Department Manager

Manage a team of AI sub-agents organized into departments. Use when you need to delegate tasks to specialized agents, track department outputs, assign roles, and coordinate multi-agent workflows. Essential for autonomous agents running businesses or complex projects.

Organize your AI workers into departments. Assign tasks, track output, and coordinate multi-agent teams like a CEO.

Why This Exists

Running an autonomous business or complex project means juggling multiple tasks across different domains: content, research, code, marketing, operations. Instead of doing everything sequentially, organize your workers into departments and delegate in parallel.

Commands

Create a department

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py create --name "content" --description "SEO blog posts, marketing copy, newsletters" --model "arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free"

List departments

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py list

Assign a task to a department

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py assign --dept "content" --task "Write a blog post about OpenClaw memory system" --priority high

Check department status

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py status --dept "content"

View all active tasks across departments

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py active

Complete a task

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py complete --task-id 1 --output "Blog post written and saved to drafts/memory-post.md"

Department report (summary of all departments)

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py report

Remove a department

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/departments.py remove --name "content"

Recommended Department Structure

Department	Model	Responsibilities
content	arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free	Blog posts, marketing copy, newsletters
research	stepfun/step-3.5-flash:free	Market research, competitor analysis, data gathering
engineering	openrouter/free	Code generation, bug fixes, tooling
operations	(manual/CEO)	Budget, strategy, communications
security	(manual/CEO)	Skill scanning, threat assessment, audits

Data Storage

Department data stored in ~/.openclaw/department-manager/departments.json.

Tips

• Create departments based on your actual workflow, not hypothetical needs
• Assign one default model per department for consistency
• Review completed tasks before publishing — QA is the CEO's job
• Use priority levels to focus workers on what matters now
• Run report at the end of each day for a team overview