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modbender (@modbender) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Project Cerebro by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Project Cerebro
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

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Project Cerebro - Control Surface

A highly modular, agent-friendly execution control surface for running multiple OpenClaw “brains” (agents) with:

an Execution Stream (source of truth)
Recurring Tasks that spawn instances into the stream
per-brain Auto Mode + manual Run
channel-agnostic notifications via OpenClaw messaging

What this is

Cerebro is a dashboard + runtime that helps you supervise a set of specialized agents (“brains”).

Core model

Execution Stream = source of truth for everything that will run / has run.
One-time tasks execute when you click Run or when the brain is in Auto Mode.
Recurring tasks spawn exactly one instance into the Execution Stream when due and execute regardless of Auto Mode.

Brains

A brain is a named scope + tool/context configuration bound to an OpenClaw agent id.
Nexus is the default brain: general-purpose orchestration and “everything else.”

Install / Setup (high level)

See SETUP.md for full instructions.

Required secrets / env vars

OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL (e.g. ws://127.0.0.1:18789)
OPENCLAW_TOKEN (OpenClaw Gateway token)

Quick outline:

Clone repo + install deps
Create .env from .env.example and set the required OpenClaw vars above
Copy templates:
- config/brains.template.json → config/brains.json
- config/brain_targets.template.json → config/brain_targets.json
(Optional) seed examples:
- npm run seed

Modularity (agent-friendly)

This repo is designed for agents to customize quickly:

Add/remove brains by editing config/brains.json and config/brain_targets.json.
Optional Job module: opt in/out by adding/removing the Job brain + pages (see config/brains.jobs.addon.template.json).
Recurring tasks are templates under config/seeds/.

Runtime behaviors (security transparency)

This package runs a local HTTP service (Fastify + React UI) and will:

Expose a dashboard over HTTP on PORT (default 3000)
Call the OpenClaw Gateway/CLI using the secrets you provide
Send outbound messages using OpenClaw messaging to the per-brain {channel,target} destinations
Accept file uploads via POST /api/upload and store them locally under ./data/<brainId>/intake/

Notes

No secrets or personal IDs are committed; local config/DB are gitignored.
Notifications are routed through OpenClaw’s channel system (Discord/Telegram/Signal/etc.).
Optional modules (Job tracker/profile) are opt-in; if you don’t include the Job brain, the UI hides job pages.

---name: project-cerebrodescription: Project Cerebro - Control Surface: modular multi-brain execution dashboard built on OpenClaw--- # Project Cerebro - Control Surface A highly modular, agent-friendly **execution control surface** for running multiple OpenClaw “brains” (agents) with: - an **Execution Stream** (source of truth) - **Recurring Tasks** that spawn instances into the stream - per-brain **Auto Mode** + manual Run - channel-agnostic notifications via OpenClaw messaging ![Dashboard screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zacharytgray/project-cerebro/master/assets/dashboard.png) ## What this is Cerebro is a dashboard + runtime that helps you supervise a set of specialized agents (“brains”). ### Core model - **Execution Stream = source of truth** for everything that will run / has run. - **One-time tasks** execute when you click **Run** *or* when the brain is in **Auto Mode**. - **Recurring tasks** spawn exactly one instance into the Execution Stream when due and execute regardless of Auto Mode. ### Brains - A **brain** is a named scope + tool/context configuration bound to an OpenClaw agent id. - **Nexus is the default brain**: general-purpose orchestration and “everything else.” ## Install / Setup (high level) See **SETUP.md** for full instructions. **Required secrets / env vars** - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL` (e.g. `ws://127.0.0.1:18789`) - `OPENCLAW_TOKEN` (OpenClaw Gateway token) Quick outline: 1) Clone repo + install deps 2) Create `.env` from `.env.example` and set the required OpenClaw vars above 3) Copy templates: - `config/brains.template.json` → `config/brains.json` - `config/brain_targets.template.json` → `config/brain_targets.json` 4) (Optional) seed examples: - `npm run seed` ## Modularity (agent-friendly) This repo is designed for agents to customize quickly: - Add/remove brains by editing `config/brains.json` and `config/brain_targets.json`. - Optional Job module: opt in/out by adding/removing the Job brain + pages (see `config/brains.jobs.addon.template.json`). - Recurring tasks are templates under `config/seeds/`. ## Runtime behaviors (security transparency) This package runs a local HTTP service (Fastify + React UI) and will: - Expose a dashboard over HTTP on `PORT` (default 3000) - Call the **OpenClaw Gateway/CLI** using the secrets you provide - Send outbound messages using **OpenClaw messaging** to the per-brain `{channel,target}` destinations - Accept file uploads via `POST /api/upload` and store them locally under `./data/<brainId>/intake/` ## Notes - No secrets or personal IDs are committed; local config/DB are gitignored. - Notifications are routed through OpenClaw’s channel system (Discord/Telegram/Signal/etc.). - Optional modules (Job tracker/profile) are opt-in; if you don’t include the Job brain, the UI hides job pages.

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