Heartbeat
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Overview
Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: heartbeat Version: 1.0.1 The Heartbeat skill is a design assistant for creating efficient OpenClaw heartbeat files, focusing on adaptive monitoring and cost-control strategies. It provides templates and guidance for setting up local memory in `~/heartbeat/` and emphasizes safety through prechecks and validation checklists (qa-checklist.md). No malicious behaviors, data exfiltration, or harmful instructions were identified across the skill's documentation or logic.
Findings (0)
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Stale, incorrect, or overly broad saved preferences could shape future heartbeat behavior, though the storage is local and bounded to the workflow.
The skill stores persistent local heartbeat preferences and tuning decisions that may influence later heartbeat drafts.
Memory lives in `~/heartbeat/`... `memory.md` # Preferences, cadence profile, and last tuning decisions
Review ~/heartbeat/memory.md periodically, avoid storing secrets there, and delete or edit it if heartbeat behavior should be reset.
Generated heartbeat or cron workflows could continue producing checks or alerts on a schedule if the user enables them.
The skill helps design recurring heartbeat and cron-style behavior that can continue operating after setup, but this is the stated purpose and the artifacts include confirmation and safety guardrails.
Use cron for exact timing, heartbeat for adaptive timing. If a task must run at exact wall-clock times, move it to cron.
Confirm active hours, cooldowns, exact cron schedules, and rollback steps before enabling any generated recurring workflow.