Sport Mode
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 1, 2026.
Overview
This skill is coherent and disclosed, but it deliberately makes OpenClaw check a persistent task more frequently until Sport Mode is turned off.
This skill appears safe for its stated purpose if you intentionally want frequent monitoring. Before installing, understand that it overwrites HEARTBEAT.md and changes the default OpenClaw heartbeat interval; use a clear stop condition, choose a reasonable interval, and verify the install source if cloning manually.
Findings (4)
Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.
A very short or mistaken interval could cause frequent agent activity, notifications, or resource use until Sport Mode is turned off.
The script changes OpenClaw's default heartbeat interval based on the user-supplied --every value. This is central to the skill, but it can materially increase how often the agent wakes up.
openclaw config set agents.defaults.heartbeat.every "$INTERVAL"
Use reasonable intervals, reserve this for time-sensitive tasks, and confirm sport-mode off resets the heartbeat when finished.
The agent may keep relying on HEARTBEAT.md across heartbeat cycles, so stale or edited contents can influence future actions.
The skill stores the user-provided task in HEARTBEAT.md as persistent agent-readable instructions.
cat > "$HEARTBEAT_FILE" <<EOF # 🏎️ Sport Mode Active ... ## Task $TASK
Keep HEARTBEAT.md scoped to the intended task, avoid placing sensitive data in it, and clear or review it after use.
If the task is not bounded, the agent can keep waking up and responding after the useful work is finished.
The documentation explicitly acknowledges that the high-frequency monitoring loop can continue if the task lacks a stop condition.
Unless you want an endless marathon, always define a termination condition... Agent might keep reporting "Done" forever until you manually stop it.
Always include a clear completion condition such as 'if complete, run sport-mode off' and manually turn it off if behavior continues unexpectedly.
Installing from the wrong or changed repository could add code different from the reviewed artifacts.
The README recommends manual installation from an external GitHub repository. No automatic remote execution is shown, but users should verify the repository before cloning.
git clone https://github.com/l1veIn/openclaw-sport-mode.git ~/.openclaw/skills/sport-mode
Install from a trusted source and inspect the cloned files before using the skill.