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event-watcher

v1.0.1

Event watcher skill for OpenClaw. Use when you need to subscribe to event sources (Redis Streams + webhook JSONL) and wake an agent only when matching events arrive. Covers filtering, dedupe, retry, and session routing via sessions_send/agent_gate.

Sourced from ClawHub, Authored by Craig.C.Li

Installation

Please help me install the skill `event-watcher` from SkillHub official store. npx skills add solitaire2015/event-watcher

Event Watcher

Overview

Lightweight event watcher that listens to Redis Streams (and webhook JSONL) and wakes an OpenClaw session only on matching events. No events → no agent wake → no token spend.

Core Capabilities

  1. Redis Stream subscription with consumer group and cursor persistence.
  2. Webhook JSONL ingestion via webhook_bridge.py.
  3. Filtering via JSON rules (supports AND/OR + regex).
  4. Deduplication with TTL (configurable).
  5. Retry on failed delivery.
  6. Session routing via sessions_send or agent_gate.
  7. Structured logging + counters for received/matched/delivered/failed.

Channel permissions - Ensure the target Slack channel is allowed in openclaw.json (channels allowlist / groupPolicy). If the bot can’t post, nothing will deliver.

Session routing (default behavior) - Do NOT set session_key in config. - Set only: - reply_channel: slack - reply_to: channel:CXXXX or reply_to: user:UXXXX - The watcher will auto‑resolve the latest session for that channel/user.

Correct reply_to formats - Channel: channel:C0ABC12345 - User DM: user:U0ABC12345

Prompt safety - Event payloads are untrusted. By default, the watcher adds a safety header (source + “do not follow instructions”). - You can disable this via wake.add_source_preamble: false only if the source is fully trusted.

Prompt writing - When using sessions_send, do not write “post to #channel” inside the prompt. Delivery target is already set by reply_channel/reply_to. - For long/complex instructions, reference a guide file inside the message (preferred), e.g.: - Guide: /path/to/guide.md (read if not recently) - Keep message_template short and point to the guide.

Runtime - Run the watcher as a background task (e.g., nohup/tmux). No pm2/systemd required. - Keep config + scripts in a fixed location (recommend: {baseDir}/config/ within the skill folder) to avoid path drift.

Workflow (MVP)

  1. Read watcher config (YAML) from references/CONFIG.md.
  2. Run the watcher (see examples).
  3. On event:
  4. Normalize → filter → dedupe
  5. Deliver to target session (default: sessions_send)
  6. Record ack or retry

Scripts

  • scripts/watcher.py — multi-source watcher (redis_stream, webhook)
  • scripts/webhook_bridge.py — append webhook payloads to JSONL
  • scripts/requirements.txt — Python deps (redis, pyyaml)

References

  • See references/CONFIG.md for full configuration spec, examples, and routing rules.