product
Agent Goals: Your Agents Can Now Track Progress
Goals let you give any agent a measurable target and a deadline, turning it from a reactive assistant into something that tracks progress on its own.
Kevin Kamau
Education
Specialist vs. Generalist Agents: When One Isn't Enough
Why single do-everything agents degrade on real workloads, how context isolation fixes it, and a framework for specialist vs generalist architecture.
Troubleshooting
How to Add Self-Monitoring to Your OpenClaw Agent
OpenClaw heartbeat polls confirm your agent is alive but skip everything else. A HEARTBEAT.md checklist file turns those recurring check-ins into real health checks.
Troubleshooting
Why Your OpenClaw Cron Jobs Run But Never Deliver
OpenClaw cron jobs complete successfully but results never arrive. Two delivery failures triggered by adding a second messaging channel, and how to fix them.
Troubleshooting
Why Your OpenClaw Agent Ignores Config Rules (and How to Fix It)
Your OpenClaw agent skips rules in AGENTS.md. Fix it with three layers: identity framing in SOUL.md, instruction positioning, and automated heartbeat verification.