+      await expect(readFile(argsFile, "utf8")).resolves.toBe(
+        [
+          "compose",
+          "-f",
+          path.join(projectDir, "docker-compose.yml"),
+          "run",
+          "--rm",
+          "--no-deps",
+          "openclaw-cli",
+          "dashboard",
+          "--no-open",
+          "---",
+          "compose",
+          "-f",
+          path.join(projectDir, "docker-compose.yml"),
+          "port",
+          "openclaw-gateway",
+          "18789",
+          "---",
+          "",
+        ].join("\n"),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await rm(tempDir, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
 });