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Discussion: AlertPipe & HealthPipe Ecosystem Tools

Proposal

Create two new command-line utilities to improve workspace reliability and observability.

HealthPipe

healthpipe status returns overall health score (0-100) based on:

  • Gateway uptime (last 24h)
  • Cron job success rate
  • Memory growth rate
  • Restart frequency
  • Disk space availability
  • Sub-agent error count

healthpipe report generates markdown summary for user.

AlertPipe

Configurable alerting system (~/.openclaw/alertpipe.yaml): Triggers:

  • Cron job failure
  • Gateway down > 5 min
  • Memory growth > 5%/hour
  • Restart failures > 3 in 1 hour
  • Disk usage > 90%

Actions:

  • Send Discord message (with @mention if critical)
  • Retry with exponential backoff
  • Escalation: SMS after 30 min persistent critical (if configured)

Integration

  • Both tools can run as systemd timers or cron jobs
  • Output to ~/.openclaw/health/ and ~/.openclaw/alerts/
  • Optionally integrate with OpenClaw agent as built-in commands

Effort

  • HealthPipe: 2 days
  • AlertPipe: 2 days
  • Combined: 3 days (shared code)

Questions

  • Should these be standalone external tools or integrated into openclaw CLI?
  • Preferred notification channels (Discord, email, SMS)?
  • Retention policy for health metrics (keep 30 days?)?

Inspired by need for proactive monitoring derived from recent gateway instability and missing cron deliveries.

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Fix Plan

To implement the proposed HealthPipe and AlertPipe tools, follow these steps:

Step 1: Choose a Programming Language

Select a suitable language, such as Python, for developing the command-line utilities.

Step 2: Implement HealthPipe

Create a Python script healthpipe.py with the following functions:

import os
import psutil
import schedule
import time

def get_gateway_uptime():
    # Implement gateway uptime check
    pass

def get_cron_job_success_rate():
    # Implement cron job success rate check
    pass

def get_memory_growth_rate():
    # Implement memory growth rate check
    pass

def get_restart_frequency():
    # Implement restart frequency check
    pass

def get_disk_space_availability():
    # Implement disk space availability check
    pass

def get_sub_agent_error_count():
    # Implement sub-agent error count check
    pass

def calculate_health_score():
    # Calculate overall health score based on the above checks
    pass

def generate_report():
    # Generate markdown summary for the user
    pass

Step 3: Implement AlertPipe

Create a Python script alertpipe.py with the following functions:

import os
import yaml
import discord
from discord.ext import commands

def load_config():
    # Load configuration from ~/.openclaw/alertpipe.yaml
    with open('~/.openclaw/alertpipe.yaml', 'r') as f:
        return yaml.safe_load(f)

def check_triggers():
    # Check for triggers (cron job failure, gateway down, etc.)
    pass

def send_discord_message():
    # Send Discord message with @mention if critical
    pass

def retry_with_exponential_backoff():
    # Retry with exponential backoff
    pass

def escalate_to_sms():
    # Escalate to SMS after 30 min persistent critical
    pass

Step 4: Integrate with Systemd Timers or Cron Jobs

Configure the scripts to run as systemd timers or cron jobs.

Verification

To verify the implementation, run the following commands:

  • healthpipe status to check the overall health score
  • healthpipe report to generate a markdown summary
  • alertpipe to check for triggers and send notifications

Extra Tips

  • Use a retention policy to keep health metrics for a specified period (e.g., 30 days)
  • Consider integrating with the OpenClaw agent as built-in commands
  • Use a notification channel like Discord or email for alerts
  • Implement exponential backoff for retries to avoid overwhelming the system

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