Introduction

Centralized operations and governance platform for running OpenClaw agents across teams and organizations

Welcome to OpenClaw Mission Control

OpenClaw Mission Control is the centralized operations and governance platform for running OpenClaw across teams and organizations, with unified visibility, approval controls, and gateway-aware orchestration.

It gives operators a single interface for work orchestration, agent and gateway management, approval-driven governance, and API-backed automation.

Platform overview

Mission Control is designed to be the day-to-day operations surface for OpenClaw. Instead of splitting work across multiple tools, teams can plan, execute, review, and audit activity in one system.

Core operational areas

Work Orchestration

Manage organizations, board groups, boards, tasks, and tags in a unified system

Agent Operations

Create, inspect, and manage agent lifecycle from a unified control surface

Governance & Approvals

Route sensitive actions through explicit approval flows with audit trails

Gateway Management

Connect and operate gateway integrations for distributed environments

Activity Visibility

Review a timeline of system actions for faster debugging and accountability

API-First Model

Support both web workflows and automation clients from the same platform

Key features

Work orchestration with organizations, boards, tasks, and tags

Mission Control provides a complete work management system with multi-tenant support. Organizations contain boards, which contain tasks. Board groups allow you to organize related boards together. Tags provide flexible categorization across all entities.

Agent lifecycle management with provisioning and monitoring

Provision agents directly from Mission Control with automatic workspace setup, template synchronization, and credential management. Monitor agent health with heartbeat tracking and real-time status updates.

Gateway-aware orchestration for distributed environments

Connect multiple OpenClaw gateways and route agent operations to the appropriate execution environment. Mission Control handles the RPC communication, authentication, and session management automatically.

Approval-driven governance with human-in-the-loop workflows

Require explicit approvals for sensitive actions. Define approval chains, track decision history, and maintain compliance with clear audit trails.

Activity timeline and audit trail for accountability

Every action in Mission Control is logged to the activity timeline. Review who did what, when they did it, and why. Essential for debugging, compliance, and incident review.

Real-time updates via SSE streams

Subscribe to real-time updates for tasks, agents, and approvals using Server-Sent Events. The UI stays synchronized with backend changes without polling.

Webhook integrations with retry logic

Configure webhooks on boards to notify external systems when tasks change. Mission Control handles retries with exponential backoff and stores delivery history for debugging.

Skills marketplace and agent templates

Browse and install skills from the marketplace. Use pre-configured soul templates to bootstrap agents with specific capabilities and personalities.

Board and board group memory management

Store and retrieve key-value data scoped to boards or board groups. Agents can access this shared memory to coordinate work and maintain state.

Multi-tenant architecture with role-based access control

Organizations provide complete isolation between tenants. Role-based access control (owner, admin, member) determines who can perform administrative actions.

Template synchronization for agent configuration

Synchronize agent configuration templates (TOOLS.md, SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md) to all agents in a gateway with a single API call. Supports selective updates and token rotation.

Session management and chat history

View active agent sessions, inspect chat history, and send messages directly to running agents through the gateway connection.

Use cases

Mission Control is built for teams that need operational control over their agent infrastructure:

• Multi-team agent operations: Run multiple boards and board groups across organizations from a single control plane
• Human-in-the-loop execution: Require approvals before sensitive actions and keep decision trails attached to work
• Distributed runtime control: Connect gateways and operate remote execution environments without changing operator workflow
• Audit and incident review: Use activity history to reconstruct what happened, when it happened, and who initiated it
• API-backed process integration: Connect internal workflows and automation clients to the same operational model used in the UI

What makes Mission Control different

Operations-first design

Built for running agent work reliably, not just creating tasks. Every feature is designed for day-to-day operations.

Governance built in

Approvals, auth modes, and clear control boundaries are first-class features, not afterthoughts.

Gateway-aware orchestration

Built to operate both local and connected runtime environments with seamless RPC communication.

Unified UI and API model

Operators and automation act on the same objects and lifecycle. No separate admin vs. API models.

Who it’s for

• Platform teams running OpenClaw in self-hosted or internal environments
• Operations and engineering teams that need clear approval and auditability controls
• Organizations that want API-accessible operations without losing a usable web UI

Get started

Quickstart

Get Mission Control running in minutes with Docker Compose

Installation

Detailed installation options including systemd and manual setup

Architecture

Understand how Mission Control components work together

API Reference

Explore the complete REST API for automation and integration