Design reliable, adaptive heartbeat playbooks for OpenClaw agents to ensure precise monitoring without runaway costs or noisy alerts.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install heartbeat
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install heartbeat using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Heartbeat?
Heartbeat is a specialized skill designed to enhance the reliability and efficiency of OpenClaw agent monitoring. By building structured HEARTBEAT.md files, developers can create agents that perform proactive check-ins without the overhead of noisy logs or excessive token usage. This skill focuses on adaptive cadence, ensuring that your Openclaw Skills only act when necessary and stay within your specified timezone and active hours.
The skill provides a framework for balancing adaptive monitoring with precise scheduling. It helps you distinguish between tasks that need the flexibility of a heartbeat and those that require the rigid timing of a cron job. By incorporating cost guards and strict output contracts, Heartbeat ensures your automated workflows remain efficient, responsive, and cost-effective.
Heartbeat Use Cases
- Designing adaptive monitoring systems for specific technical signals and environment changes.
- Implementing proactive AI check-ins that respect user timezone and active hours to avoid fatigue.
- Creating hybrid strategies that combine the flexibility of Openclaw Skills heartbeats with the precision of cron jobs.
- Reducing operational costs by adding two-stage cost guards to expensive AI check cycles.
How Heartbeat Works
- Conduct a setup interview to capture timezone, precision requirements, and risk tolerance.
- Scope the monitoring mission and identify 1-3 specific signals to prevent inefficient polling.
- Draft heartbeat configurations using production-ready templates and candidate variants.
- Configure cadence tuning to automatically tighten or loosen check-in intervals based on active windows.
- Implement escalation and cooldown rules to ensure alert hygiene and prevent notification spam.
- Run dry simulations against a technical QA checklist before finalizing the deployment.
Heartbeat Setup
To begin using this skill within your Openclaw Skills environment, install it via the hub and complete the initial configuration:
clawhub install heartbeat
After installation, follow the setup.md guide to capture your environmental constraints and cadence profile.
Heartbeat Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Heartbeat skill organizes its memory, drafts, and historical snapshots within the ~/heartbeat/ directory for transparency and easy management:
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
memory.md |
Stores preferences, cadence profiles, and recent tuning decisions. |
drafts/ |
A subdirectory for staging and testing candidate heartbeat variants. |
snapshots/ |
Archives previous heartbeat versions to allow for one-step rollbacks. |
Heartbeat Advanced Features
- Intelligent cron handoff rules for tasks requiring exact wall-clock timing versus adaptive events.
- Two-stage check patterns that perform a cheap precheck before triggering expensive API actions.
- Strict output contracts using HEARTBEAT_OK to prevent redundant no-op loops and token waste.
- Automated rollback paths and snapshotting for safe iteration on Openclaw Skills monitoring logic.
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