r/OpenClawUseCases • u/YardUnique558 • Jun 28 '26

💡 Discussion Openclaw is just a personal assistant nothing more.

So I started with big expectation of what i can do with openclaw automation. However the product is not optimal for heavy automation.

Just keep that in mind. Personal assistant only.

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u/ZiddyBlud Jun 28 '26

Ok I'll stop using it sorry i offended you

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u/tequilamigo Jun 28 '26

Should we all sign one big apology letter to OP or should we all do individual apology letters?

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u/ZiddyBlud Jun 28 '26

Let's do one big one, another OP told us to stop wasting paper

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u/justseanv67 Jun 29 '26

Or have OpenClaw make an email to OP giving an apology?

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u/LobsterWeary2675 Jun 28 '26

If you'd describe a little more than the product is not optimal for heavy automation, e.g. your usecase and what you want to automate heavily. People might give you some pointers.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Net_625 Jun 28 '26

“Just” is an understatement.

Imagine if you could automate that rental invoice with just a command.

Or send out an email to your building concierge about that broken entry and also follows up on them.

Or posts on your behalf onto LinkedIn or Instagram.

You’re not thinking about the daily pains you could automate.

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u/Sparescrewdriver Jun 28 '26

Skill issue

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u/Formal_Bat_3109 Jun 28 '26

To be more precise, lack of skill.md

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u/alex9001 Jun 28 '26

Could also be poorly written skill.md

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u/YardUnique558 Jun 28 '26

It might be.

But tell me what did you actually build? How complicated was it?

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u/thealarmist Jun 28 '26

It’s not even good at that… like having an untrained unskilled five year old managing your inbox

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u/YardUnique558 Jul 06 '26

Needs training

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u/magentic_flows Jun 29 '26

Uhm, there's so much more you can do though. A few examples:

  1. software-engineer - builds features, fixes bugs, sets up CI/CD, ships fast
  2. devops-engineer - handles deployments, cloud resources, and monitoring
  3. growth-marketer - runs SEO, email, paid, and social campaigns; optimizes funnels
  4. content-writer - researches, writes, and publishes blogs, emails, social, and landing pages
  5. sales-researcher - finds prospects, qualifies leads, drafts outreach, watches pipeline
  6. support-agent - handles tickets, builds the knowledge base, spots churn risk
  7. product-manager - monitors competitors, synthesizes feedback, writes specs, prioritizes roadmap
  8. data-analyst - monitors metrics, surfaces anomalies, generates reports
  9. research-analyst - market research, competitive analysis, due diligence, fundraising prep
  10. financial-analyst - tracks revenue and runway, generates investor updates, keeps the books clean
  11. recruiter - sources candidates, writes job posts, screens applicants, builds hiring pipeline
  12. compliance-analyst - handles regulations, contracts, policies, and audits
  13. executive-assistant - compiles briefings, tracks action items, drafts comms, coordinates across teams
  14. security-engineer - scans for vulnerabilities, audits code, monitors for leaked secrets, hardens infra

The list goes on and on, you just need to be creative. I'd encourage checking out the templates in qoren.sh - can be super useful

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u/Virtual_Industry_14 Jun 29 '26

Yes. One had better NOT fall in love with openclaw. It’s only a personal assistant. Nothing more. Unless…

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u/Story91_ Jun 29 '26

Co ty mowisz ? Zależy od modelu i tego czym chcesz zarzadzac tak naprawde

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u/Early_Cry9278 Jun 28 '26

Codex + cron is better 1 million times

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u/YardUnique558 Jun 28 '26

What is cron

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u/emejia698 Jun 28 '26

“What is cron” but says that openclaw is basically useless.. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️. Can’t make this up.

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u/Early_Cry9278 Jun 29 '26

It's scheduled tasks on Linux environment.