command-center

What This Skill Does

The Command Center is the centralized nervous system for your OpenClaw ecosystem. It transforms abstract AI agent activity into a cohesive, observable mission control dashboard. By providing real-time visibility into LLM throughput, system resource health, and granular cost metrics, it empowers users to govern their AI workforce with precision. Whether you are scaling a single automation script or managing a distributed fleet of agents, the Command Center visualizes the performance, consumption, and operational status of every task in your workspace.

Installation

To integrate the Command Center into your OpenClaw environment, ensure you have Node.js installed. Execute the following command in your terminal:

npx clawhub@latest install command-center

Navigate into the directory and initialize the server using:

cd skills/command-center
node lib/server.js

The dashboard will be accessible at http://localhost:3333. For production or team environments, configure your authentication mode using the DASHBOARD_AUTH_MODE environment variable to secure your data.

Use Cases

• Operational Auditing: Quickly identify which agents are consuming the most tokens and optimize prompt strategies to reduce latency and costs.
• Performance Tuning: Monitor system vitals (CPU/Memory) alongside model response times to detect bottlenecks in your agent pipeline.
• Security & Governance: Use the privacy controls to mask sensitive conversation topics during team presentations or internal reviews.
• Reliability Engineering: Track scheduled Cron jobs to ensure recurring tasks are executing successfully and failing gracefully.

Example Prompts

1. "OpenClaw, show me the cost breakdown for the research agent over the last 24 hours."
2. "Command Center, alert me if the CPU usage on the primary worker node exceeds 85%."
3. "Summarize the top three most frequent Cerebro topics processed by my agents today."

Tips & Limitations

• Tip: Leverage the SSE /api/events endpoint to build custom notifications or integrate with external monitoring stacks like Grafana.
• Tip: Use the tailscale authentication mode if you need to collaborate with your team without exposing your dashboard to the public internet.
• Limitation: The dashboard currently performs read-only monitoring; you cannot restart agent processes directly from the browser UI at this time. Always check OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE pathing if the dashboard fails to detect your active agents.