OpenClaw Urgent Care
SkillSkill
Fix your broken OpenClaw setup in under 30 minutes | no cloud API required.
About
OpenClaw breaks. This fixes it in under 60 seconds with no cloud API needed.
OpenClaw Urgent Care is a local diagnostic and recovery tool for OpenClaw. Not a chatbot. Not a "have you tried turning it off and on again" script. A real triage system that reads your actual system state, classifies what broke, and tells you the shortest safe path to fix it.
Built for the moment an update drops your gateway, a config key migration goes wrong, or your agent goes silent and you don't know why. Run one command — urgentcare — and get a confident diagnosis with evidence in under 60 seconds.
WHAT YOU GET:
A locally-installed urgentcare command that runs from anywhere on your machine Full diagnostic engine: gateway state, config validation, session error scanning, provider and billing checks, exec policy detection Smart gateway recovery - classifies failures into 5 sub-types and picks the right repair (not just "try restarting") Safe auto-fix for gateway restart, LaunchAgent reload, service registration repair, and tools.profile lockout Post-recovery summary: what happened, what was repaired, what command fixed it Plain-English AI explanation of every failure mode (runs locally via ollama — works without cloud API) Full markdown recovery report saved after every run
HOW IT WORKS:
Run bash install.sh once — installs the urgentcare command system-wide When something breaks, run urgentcare from any terminal Urgent Care collects your system state: gateway, config, session logs, service status Classifies the failure with confidence level and evidence Offers safe auto-fixes with your approval, or walks you through guided steps Prints a recovery summary and saves a full report
COVERS ALL 10 COMMON FAILURE MODES:
Gateway offline (service missing, unloaded, or crashed — each gets its own repair path) tools.profile lockout from the v2026.3.2 breaking change Anthropic billing/auth failures Discord routing and binding issues Channel connected but messages not flowing Exec approval policy conflicts after updates Cron/scheduler not delivering Plugin or skill runtime failures Post-update config key migration (v2026.4.5) Gateway restart loops
Core Capabilities
- Runs entirely on your machine.
- No internet required for diagnosis or repair.
- One command: install once then just type urgentcare from anywhere in your terminal.
- Preflight check confirms Python
- OpenClaw CLI and local model are ready before doing anything.
- System collection reads your gateway status
- config validity
- version
- and recent session errors.
- Diagnoses your failure against 11 documented failure modes with confidence scoring and evidence.
- A local AI model explains what went wrong in plain English
- Works fully offline - no API key.
- Safe auto-fix for gateway offline: restarts gateway
- escalates to reinstall if needed.
- Safe auto-fix for tools.profile lockout: backs up config
- applies fix
- rolls back if anything goes wrong.
- Everything else is guided - it tells you exactly what to do without touching anything you didn't approve.
- Writes a full markdown recovery report you can save
- share
- or paste into a support thread.
- Healthy-state confirmation included so you know when it's NOT your setup causing the issue.
- Works without the AI model too deterministic diagnosis runs even if the local model is unavailable.
- Compatible with Mac
- Linux
- VPS
- and Docker installs.
- Tested on Mac mini M4.
- Average diagnosis time: under 60 seconds.
- One-time purchase.
- All future failure mode updates included as OpenClaw evolves.
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Version History
This skill is actively maintained.
April 10, 2026
- **Node/bootstrap runtime failure detection** — new `node_runtime_broken` class fires *before* config or gateway checks. Distinguishes 4 sub-cases: node not in PATH, node in PATH but killed (SIGKILL/bad arch/dyld), openclaw not in PATH, openclaw bootstrap killed. Prevents misclassification as `config_invalid` when Node is dead. - **Service entrypoint drift detection** — new `service_entrypoint_drift` class detects when the gateway LaunchAgent still references an old entry file (e.g. `dist/entry.js`) after an update. Surfaces as a standalone WARNING if no other issue found; as an INFO note alongside other diagnoses. - **Collector now captures node runtime state** — `node -v`, `node -p "process.execPath"`, and `openclaw --version` are collected on every run; classifier uses this for early short-circuit. - **`urgent_care.py` no longer fatals on node/openclaw failures** — passes through to the classifier for a proper diagnosis with fix path instead of crashing. - **New guided fix path: `fix_node_runtime`** — step-by-step Homebrew/nvm reinstall instructions in the repair engine. - 7 new regression tests covering today's exact outage pattern · **51/51 passing**
April 9, 2026
- **Gateway watchdog self-heal** — `scripts/gateway_watchdog.sh` included in download. Checks TCP + /health every cron run; restarts gateway if unhealthy; logs to `~/openclaw-watchdog.log`. Opt-in, never auto-installed. - **New failure class: `gateway_unhealthy`** — detects gateway TCP up but `/health` not responding (partial degradation, distinct from fully offline). Surfaces watchdog recommendation. - **Watchdog detection** — Urgent Care checks whether a watchdog is already installed (crontab or LaunchAgent) and reports status. If not installed after a gateway failure, recommends enabling it. - **Watchdog guidance added to gateway sub-class recoveries** — `gateway_service_missing`, `gateway_service_unloaded`, and `gateway_down_service_loaded` all surface watchdog recommendation if not already installed - **Install guidance**: guided steps for `install_gateway_watchdog` added to repair engine - 4 new regression tests · **44/44 passing**
April 8, 2026
- **Smarter gateway offline diagnosis** — instead of a single "gateway offline" class, Urgent Care now classifies into 5 sub-types and picks the right repair for each: - `gateway_service_missing` — LaunchAgent plist not found; tells you a restart alone won't work, repairs service registration first via `openclaw doctor --fix` - `gateway_service_unloaded` — plist exists but service isn't loaded; tries `openclaw gateway start`, falls back to `launchctl bootstrap` - `gateway_down_service_loaded` — service appears running but TCP is unreachable; tries restart, escalates to doctor repair - `gateway_config_invalid` — service exists but config/auth issue preventing startup - `gateway_unknown` — can't determine state; surfaces manual check steps - **No more 60-second statue-waits** — repair actions now poll for 10–15 seconds max; re-classifies and tries the next step if gateway doesn't come back - **Gateway recovery summary** — after any successful gateway repair, prints exactly what happened, what was repaired, what command fixed it, and current status - 4 new regression tests covering the new gateway sub-classes - **40/40 tests passing**
April 6, 2026
- **New failure mode: `config_legacy_key_migration`** — detects post-2026.4.5 update failures where Discord channel config `allow` key must be migrated to `enabled`. Routes to `openclaw doctor --fix` first. Backup restore is now a last resort, not the first suggestion. - Plain-English explanation updated: clearly identifies this as a schema migration, not random JSON corruption - 3 new regression tests covering the 2026.4.5 failure scenario
April 2, 2026
v0.1.1 — 2026.4.2 release detection Added detection for legacy xAI x_search and Firecrawl web_fetch config migration issues (2026.4.2 breaking change) — recommends openclaw doctor --fix Updated exec approval conflict detection to cover 2026.4.2 exec default changes Stale session log filtering (24hr window) to prevent false positives disabled:billing now requires live status corroboration before firing
April 2, 2026
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Creator
Urgent Care Labs
Creator
Keynote Speaker/Business owner building better and faster with OpenClaw
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- Type
- Skill
- Category
- Ops
- Price
- $29
- Version
- 6
- License
- One-time purchase
Works With
Requires OpenClaw runtime features.
Compatible With
Any OpenClaw setup! Mac, Linux, VPS, Docker
Required Tools
• Python 3.9+ • openclaw CLI in PATH • ollama for AI explanations (optional, works without it; setup instructions included)
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