OpenClaw Autopilot — Overnight Task Runner

The Problem

The #2 complaint in r/openclaw: "I want it to work on a project while I sleep, but it just does one step then quits."

Agents stop because they have no task queue, no continuation pattern, and no wake mechanism. Every morning you come back to a stopped agent and manually restart the work.

What You Get

openclaw-autopilot/SKILL.md — 3 production-tested patterns that turn a one-step agent into an overnight worker.

Heartbeat Continuation — Agent checks a structured task list on every cron wake, picks up the next pending task, marks completion, and ensures the next session continues automatically.

Cron Task Queue — Structured context/tasks.md format with status markers, priority ordering, and result logging. Survives restarts. Never loses progress.

AGENTS.md Autonomous Loop — One addition to your agent config that enables full overnight autonomy. No babysitting. No permission prompts. Works through the queue top to bottom.

5-Minute Setup

Copy-paste the cron config. Add the task queue file. Add one line to AGENTS.md. Done.

Built and battle-tested on real production infrastructure running 24/7 — this skill is actively running on the agent that built it, processing tasks autonomously between sessions.