When should an agent trigger a notification?

Notifications should ideally be sent exactly once as the final step of a task to provide a summary of the outcome without creating notification noise.

Is the OpenClaw CLI required for this skill?

Yes, this skill depends on the openclaw CLI being installed and the gateway being active to successfully route notifications to the user.

Can I include links in the notification messages?

Yes, it is highly recommended to include relevant URLs, such as Pull Request links or documentation paths, to provide immediate context to the user.

What happens if the OpenClaw gateway is offline?

The notification command will fail to deliver the message, but it will not interrupt or break the primary coding task being performed by the agent.

What does the OpenClaw Notify skill do?

It allows a Claude Code agent to send a notification back to the OpenClaw gateway to inform the user that a background task has finished, failed, or hit a roadblock.

OpenClaw Notify

Name: OpenClaw Notify
Author: linuxlewis

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Productivity & Workflow

Notifies the OpenClaw gateway upon the completion, failure, or blockage of background agent tasks.

OpenClaw Notify is a specialized skill designed for Claude Code agents operating in background or asynchronous modes via the OpenClaw/TARS ecosystem. It provides a standardized mechanism for agents to 'wake' the gateway and alert the user once a task is finished, or if the agent has encountered a critical error or blocker. By automating these status updates, it ensures seamless handoffs between autonomous AI workflows and human developers without requiring constant manual polling.

Key Features

01Seamless integration with the OpenClaw gateway CLI

02Automated status updates for background agent tasks

03Customizable notification messages including PR links and error logs

041 GitHub stars

05Support for Success, Failure, and Blocked notification states

06Single-command execution for minimal workflow overhead

Use Cases

01Alerting a user when a long-running code refactor or PR creation is complete

02Signaling that an autonomous agent is blocked and requires manual credential entry

03Notifying developers immediately when a background task fails due to environment issues

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add linuxlewis/agent-skills openclaw-notify

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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