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CC OpenClaw Windows Fix — Scheduled Task Idle-Kill Bug Patch

Fixes the Windows scheduled task bug that kills OpenClaw processes during idle. One script, permanent fix.

Not recommendedcritical or high security findings
ClawHub Agent Skills author: Shadow Rose v1.0.0 MIT-0 4 files body ≈ 1 024 tokens Open the sourceclawhub.ai↗ analyzed 4 d ago

As a process C 59/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, inputs and preconditions

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Technical rating
C
64/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
64
Quality 40%
65
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
C
59/100
Has gaps
Result and completion w 14
0
Inputs and preconditions w 11
0
Progress reporting w 2
0
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

What is at stake

The skill contains fragments that, in the wrong hands, cost money or data. Below: what the installer risks and what the author should do.

Dangerous commands
If you install

The skill contains commands that delete files, rewrite disks or execute code fetched from the network. The agent may run them without asking if it believes the instructions require it.

For the author

Replace destructive commands with safe equivalents that ask for confirmation, scope them to one folder, and stop piping curl into a shell: pin a version and a checksum.

How to improve

  1. Address the high-severity findings: each costs 18 safety points. If one is a false positive, add the rule id to guard.allow in spec.yaml.
  2. Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
For the model run — optional
  • Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
  • A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.

Guard findings · 2

  • high Dangerous commands cmd-persistence README.md:45
    Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)
    schtasks /create /tn "OpenClaw Gateway" /tr "cmd /c cd /d \"%USERPROFILE%\.openclaw\" && gateway.cmd" /sc ONLOGON /rl HIGHEST /f
  • high Dangerous commands cmd-persistence SKILL.md:54
    Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)
    schtasks /create /tn "OpenClaw Gateway" /tr "cmd /c cd /d \"%USERPROFILE%\.openclaw\" && gateway.cmd" /sc ONLOGON /rl HIGHEST /f

Files scanned: 4. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

Against the Agent Skills spec

  • warning name-format name should be kebab-case (lowercase letters, digits, hyphens)
  • warning description-no-when description does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when")

Process rating: all ten parameters 59/100

  • 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
  • 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
  • 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
  • 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
  • 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (OpenClaw Windows Fix — Scheduled Task Idle-Kill Bug Patch) differs from the folder (openclaw-windows-fix)
  • 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
  • 100Steps. 24 steps
  • 100Failures and branches. 2 branches, has a failure section
  • 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1024 tokens
  • 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state

Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.

Quality signals

  • +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
  • +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
  • +3Description length 106: 120–800 characters recommended
  • +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
  • +2Single-language instructions
  • +4Structure: 10 headings
  • +3Step-by-step instructions: 24 items
  • +4Has examples (1 code blocks)
  • +1License stated

Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 65.

External checks

ClawHub: clean
This is a visible troubleshooting guide for fixing an OpenClaw Windows scheduled task, though it requires users to manually run an administrator script that changes persistent startup behavior.
LLM: benign (high) · VirusTotal: · 29 May 2026