OpenClaw Monitor – Know If Your AI Agent Is Actually Working

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The Problem

You install OpenClaw, configure it, and let it run in the background. But how do you actually know it's working?

There's no built-in status page. No heartbeat alerts. No way to see if it's processing tasks or just sitting idle.

The Solution

I built a simple, self-hostable monitoring dashboard for OpenClaw agents:

🔗 OpenClaw Monitor on GitHub

Tech Stack:

Frontend: Vue 3 (Composition API) + Element Plus + Vite
Backend: Express + SQLite (sql.js)
Auth: JWT
i18n: Chinese + English

Features

💓 Heartbeat Detection — Knows immediately when your agent goes down
🌐 Gateway Management — Manage multiple gateway configs from one UI
📊 Real-time Status — Live view of agent operations
🔐 JWT Authentication — Secure access for your monitoring layer
🌍 i18n — Switch between EN/CN
📱 Responsive — Works on desktop and mobile

Real Production Data

This is my actual usage over 7 days — 6.64 million tokens processed:

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/flik2002/openclaw-monitor-frontend.git
cd openclaw-monitor-frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Why "AI Monitoring AI"?

OpenClaw is fantastic at automating tasks. But in production, you need observability — the same as any other service. This is a small step toward treating AI agents like real infrastructure.

Contributing

Still early stage. Issues, stars, and PRs all welcome.

🔗 https://github.com/flik2002/openclaw-monitor-frontend

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