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Myclaw Guardian by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Myclaw Guardian
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: modbender

Myclaw Guardian

Deploy and manage a Guardian watchdog for OpenClaw Gateway. Auto-monitor every 30s, self-repair via doctor --fix, git-based workspace rollback, daily snapshots, and optional Discord alerts. Built by MyClaw.ai (https://myclaw.ai) — the AI personal assistant platform running thousands of agents 24/7.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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OpenClaw Guardian

A standalone watchdog that keeps your OpenClaw Gateway alive 24/7. Built from MyClaw.ai's production infrastructure and open-sourced for the community.

Powered by MyClaw.ai — https://myclaw.ai

What It Does

Checks Gateway health every 30 seconds (GUARDIAN_CHECK_INTERVAL, default: 30)
On failure: runs openclaw doctor --fix up to 3 times (GUARDIAN_MAX_REPAIR, default: 3)
If still down: git reset --hard to last stable commit, restart Gateway
Daily automatic git commit snapshot of workspace
Optional Discord webhook alerts (DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL)

Environment Variables

All optional — defaults work out of the box:

Variable	Default	Description
`GUARDIAN_WORKSPACE`	`$HOME/.openclaw/workspace`	Workspace path (must be a git repo)
`GUARDIAN_LOG`	`/tmp/openclaw-guardian.log`	Log file path
`GUARDIAN_CHECK_INTERVAL`	`30`	Health check interval (seconds)
`GUARDIAN_MAX_REPAIR`	`3`	Max doctor --fix attempts before rollback
`GUARDIAN_COOLDOWN`	`300`	Cooldown period after all repairs fail (seconds)
`OPENCLAW_CMD`	`openclaw`	OpenClaw CLI command
`DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL`	(unset)	Discord webhook URL for alerts (optional)

Required System Tools

git — for workspace rollback and daily snapshots
pgrep / pkill — for process detection
curl — for Discord webhook alerts (only if DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL is set)
openclaw — the OpenClaw CLI

Quick Start

Tell your OpenClaw agent:

"Help me install openclaw-guardian to harden my gateway"

Or manually:

# 1. Init git in workspace (required for rollback)
cd ~/.openclaw/workspace
git init && git add -A && git commit -m "initial"

# 2. Install
cp scripts/guardian.sh ~/.openclaw/guardian.sh
chmod +x ~/.openclaw/guardian.sh

# 3. Start
nohup ~/.openclaw/guardian.sh >> /tmp/openclaw-guardian.log 2>&1 &

Note: Use repository-level git config, not --global:

git -C ~/.openclaw/workspace config user.email "guardian@example.com"
git -C ~/.openclaw/workspace config user.name "Guardian"

Auto-start on Container Restart

Add to ~/.openclaw/start-gateway.sh before the final exec line:

pkill -f "guardian.sh" 2>/dev/null || true
nohup /home/ubuntu/.openclaw/guardian.sh >> /tmp/openclaw-guardian.log 2>&1 &

Full docs: https://github.com/LeoYeAI/openclaw-guardian

---name: myclaw-guardiandescription: Deploy and manage a Guardian watchdog for OpenClaw Gateway. Auto-monitor every 30s, self-repair via doctor --fix, git-based workspace rollback, daily snapshots, and optional Discord alerts. Built by MyClaw.ai (https://myclaw.ai) — the AI personal assistant platform running thousands of agents 24/7.--- # OpenClaw Guardian A standalone watchdog that keeps your OpenClaw Gateway alive 24/7. Built from MyClaw.ai's production infrastructure and open-sourced for the community. > Powered by [MyClaw.ai](https://myclaw.ai) — https://myclaw.ai ## What It Does - Checks Gateway health every 30 seconds (`GUARDIAN_CHECK_INTERVAL`, default: 30) - On failure: runs `openclaw doctor --fix` up to 3 times (`GUARDIAN_MAX_REPAIR`, default: 3) - If still down: `git reset --hard` to last stable commit, restart Gateway - Daily automatic `git commit` snapshot of workspace - Optional Discord webhook alerts (`DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL`) ## Environment Variables All optional — defaults work out of the box: | Variable | Default | Description | |---|---|---| | `GUARDIAN_WORKSPACE` | `$HOME/.openclaw/workspace` | Workspace path (must be a git repo) | | `GUARDIAN_LOG` | `/tmp/openclaw-guardian.log` | Log file path | | `GUARDIAN_CHECK_INTERVAL` | `30` | Health check interval (seconds) | | `GUARDIAN_MAX_REPAIR` | `3` | Max doctor --fix attempts before rollback | | `GUARDIAN_COOLDOWN` | `300` | Cooldown period after all repairs fail (seconds) | | `OPENCLAW_CMD` | `openclaw` | OpenClaw CLI command | | `DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL` | _(unset)_ | Discord webhook URL for alerts (optional) | ## Required System Tools - `git` — for workspace rollback and daily snapshots - `pgrep` / `pkill` — for process detection - `curl` — for Discord webhook alerts (only if `DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL` is set) - `openclaw` — the OpenClaw CLI ## Quick Start Tell your OpenClaw agent: > "Help me install openclaw-guardian to harden my gateway" Or manually: ```bash # 1. Init git in workspace (required for rollback) cd ~/.openclaw/workspace git init && git add -A && git commit -m "initial" # 2. Install cp scripts/guardian.sh ~/.openclaw/guardian.sh chmod +x ~/.openclaw/guardian.sh # 3. Start nohup ~/.openclaw/guardian.sh >> /tmp/openclaw-guardian.log 2>&1 & ``` Note: Use repository-level git config, not --global: ```bash git -C ~/.openclaw/workspace config user.email "guardian@example.com" git -C ~/.openclaw/workspace config user.name "Guardian" ``` ## Auto-start on Container Restart Add to `~/.openclaw/start-gateway.sh` before the final `exec` line: ```bash pkill -f "guardian.sh" 2>/dev/null || true nohup /home/ubuntu/.openclaw/guardian.sh >> /tmp/openclaw-guardian.log 2>&1 & ``` Full docs: https://github.com/LeoYeAI/openclaw-guardian

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