Automations & Cron Jobs

# OpenClaw Automations Setup ## Prerequisites - OpenClaw installed and running - Gateway configured with at least one delivery channel (Slack, Discord, or Telegram) - ClawBuddy dashboard connected (for logging) ## Automation 1: Morning Digest Run daily at 7am. Summarizes overnight activity. ```bash openclaw cron add --name "Morning Digest" \ --cron "0 7 * * *" \ --tz "America/New_York" \ --session isolated \ --message "Morning briefing. Check: 1) Unread emails (flag urgent). 2) Today's calendar (prep briefs for meetings). 3) Kanban board (any tasks blocked >24h). 4) Overnight agent activity (errors, completions). Format as a clean summary with sections." \ --deliver announce --channel telegram --to "chat:YOUR_CHAT_ID" ``` ## Automation 2: Midday Prep Run at noon on weekdays. Prepares for afternoon. ```bash openclaw cron add --name "Midday Prep" \ --cron "0 12 * * 1-5" \ --tz "America/New_York" \ --session isolated \ --message "Midday check. 1) Afternoon calendar — prep any meeting briefs. 2) Tasks in 'Doing' column — check progress. 3) Any questions pending my answer on ClawBuddy. 4) Quick wins I can close before EOD." \ --deliver announce --channel slack --to "channel:YOUR_CHANNEL" ``` ## Automation 3: Evening Report Run at 6pm on weekdays. Daily wrap-up. ```bash openclaw cron add --name "Evening Report" \ --cron "0 18 * * 1-5" \ --tz "America/New_York" \ --session isolated \ --message "End of day report. Summarize: 1) Tasks completed today. 2) Tasks still in progress. 3) Blockers or items needing input. 4) Tomorrow's priority items. Log this summary to ClawBuddy as an insight." \ --deliver announce --channel telegram --to "chat:YOUR_CHAT_ID" ``` ## Automation 4: Competitor Intel (Weekly) Run Monday at 9am. Weekly competitive scan. ```bash openclaw cron add --name "Competitor Intel" \ --cron "0 9 * * 1" \ --tz "America/New_York" \ --session isolated \ --message "Weekly competitor scan. Check top 5 competitor YouTube channels for new uploads this week. For each new video: title, view count, topic. Identify trending topics. Post summary to ClawBuddy as an insight with insight_type 'alert'." \ --deliver announce --channel slack --to "channel:YOUR_CHANNEL" ``` ## Automation 5: Meeting Sync (Every 4 hours) Syncs meeting data throughout the day. ```bash openclaw cron add --name "Meeting Sync" \ --every "4h" \ --session isolated \ --message "Sync latest meetings. Pull any new meetings from the past 4 hours. Extract: attendees, key decisions, action items, follow-ups needed. Update the Meeting Intelligence dashboard. Flag any meetings where I have unresolved action items." \ --deliver none ``` ## Heartbeat Configuration Add to your OpenClaw config (agents section): ```yaml agents: defaults: heartbeat: every: "30m" activeHours: start: "08:00" end: "20:00" timezone: "America/New_York" delivery: target: "last" ``` Create ~/HEARTBEAT.md: ```markdown # Heartbeat Checklist - Scan inboxes for urgent messages - Check for stale Kanban tasks (>24h in Doing) - Flag any pending questions on ClawBuddy - Verify all automations ran successfully today ``` ## Verification After setup, verify everything is running: ```bash # List all active jobs openclaw cron list # Check scheduler health openclaw cron status # Manually test one openclaw cron run <jobId> ``` ## Delivery Channel Setup Replace YOUR_CHAT_ID and YOUR_CHANNEL with your actual values. For Telegram: Use @BotFather to get your bot token, then get your chat ID. For Slack: Use the channel ID from your Slack workspace (starts with C). For Discord: Use the channel ID from Discord developer mode. For Webhooks: Use --deliver webhook --to "https://your-endpoint.com/hook"