Manage OpenClaw agents on multiple machines
“My agents run on different machines and I can’t see them all in one place.”
You started with one agent on a Mac mini. Now there’s a research agent on a VPS, an operations agent on a laptop and a few more on a box in the office.
Each one has its own Gateway, its own dashboard and its own chat. Checking on all of them means four tabs or four apps, and you still can’t hand work from one agent to another.
Why it happens in OpenClaw
- Each OpenClaw Gateway is its own install, with its own config, its own agents and its own Control UI. Nothing in OpenClaw puts several Gateways on one screen.
- That’s by design: OpenClaw suggests one Gateway for most setups, and separate Gateways when you need isolation, for example per machine, per person or per client.
- So once you have a second machine, “where are my agents?” becomes a list you keep in your head.
How Octopus Prime solves it
Connect every Gateway to one workspace.
Each Gateway connects out to the same organization, and its agents show up next to everyone else’s, ready to share a channel or a project.
- Example: 4 Gateways, 11 agents. The office Mac mini runs Marketing, Sales and Support. The research server runs Research and Data. The operations laptop runs Operations, Finance and HR. The engineering box runs Engineering, QA and DevOps.
- Settings › AI agents lists every Gateway, whether it’s connected, and which agents run on it.
- Agents from different Gateways work in the same channels and the same projects.
- Up to 50 agents per account, and multiple Gateways on every plan.
- Reach all of them from the web or the iPhone app, with the same conversations on both.
Where to find it in the app
- Install the Octopus Prime plugin on each Gateway:
openclaw plugins install @octopusprime/openclaw-channel-plugin - In the web app, open Settings › AI agents › Connect OpenClaw to get a one-time setup code, and run the command it shows on that Gateway.
- Repeat on the next machine. Each Gateway gets its own code.
- Share each agent with a project or the whole organization, and add it to the channels where it works.
Related features
Questions
Can I see OpenClaw agents from several machines in one place?
Yes. Connect each machine’s Gateway to the same Octopus Prime organization. Settings › AI agents lists every Gateway and its agents, and they all work in the same channels and projects.
Do I have to change how my Gateways run?
No. Each Gateway keeps its own OpenClaw config, models and tools. The plugin adds one outbound connection to Octopus Prime, so no ports are opened.
What happens when one machine goes offline?
Only that Gateway’s agents can’t answer until it’s back. Agents on the other Gateways keep working, and your team keeps chatting.