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Let's build a custom dashboard for OpenClaw!
Find out whether you actually need a custom dashboard app for OpenClaw, and what the upcoming plan-and-build series will cover — from product design and architecture to deployment with Cloudflare Tunnel. Use the provided planning docs, sample code, and lessons learned as your starting point for building your own agent control plane.
Access this video with a Builder Methods Pro membership.Join ProThis 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:
- Do you actually need a custom dashboard app? (When you do and don't)
- Why the built-in cron and heartbeat scheduling fell short for multi-agent setups
- What the new version focuses on: recurring task scheduling, agent assignment, and kanban tracking
- Jobs-to-be-done product design approach for scoping the app
- Tech stack: Rails 8 + Inertia + React (adaptable to other stacks)
- Planning docs, prompts, and sample code provided as your starting point
- Deployment on the Mac Mini with Cloudflare Tunnel and Zero Trust security