OpenClaw

Self-hosted agent gateway with channels, cron, and write-tools. Failure has an operator.

Choose it when

You need an always-on operator agent on your own machine, with a real owner when it fails.

Skip it when

You want a hosted IDE agent with no server to own.

01 / Classification

Autonomy evidence

This is our classification, not a vendor badge. The record says what the product normally does. The gaps stay visible.

How we classify it

Unattended scheduler/heartbeat with write-tools; failure has a real owner.

Runs unattended

Yes — that capability is documented in this brief.

Trigger

Not recorded yet.

State

Not recorded yet.

Tools

Self-hosted gateway · Telegram / Discord / Slack / WhatsApp · Control UI · CLI

Human control

Not recorded yet.

02 / Operations

Control reality

Useful agents eventually touch something real. This is the operational picture we have, not a promise hidden in a sales page.

Where it runs

self-hosted · cli

Data boundary

Not recorded yet.

Identity & permissions

Not recorded yet.

What it can write

host filesystem · shell · channel messages · cron

Surfaces

Self-hosted gateway · Telegram / Discord / Slack / WhatsApp · Control UI · CLI

Export / lock-in

Not recorded yet.

03 / Receipts

Evidence ledger

Here is what this brief is built on. “Documented” means we found a source. “Tested” means this desk actually ran it. Those are different things.

Evidence status

tested

Source set

2 primary sources

Evidence review

Not recorded yet.

Sources on file

Corrections

Not recorded yet. If we change a material claim, the correction belongs here.

04 / Change log

Related coverage

The brief tells you what the product is. Payloads track the changes that may alter the decision.