Automation

OpenClaw supports several automation patterns. Pick the one that matches how your trigger happens:

• Cron jobs — schedule tasks on an interval: Cron jobs
• Webhooks — react to external events: Webhooks
• Polling — check a data source periodically: Polling
• Cron vs Heartbeat — how to choose: Cron vs Heartbeat
• Auth & monitoring — keep automation safe: Auth & monitoring
• Gmail Pub/Sub — event-driven email workflows: Gmail Pub/Sub
• Hooks — event-driven automation inside the Gateway: Hooks
• Troubleshooting — cron/heartbeat delivery checks: Automation troubleshooting