OpenClaw

About

Your OpenClaw agents on the phone: what each is working on, requests waiting for your approval (allow or deny them from the widget), recent runs, scheduled jobs, and linked chat channels. The execution agent can read and continue sessions, start new ones, stop a run, run jobs, and answer approvals.

Tested by SidebudChecked on macOS against OpenClaw 2026.9.6 with two agents, sessions, runs, and scheduled jobs; an agent's command approval was allowed from the widget in the Sidebud app on the iOS simulator. No chat channel was linked.

On your phone

Made-up sample data, as your phone would show it. Tap the tile to open it.

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Sidebud

Think. Speak. Get it done.

▭ Your computer

What it can do on your computer

8 tools read and 7 tools change things. Your computer only ever calls the tools listed here, and you can turn off any of them on the widget’s page after installing.

What it can control

Full control of your computer

Can control your whole computer. It starts agents or runs commands that can do anything you can there: open, change, and delete your files, use your apps and signed-in accounts, and install software.
Can change things with 7 tools, and reads with 8 tools.
Runs its own program on your computer as you while it is on. Sidebud decides which of its tools are called, not what that program itself can reach.

Tool	Access	Used by
`get_overview` Agents, who is working, approvals waiting, jobs, and channels at a glance	Reads	widget data (overview)
`list_agents` The user's OpenClaw agents and what each is doing	Reads	widget data (agents)
`list_sessions` Recent sessions (chats with an agent) and which are running	Reads	widget data (sessions)
`read_session` A session's latest messages	Reads	opening a row
`list_approvals` Requests from agents waiting for the user's approval	Reads	widget data (approvals)
`list_runs` Recent runs and their status	Reads	widget data (runs)
`list_scheduled_jobs` Scheduled jobs and their next and last runs	Reads	widget data (jobs)
`list_channels` Linked chat channels and whether they are connected	Reads	widget data (channels)
`send_message` Continue a session with a message	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask
`start_session` Start a new session with an agent	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask
`stop_session` Stop the run going in a session	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask
`respond_to_approval` Allow or deny one waiting request	Changes things	control “Allow next once”, control “Deny next”
`deny_all_approvals` Deny every waiting request	Changes things	control “Deny all waiting”
`run_scheduled_job` Run a scheduled job now	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask
`set_scheduled_job_enabled` Turn a scheduled job off or back on	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask

A tool you turn off is never called: not by the widget, a control, or your agent. Tools that change things act in the app or service the widget connects to, when you or your agent use them.

What it runs

node server/index.mjs

A small server that comes with this widget, run by the companion with Node.js when the widget is on. You can read its code in the pack.

It receives: OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR.

Keys and accounts

No keys or sign-in.

Keys and tokens are saved in your computer’s keychain. They never go to Sidebud.

Network

The OpenClaw Gateway on this computer (127.0.0.1)

Setting it up

Install OpenClaw (curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash) and set it up with its Gateway as a background service: openclaw onboard --install-daemon. openclaw gateway status should say it is running.

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What it can do on your computer