openclaw-self-healing

SKILL.md

OpenClaw Self-Healing System

"The system that heals itself — or calls for help when it can't."

A 4-tier autonomous self-healing system for OpenClaw Gateway.

Architecture

Level 1: Watchdog (180s)     → Process monitoring (OpenClaw built-in)
Level 2: Health Check (300s) → HTTP 200 + 3 retries
Level 3: Claude Recovery     → 30min AI-powered diagnosis 🧠
Level 4: Discord Alert       → Human escalation

What's Special (v2.0)

World's first Claude Code as Level 3 emergency doctor

Persistent Learning - Automatic recovery documentation (symptom → cause → solution → prevention)

Reasoning Logs - Explainable AI decision-making process

Multi-Channel Alerts - Discord + Telegram support

Metrics Dashboard - Success rate, recovery time, trending analysis

Production-tested (verified recovery Feb 5-6, 2026)

macOS LaunchAgent integration

Quick Setup

1. Install Dependencies

brew install tmux
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

2. Configure Environment

# Copy template to OpenClaw config directory
cp .env.example ~/.openclaw/.env

# Edit and add your Discord webhook (optional)
nano ~/.openclaw/.env

3. Install Scripts

# Copy scripts
cp scripts/*.sh ~/openclaw/scripts/
chmod +x ~/openclaw/scripts/*.sh

# Install LaunchAgent
cp launchagent/com.openclaw.healthcheck.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.openclaw.healthcheck.plist

4. Verify

# Check Health Check is running
launchctl list | grep openclaw.healthcheck

# View logs
tail -f ~/openclaw/memory/healthcheck-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log

Scripts

Script
Level
Description

gateway-healthcheck.sh
2
HTTP 200 check + 3 retries + escalation

emergency-recovery.sh
3
Claude Code PTY session for AI diagnosis (v1)

emergency-recovery-v2.sh
3
Enhanced with learning + reasoning logs (v2) ⭐

emergency-recovery-monitor.sh
4
Discord/Telegram notification on failure

metrics-dashboard.sh
-
Visualize recovery statistics (NEW)

Configuration

All settings via environment variables in ~/.openclaw/.env:

Variable
Default
Description

DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL
(none)
Discord webhook for alerts

OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL
http://localhost:18789/
Gateway health check URL

HEALTH_CHECK_MAX_RETRIES
3
Restart attempts before escalation

EMERGENCY_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT
1800
Claude recovery timeout (30 min)

Testing

Test Level 2 (Health Check)

# Run manually
bash ~/openclaw/scripts/gateway-healthcheck.sh

# Expected output:
# ✅ Gateway healthy

Test Level 3 (Claude Recovery)

# Inject a config error (backup first!)
cp ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak

# Wait for Health Check to detect and escalate (~8 min)
tail -f ~/openclaw/memory/emergency-recovery-*.log

Links

GitHub: https://github.com/Ramsbaby/openclaw-self-healing

Docs: https://github.com/Ramsbaby/openclaw-self-healing/tree/main/docs

License

MIT License - do whatever you want with it.

Built by @ramsbaby + Jarvis 🦞