Guides
Fair, dated answers to the questions people ask once their OpenClaw agents do real work: running them on a schedule, knowing when one stops, reaching them from a phone, and sharing them with a team. Each guide covers the main options first, then how Octopus Prime does it.
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Schedule your OpenClaw agent to work on its own
OpenClaw Automations and periodic check-ins on the Gateway, or wake-ups, tasks and calendar events in Octopus Prime: which to use for which routine.
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Know when your OpenClaw agent stops responding
Why agents go quiet, how to check a Gateway with OpenClaw’s health commands, and how Health Watch, the Retry button and Restart Gateway help.
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Agents on several OpenClaw Gateways, in one place
When more than one Gateway makes sense, and how to work with agents on several machines, or for several clients, from one workspace.
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A daily inbox summary from your OpenClaw agent
What the agent needs in OpenClaw to read your mail, how to schedule the request every morning, and what stays private.
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A weekly unpaid-invoices report from your OpenClaw agent
A Monday routine: the agent lists overdue invoices and drafts reminders, and a person approves what goes to customers.
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Use your OpenClaw agents from your phone
OpenClaw’s own apps, the Control UI as a web app, chat-app channels and Octopus Prime, compared: what each needs from your network, and who each one suits.
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Share OpenClaw agents with your team
One shared Gateway with OpenClaw’s team mode, one Gateway per person, or a shared workspace. What each sets up, and who can see what.
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Run several OpenClaw agents in one group chat
Mention gating, bot-to-bot rules and loop protection across chat apps, how @mentions, @agents and @all work in Octopus Prime, and how to keep each agent working.
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