OpenClaw AI Skills

OpenClaw is an AI agent gateway that connects messaging platforms — WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, iMessage — to your print farm. Operators can manage jobs, check inventory, and get production reports from their phone using natural language.

Why OpenClaw?

Mobile-first ops — Check order status, pause prints, and review failures without opening a laptop
Multi-channel — One setup works across WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and iMessage
AI-powered — Natural language queries are translated into PrintStudio API calls
Skills-based — Each capability is a Markdown file you can customise

Installation

OpenClaw is installed separately — it is not included in Docker Compose.

# Install the OpenClaw CLI globally
npm install -g openclaw@latest

# Run the onboarding wizard (installs the local daemon on port 18789)
openclaw onboard --install-daemon

Adding PrintStudio Skills

Copy the included skills into your OpenClaw config:

# Copy skills
cp -r .openclaw/skills/ ~/.openclaw/skills/printstudio/

# Or symlink for development
ln -s "$(pwd)/.openclaw/skills" ~/.openclaw/skills/printstudio

Configure the PrintStudio API URL:

# In .env or shell profile
export PRINTSTUDIO_API_URL="http://localhost:8787"

Or in ~/.openclaw/config.yml:

env:
  PRINTSTUDIO_API_URL: "http://localhost:8787"

Available Skills

Skill	Description	Example
`order-status`	Look up order tracking	”What’s the status of ORD-001?”
`queue-status`	Farm overview dashboard	”How’s the print farm doing?”
`start-print`	Release a job to print	”Start printing job JOB-005”
`pause-print`	Pause/resume a job	”Pause JOB-003, filament issue”
`failure-alert`	View and handle failures	”Any print failures today?”
`inventory-check`	Material stock levels	”How much PLA filament is left?”
`sku-catalog`	Browse products	”Show me the product catalog”
`daily-report`	Production summary	”Give me today’s report”

Example Conversations

You: How's the farm?
Bot: 🏭 5 machines online, 1 in maintenance.
     12 jobs printing, 3 queued. SLA: 94% on-time.

You: Pause JOB-003, filament tangle
Bot: ✅ JOB-003 paused on Voron #1.
     Reason logged: "filament tangle"

You: How much PLA Black is left?
Bot: ⚠️ PLA Black: 380g remaining (below reorder point of 500g).
     PLA White: 2,400g ✅
     Want me to create a reorder request?

You: Show me today's report
Bot: 📊 24 jobs completed, 2 failed (8%).
     Revenue: $342.50, margin 62%.
     SLA: 96% on-time.
     ⚠️ PLA Black low stock.

Supported Channels

Channel	Status	Notes
WhatsApp	✅	Via WhatsApp Business API
Telegram	✅	Via Bot API
Discord	✅	Via Discord bot
iMessage	✅	macOS only

Webhook Integration

PrintStudio sends events to OpenClaw and can receive commands back:

Outbound — OpenClawNotifier in packages/core/src/notifications/ sends alerts to your channels when jobs fail, printers go offline, or stock runs low.

Inbound — POST /webhooks/openclaw on the PrintStudio API receives agent commands (e.g., pause a print) initiated from your messaging app.

OPENCLAW_URL=http://localhost:18789
OPENCLAW_TOKEN=replace-me

Troubleshooting

# Check daemon health
openclaw status

# Restart daemon
openclaw daemon restart

# Verify skills are loaded
openclaw skills list

# Test a specific skill
openclaw skills test order-status

# Check API connectivity
curl -s $OPENCLAW_URL/health

“API unavailable” — Ensure PrintStudio API is running: curl http://localhost:8787/

Skills not loading — Verify the skills path: openclaw skills list should show printstudio/* skills.