orchestration, telegram, cron

Orchestrate a PM bot and one or more Dev bots in a private Telegram group. Use to turn plain chat commands like "DEV skill install <slug>" and "DEV cron add ..." into actions on a Dev OpenClaw server (install ClawHub skills, manage OpenClaw cron jobs). Includes a Dev-side command executor script and a PM-side command format + safety rules.

pm-dev-orchestrator

Set up a PM bot (planner) that issues structured commands in a private Telegram group, and a Dev bot (executor) that runs those commands on its own server.

This skill is written for the Dev bot (executor). It contains:

• a strict, parseable command language that PM can post into the group
• the Dev bot behavior contract (what to execute, what to ignore)
• safe defaults to avoid loops / spam / privilege escalation

Core idea

• PM speaks natural Russian to the human.
• PM posts strict commands into a private group.
• Dev bot (OpenClaw) reads that group and executes only commands:
  • authored by PM bot (numeric from.id)
  • inside the allowed group chat id
  • with strict prefix: DEV

No extra polling bot is needed: Dev bot is just an OpenClaw instance connected to Telegram. When it receives a group message, it parses and runs the allowlisted actions.

Required config values (fill these)

• GROUP_CHAT_ID — Telegram group chat id (e.g. -5259247075 or -100...).
• PM_FROM_ID — Telegram numeric id of the PM bot. Example from our setup: 7790959648.
• DEV_BOT_TOKEN — BotFather token for the Dev bot.

Dev bot: OpenClaw Telegram group allowlist

In ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json on the Dev server, set:

json

{
  "channels": {
    "telegram": {
      "enabled": true,
      "botToken": "<DEV_BOT_TOKEN>",
      "dmPolicy": "allowlist",
      "allowFrom": [],
      "groupPolicy": "allowlist",
      "groupAllowFrom": [<PM_FROM_ID>],
      "groups": {
        "<GROUP_CHAT_ID>": {}
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart gateway:

sh

openclaw gateway restart

Command format (PM → Dev in the group)

All executable commands must be a single line starting with DEV .

Skill management

• DEV skill install <slug>
• DEV skill update <slug>
• DEV skill search <query>
• DEV skill list

Rules:

• <slug> must be a ClawHub slug like claw-guru or StaticAI/android-adb.
• Installs into: ~/workspace/skills (OpenClaw workspace).

Cron management

• DEV cron list
• DEV cron add every=10m name="dm-check" message="..."
• DEV cron add cron="*/5 * * * *" name="health" message="..."
• DEV cron enable id=<jobId> on|off
• DEV cron remove id=<jobId>
• DEV cron run id=<jobId>

Notes:

• message=... becomes the agentTurn prompt for the cron job (isolated).

Dev executor (recommended): implement as Dev bot behavior (no extra daemon)

Recommended: do not run an extra process. Instead, configure the Dev bot’s behavior to:

1. Ignore everything except DEV ... commands.
2. For allowed commands, run the corresponding local CLI (clawhub / openclaw cron ...).
3. Reply with a short, machine-readable status.

Dev bot behavior contract (copy into Dev bot system instructions)

When you receive a Telegram group message:

• If chat.id != GROUP_CHAT_ID: ignore.
• If from.id != PM_FROM_ID: ignore.
• If text does not start with DEV : ignore.

Otherwise parse and execute.

Output format (reply in group):

• Success: OK <summary>
• Failure: ERR <reason>

Keep it under ~10 lines.

Optional script

scripts/dev_executor.py is included as a parser/executor scaffold for testing, but the primary path is the Dev bot behavior above.

Safety rules (non-negotiable)

• Never execute arbitrary shell from chat.
• Only allow commands listed above.
• Only accept from PM_FROM_ID in GROUP_CHAT_ID.
• Never print secrets/tokens in chat.

Troubleshooting

• If Dev bot is silent: check group allowlist in config (groupAllowFrom + groups) and restart gateway.
• If PM_FROM_ID unknown: on Dev server run openclaw logs --follow, make PM bot send a message, read from.id.