OpenClaw Workflow Recipes: 12 Ready-to-Use Automations

Stop reading about what OpenClaw could do. Here are 12 automations you can copy and start using today.

Morning & Daily Automations

1. Morning Briefing

Tell OpenClaw:

"Every weekday at 7:30am, send me a Telegram message with:
 - Today's weather and if I need an umbrella
 - My Google Calendar events for today
 - Unread emails marked important
 - Top 3 Hacker News stories"

What it does: Aggregates information from multiple sources into a single morning digest.

Setup needed: Google Calendar integration, email access, weather API.

2. End-of-Day Summary

"Every weekday at 6pm, summarize what I accomplished today:
 - GitHub commits and PRs merged
 - Emails sent and received
 - Calendar meetings attended
 - Tasks completed in Linear"

3. Weekly Report Generator

"Every Friday at 4pm, generate a weekly summary of my
 GitHub activity: PRs merged, issues closed, lines changed.
 Format it as a brief status update I can paste into Slack."

Developer Workflows

4. PR Review Alert

"Watch my GitHub repos. When a new PR is opened that requests
 my review, send me a Telegram message with the PR title,
 author, files changed count, and a direct link."

What it does: Replaces GitHub email notifications with instant, summarized Telegram alerts.

5. CI/CD Failure Alert

"Monitor GitHub Actions on my main repos. If any workflow
 fails on the main branch, send me the workflow name,
 error summary, and a link to the failed run."

6. Dependency Update Digest

"Every Monday, check my top 5 repos for outdated npm
 dependencies. List packages with available updates,
 grouped by major/minor/patch."

Data Collection & Monitoring

7. Price Tracker

"Check the price of [product URL] every 6 hours. If the
 price drops more than 10% from the first price you saw,
 send me a Telegram alert with the old price, new price,
 and a link."

8. Competitor Changelog Monitor

"Every day, check [competitor.com/changelog] for new entries.
 If there's anything new since last check, send me a summary
 of what changed."

9. Job Alert

"Search LinkedIn Jobs for 'product designer' in NYC every
 morning. If there are new postings from companies on my
 target list [Company A, Company B, Company C], alert me
 with the details."

Communication & Productivity

10. Email Triage Assistant

"Check my inbox every 30 minutes. For new emails, categorize
 them as: urgent, needs reply, FYI, or spam. Send me a
 Telegram summary of urgent ones only."

11. Meeting Prep

"15 minutes before each Google Calendar meeting, send me
 a Telegram message with: who's attending, the last 3
 emails exchanged with the main attendee, and any relevant
 documents shared."

12. Smart Follow-Up Reminder

"Track emails I send that ask a question. If I don't get
 a reply within 48 hours, remind me to follow up and
 draft a polite follow-up message."

How to Set Up Any Recipe

Step 1: Deploy OpenClaw

Use ClawTank for a ready-to-go instance, or self-host with Docker.

Step 2: Connect Your Channels

# Telegram (for alerts)
openclaw config set telegram.token "your-bot-token"

# GitHub (for dev workflows)
openclaw plugins install @anthropic/mcp-github
openclaw config set mcpServers.github.env.GITHUB_TOKEN "ghp_..."

# Google (for calendar and email)
openclaw plugins install @anthropic/mcp-google

Step 3: Send the Recipe

Open Telegram and send the recipe text to your OpenClaw bot. It will set up the automation, confirm the schedule, and start running.

Step 4: Iterate

After the first run, refine:

"The morning briefing is great but skip the weather.
 Add my Stripe revenue from yesterday instead."

Combining Recipes

Recipes work together. Example combined workflow:

"Morning briefing at 7:30am (recipe 1), PR alerts during
 the day (recipe 4), CI failure alerts (recipe 5), and
 an end-of-day summary at 6pm (recipe 2)."

OpenClaw runs them all concurrently on their own schedules.

Build Your Own

These 12 are starting points. The pattern is always the same:

1. Trigger: Time-based (cron) or event-based (webhook)
2. Action: Fetch, check, extract, or compute something
3. Output: Send to Telegram, save to file, or create a PR

Describe what you want in plain language. OpenClaw figures out the implementation.

Get Started in 1 Minute

ClawTank gives you a pre-configured OpenClaw instance with all integrations ready. Pick a recipe, paste it into Telegram, and your automation is live.