OpenClaw Messaging

Three messaging layers, from user-facing to agent-internal.

1. System Events (Most Common for Agents)

Notify the active agent session (Grimlock) of state changes, completions, or discoveries.

# Immediate delivery — agent processes NOW
openclaw system event --mode now --text "Deployed atproto-agents to prod. CF Worker live at agents.joelhooks.com"

# Batched — delivered on next heartbeat (default 15m)
openclaw system event --text "Non-urgent: test suite passing, 47/47 green"

# Wait for agent response
openclaw system event --mode now --text "Need decision: use D1 or KV for session state?" --expect-final --json