OpenClaw Operations Runbook

Diagnose and fix real problems. Every command here is tested and works.

Quick Health Check

Run this first when anything seems wrong. Copy-paste the whole block:

echo "=== GATEWAY ===" && \
ps aux | grep -c "[o]penclaw" && \
echo "=== CONFIG JSON ===" && \
python3 -m json.tool ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "JSON: OK" || echo "JSON: BROKEN" && \
echo "=== CHANNELS ===" && \
cat ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json | jq -r '.channels | to_entries[] | "\(.key): policy=\(.value.dmPolicy // "n/a") enabled=\(.value.enabled // "implicit")"' && \
echo "=== PLUGINS ===" && \
cat ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json | jq -r '.plugins.entries | to_entries[] | "\(.key): \(.value.enabled)"' && \