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5 OpenClaw Automation Workflows: Copy/Paste Cron Jobs for Your Agent

Your OpenClaw agent can run on a schedule. Five workflows: morning briefing, competitor watch, email triage, content ideas, backups. Copy each prompt, swap your details, send to your agent. No terminal.

Copy each prompt, swap your details, send to your agent. No terminal.

01. Daily Morning Report

Weather, news, and your calendar in one message. 8 AM. Copy and send: Set up daily morning report. Weather for my city (ask if you don't know), news, calendar, compile and send to chat.

02. Competitor Monitoring

Friday 6 PM: what your competitors have been up to. Copy and send: Set up competitor monitoring for the companies I track (ask if you don't know them).

03. Smart Email Processing

Boss email? Instant ping. The rest? Hourly digest. Copy and send: Let's set up my email if you don't know. Connect and set rules for people I need to hear from immediately (ask if you don't know who), add digest cron at 5 PM.

04. Content Creation Assistant

8 PM: trending topics and content angles. Copy and send: Set up content ideas for my industry (ask if you don't know it).

05. Automated Data Backup

2 AM backup. Copy and send: Set up daily backup for folders I care about (ask if you don't know which), save to where I want backups (ask if you don't know).

Pro Tips

Need a different time? Tell your agent when. It can sort the cron string. Something wrong? Ask your agent to run openclaw cron list and openclaw cron test. Tweak your prompt and retry.

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