If you find yourself doing the same repetitive tasks—scraping data every morning, syncing files between services, generating weekly reports—there’s a better way. The automation-workflow-builder skill for OpenClaw lets you design and execute automated pipelines that run on triggers you define, without manual intervention.

What This Skill Does

At its core, the workflow builder lets you compose multi-step pipelines with:

  • Triggers: Cron schedules, file system events, webhook calls, or manual execution
  • Conditions: IF/ELSE logic so steps only run when specific criteria are met
  • Actions: Fetch data, read/write files, run commands, send notifications, transform content

You define everything in a clean JSON structure, and the skill handles execution.

Practical Examples

Scheduled Data Collection

{
  trigger: { type: "cron", schedule: "0 */6 * * *" },
  steps: [
    { action: "fetch", url: "https://api.example.com/data" },
    { action: "transform", script: "process(data)" },
    { action: "save", path: "./output/data.json" }
  ]
}

Runs every 6 hours automatically—no manual scraping required.

File-Based Triggers

{
  trigger: { type: "watch", path: "./inbox" },
  steps: [
    { action: "read", file: "${trigger.file}" },
    { action: "process", type: "convert" },
    { action: "move", to: "./processed" }
  ]
}

Drop a file in a folder and watch it get processed and filed away instantly.

Multi-Source Data Merging

{
  trigger: { type: "manual" },
  steps: [
    { action: "fetch", url: "source-api", output: "data1" },
    { action: "fetch", url: "another-api", output: "data2" },
    { action: "merge", inputs: ["data1", "data2"] },
    { action: "upload", destination: "cloud-storage" }
  ]
}

Pull from multiple sources, combine the results, ship to your destination.

Ready-Made Templates

The skill ships with templates for common scenarios:

  • Competitor price monitoring: Daily checks, diff detection, alert on changes
  • Content publishing: Auto-format and post when drafts land in a folder
  • Weekly reporting: Aggregate data, generate charts, email the result

Use Cases That Work Well

  • E-commerce ops: Monitor prices, sync inventory, process orders
  • Content creation: Gather素材, convert formats, publish cross-platform
  • Data pipelines: Scrape, clean, consolidate, report
  • Customer service: Auto-respond to common queries, route tickets
  • Project management: Track progress, sync statuses, push reminders

Getting Started

Install from ClawHub and define your first workflow in a JSON file. Start with a manual trigger to test, then switch to cron or file-watching once you’ve validated the logic. The skill handles the scheduling, execution, and error reporting—no cron scripts or while-loops required.

If you need something custom—like enterprise integrations or specialized transformations—the author can be reached directly for定制 development.

Skill: automation-workflow-builder on ClawHub