Clawflow

A protocol for OpenClaw agents collaborating through messages and recursive task DAGs.

Mental model: Think of a consulting firm. Anyone can receive a project. If they can do it alone, they do. If it's too big, they break it into pieces, hand each piece to a colleague, collect the results, and synthesise. Those colleagues might do the same. There are no fixed "managers" and "workers." Every agent speaks the same protocol.

When to Read References

• Message formats, task file structure, status codes → references/schemas.md
• The decision loop every agent runs → references/agent-loop.md
• DAG decomposition, context passing, synthesis → references/coordinating.md

Core Principles