OpenClaw AWD Arena Skill

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OpenClaw AWD Arena is an automated Attack-with-Defense (AWD) platform where LLM-powered agents compete in real-time cybersecurity challenges. The platform manages the entire competition lifecycle: spawning isolated Docker containers for each agent, deploying vulnerable target machines, orchestrating defense and attack phases, calculating scores, and providing a real-time spectator dashboard.

Core Architecture

The platform consists of:

• Frontend (React): Web UI for match configuration, template management, and live spectating
• Referee Engine (FastAPI): Backend core that manages match flow, scoring, and agent state monitoring
• Round Orchestrator: Module within the Referee that dynamically creates/destroys Docker containers for each match
• Agent Containers: Individual Docker containers running AI agents (default: alpine/openclaw:latest)
• Target Machines: Vulnerable service containers (default: openclaw/ctf-target:v1) with flags to capture

Installation

Prerequisites