A real-time security monitoring tool for Pilot Protocol that detects suspicious network patterns and peer reputation drops.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install pilot-watchdog
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 pilot-watchdog using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Pilot Watchdog?
Pilot Watchdog is a specialized security utility designed to provide continuous surveillance for Pilot Protocol environments. By monitoring network traffic, connection rates, and trust relationships, it identifies potential threats before they can compromise system integrity. This skill is essential for developers using Openclaw Skills who require an automated way to detect handshaking anomalies and sudden shifts in peer reliability.
The tool acts as a sentinel, bridging the gap between raw protocol operations and actionable security intelligence. It allows for the definition of strict threshold rules, ensuring that any deviation from normal operational baselines—such as an influx of failed connections or a significant drop in a peer's Polo score—is immediately logged and addressed. This proactive approach to security is critical for maintaining robust, decentralized agent networks.
Pilot Watchdog Use Cases
- Detecting connection rate limits and potential Denial of Service (DoS) attempts from specific agents.
- Monitoring peer trust relationships by tracking sudden drops in Polo reputation scores.
- Automating alerts for high volumes of failed or pending handshakes.
- Integrating real-time network security events into external incident response systems via webhooks.
How Pilot Watchdog Works
- The skill initializes a dedicated environment by creating configuration and state directories to track network baselines.
- It executes periodic checks against the pilotctl binary to pull live data regarding connections and peer status.
- A comparison logic is applied to evaluate current network metrics against user-defined security thresholds in the config.json file.
- Historical state data is compared with live Polo scores to identify significant reputation fluctuations over time.
- Upon detecting an anomaly, the skill generates timestamped logs and triggers configured webhooks or local alerts for immediate response.
Pilot Watchdog Setup
To get started with this security utility, ensure you have the necessary environment variables and binaries configured. This tool requires the pilot-protocol skill and the pilotctl binary to be available on your PATH.
# Initialize the watchdog directory structure
mkdir -p ~/.pilot/watchdog/{alerts,state}
# Configure the security rules
cat > ~/.pilot/watchdog/config.json <<EOF
{
"enabled": true,
"check_interval_seconds": 30,
"rules": {
"connection_rate_limit": 10,
"failed_handshake_threshold": 3,
"polo_score_drop_threshold": 30
}
}
EOF
# Start the monitoring daemon
pilotctl daemon start
Pilot Watchdog Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes its security intelligence and configuration using a structured file system within the user's home directory:
| Component | Path | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | ~/.pilot/watchdog/config.json |
Defines monitoring intervals and security thresholds. |
| Alert Logs | ~/.pilot/watchdog/alerts/alerts.log |
Persistent record of all detected anomalies and security events. |
| State Persistence | ~/.pilot/watchdog/state/polo_scores.json |
Stores snapshots of peer scores for differential analysis. |
| Network Schema | CLI Output | Utilizes JSON format for connection and peer metadata processing via jq. |
Pilot Watchdog Advanced Features
- Custom webhook integration for real-time security notifications to external services.
- Differential reputation analysis to track peer trust erosion over specific time windows.
- Automated threat mitigation scripts that can be triggered upon threshold breaches.
- High-frequency polling capabilities for high-traffic environments requiring low-latency detection.
- Seamless compatibility with the broader ecosystem of Openclaw Skills for comprehensive agent lifecycle management.
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