ClawDoctor

Self-healing doctor for OpenClaw. Monitors gateway, crons, sessions, auth, and costs. Sends Telegram alerts. Auto-restarts gateway when it goes down. Use when you want proactive health monitoring with automatic recovery for your OpenClaw setup.

ClawDoctor - Self-Healing Doctor for OpenClaw

Monitors your OpenClaw setup and fixes problems before you notice them.

Built for people running OpenClaw in production who got tired of checking if things were still alive.

npm: clawdoctor | Version: 0.2.0 | License: MIT

What It Monitors

Monitor	What It Watches	Interval
GatewayWatcher	openclaw process running	30s
CronWatcher	~/.openclaw/state/cron-*.json for missed/failed crons	60s
SessionWatcher	~/.openclaw/agents/*/sessions/*.jsonl for errors, aborts, stuck sessions	60s
AuthWatcher	Gateway logs for 401/403/token expired patterns	60s
CostWatcher	Session token costs - flags if >3x rolling average	5m

What It Fixes

Healer	Action
ProcessHealer	Restarts gateway via openclaw gateway restart, then verifies recovery
CronHealer	Logs the failure and includes the manual rerun command in the alert

Install

bash

npm install -g clawdoctor
clawdoctor init
clawdoctor start

When to Use

• You run OpenClaw in production
• You have cron jobs that sometimes fail silently
• You want Telegram alerts when something breaks
• You want the gateway to auto-restart if it goes down

Commands

bash

clawdoctor init              # Interactive setup (detects OpenClaw, configures Telegram)
clawdoctor start             # Start monitoring daemon
clawdoctor start --dry-run   # Run without taking healing actions
clawdoctor stop              # Stop daemon
clawdoctor status            # Show current health of all monitors
clawdoctor log               # Show recent events
clawdoctor log -n 100        # Show 100 events
clawdoctor log -w GatewayWatcher -s critical  # Filter by watcher/severity
clawdoctor install-service   # Install as systemd user service

Non-Interactive Setup (for agents)

bash

clawdoctor init \
  --openclaw-path ~/.openclaw \
  --telegram-token TOKEN \
  --telegram-chat CHATID \
  --auto-fix \
  --no-prompt

Sample Alert

text

Alert: GatewayWatcher
Event: Gateway process not found
Action: openclaw gateway restart
Status: Back online
Time: 2026-03-15 03:14 UTC
Host: devbox

Alerts are rate-limited to max 1 per monitor per 5 minutes to avoid spam.

Configuration

Config lives at ~/.clawdoctor/config.json. Events stored in ~/.clawdoctor/events.db (SQLite, 7-day retention).

Pricing

• Diagnose ($9/mo): Monitoring + Telegram alerts https://buy.stripe.com/7sY14g2fsex33F08U51ck01
• Heal ($19/mo): Everything in Diagnose + auto-healing actions https://buy.stripe.com/eVq28k2fsdsZ7Vg6LX1ck02

Security

• Reads OpenClaw log/state files (read-only)
• Only action taken: openclaw gateway restart when gateway is down
• Sends alerts via Telegram Bot API (outbound HTTPS only)
• No data sent to external servers in free tier
• No API keys or conversation content leaves the machine

More Info

https://clawdoctor.dev