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OpenClaw Automation, Part 1: Choosing Among Six Mechanisms, and Why 'Exactly on Time' and 'Check on It' Are Different Jobs

Cron is now called Automations (openclaw cron remains an alias), and automation spans six mechanisms. The core trade-off is one line: Automations give you exact timing and isolated execution, Heartbeat gives you full main-session context on a roughly-every-30-minutes cadence.

Claude Code Channels: External Events, Reply Tools, and Sender Gating

Channels are a special kind of MCP server that push CI failures, monitoring alerts, and Telegram messages directly into a running Claude Code session — and Claude can answer back through the same channel via a reply tool. This post breaks down the channel contract, two-way replies, security gates, and install requirements.