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0 pointslyime1mo ago0 comments

Read about hearbeat, that makes openclaw different than claude code.

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Heartbeat is very interesting, it's how OpenClaw keeps a session going and can go for hours on end. It seems to be powered by a cron that runs every 30 min or is triggered when a job is done.

I have a CRUD application hosted online that is basically a todo application with what features we want to build next for each application. Could I not just have a local cron that calls Pi or CC and ask it to check the todos and get the same functionality as Heartbeat?

theshrike791mo ago

@hourly cd project && claude -p "Get the next task from <tasklist> and implement it"

That's about it :)

dpoloncsak1mo ago

I mean, yeah. I don't think OpenClaw is doing anything impossible to replicate. It just provides easy access to pretty novel features with a pretty simple setup, honestly. With just the ability to grab some API keys and follow a TUI, you can spin up an instance fast

theshrike791mo ago

It's just tools in a loop, what makes it cool is the amount of tools already created, specifically all the connectors.

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theturtletalks1mo ago

Heartbeat is very interesting, it's how OpenClaw keeps a session going and can go for hours on end. It seems to be powered by a cron that runs every 30 min or is triggered when a job is done.

theshrike791mo ago

@hourly cd project && claude -p "Get the next task from <tasklist> and implement it"

That's about it :)

dpoloncsak1mo ago

theshrike791mo ago

It's just tools in a loop, what makes it cool is the amount of tools already created, specifically all the connectors.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse