This video introduces the most-requested topic in the series: the custom dashboard app for managing OpenClaw agents. It starts with an honest question — do you actually need one? If you're running a single agent with one-off tasks, probably not. But if you're scheduling recurring tasks across multiple agents and need reliable reporting, a custom control plane becomes essential. You'll learn why the built-in cron and heartbeat systems fell short, particularly around multi-agent dispatch and Telegram delivery.
From there, you'll get a preview of what's coming: a full plan-and-build series with complete planning docs, architecture decisions, sample code, and prompts — all based on lessons learned from the first version. The app is built in Rails with Inertia and React but adaptable to any tech stack, and deployment runs locally on the Mac Mini with Cloudflare Tunnel and Zero Trust security.
Topics covered in this video:
Get the ready-to-build starter kit for developing your custom dashboard application for openclaw.
The provided package includes:
Use this planning kit as your starting point with your coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, etc.), so that you can build, customize and deploy the same (or similar or fully custom) dashboard app that Brian shows in these videos.
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