Routines · OpenClaw · runs on your machine

Your OpenClaw gateway.
On autopilot.

Schedule any OpenClaw session. It runs against your gateway automatically. Results land in your workspace — full orchestration, zero manual triggers.

Live preview — create routine → scheduler fires → OpenClaw session runs → result stored

Use cases

What you can automate

Any session you would spin up on your OpenClaw gateway manually can become a routine. Set the schedule once and it runs forever.

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Session orchestration sweep
Daily · 08:00 UTC

Spin up a session against the gateway, run the daily task queue, and write session-summary-{date}.md

Every morning OpenClaw processes the day's queued tasks through your gateway and reports what ran.

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Multi-agent workflow trigger
Weekly · Monday 06:00

Kick off the weekly multi-agent pipeline: research session, then handoff to writer session, save output to weekly-report.md

OpenClaw chains sessions through the gateway so multi-step agent workflows run unattended every week.

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Gateway health check
Hourly

Ping the gateway, verify session creation succeeds, log latency and errors to gateway-health.md

A lightweight session runs hourly to confirm your gateway is reachable and responsive before real work depends on it.

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Session cost & usage report
Weekly · Friday 17:00

Summarize the week's session count, duration and errors across the gateway into usage-report.md

Every Friday OpenClaw rolls up gateway session activity so you can spot trends before Monday planning.

Setup

Running in 3 steps

1

Create an account

Sign up at app.ctrlnode.ai — free, no credit card. Grab your Bridge pairing token from Settings.

2

Start the Bridge

Download the Bridge binary from GitHub Releases and run it on your machine. No open ports — connects outbound only.

Set your gateway token and URL as env vars — that's it.

3

Create your first routine

Open Routines → New Routine
Write the instructions for the OpenClaw session in plain English
Pick the schedule: hourly, daily, weekly, or custom cron
Hit Save — done. OpenClaw handles the rest
1
Gateway, any number of routines

Every routine reuses your existing OpenClaw gateway connection — no per-routine infrastructure, no extra services to run.

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Open ports required

The Bridge connects outbound to CTRL NODE. Works behind any NAT, firewall, or corporate proxy — no router config needed.

Real-time
Session polling included

Session output is polled and streamed back to CTRL NODE over the WebSocket as it happens — no waiting for the session to finish to see progress.

Flexible scheduling

Hourly, daily, weekdays only, weekly, or a custom cron expression. The scheduler runs in CTRL NODE's cloud and wakes your Bridge on time — even if you've closed your laptop lid.

Full run history

Every execution is logged — status, timestamps, live output, and the files the OpenClaw session produced. View any run in detail from the CTRL NODE app, even on mobile.

File artifacts in workspace

Any file the OpenClaw session writes — reports, generated docs, structured output — lands directly in your local workspace. Git-trackable, ready to review and commit.

Trigger manually anytime

Don't wait for the next run — hit RUN NOW from the app and OpenClaw starts a session immediately. Full history tracks every manual trigger too.

Free · No credit card · Bring your own gateway

Your first OpenClaw routine
is 5 minutes away

Free account. Install the Bridge. Create a routine. OpenClaw handles the rest — orchestrated through your gateway, on your schedule.