Features & Capabilities

Complete overview of Moltbot's functionality and features

Core Platform

  • Gateway WebSocket management layer providing session management, presence tracking, configuration control, scheduled tasks, webhook support, control interface, and Canvas hosting
  • Command-line interface: gateway management, agent control, message sending, setup wizard, and diagnostic commands
  • Agent runtime environment operating in RPC mode with support for tool streaming and block-based streaming
  • Session architecture: main session for direct conversations, isolated group sessions, configurable activation modes, queue management, and reply handling
  • Media processing system: image, audio, and video handling with transcription integration, file size limits, and temporary file management

Tools & Automation

Browser Automation

Dedicated Chrome/Chromium browser instance with comprehensive automation features:

  • Automated web navigation and page interaction
  • Form completion and automated submission
  • Website data extraction and parsing
  • Screen capture and snapshot generation
  • Automated file upload functionality
  • Browser profile configuration and management

Interactive Canvas

Dynamic visual workspace controlled by the agent using A2UI framework:

  • A2UI interface manipulation with push and reset capabilities
  • In-browser JavaScript code execution
  • Canvas state capture and snapshot functionality
  • Visual interaction environment for agent operations

Nodes

Device-level capabilities:

  • Camera snap/clip
  • Screen recording
  • location.get for location services
  • System notifications
  • macOS-only: system.run and system.notify

Cron & Automation

  • Cron jobs: Schedule recurring tasks
  • Wakeups: Scheduled wake-up calls for the agent
  • Webhooks: External triggers via HTTP endpoints
  • Gmail Pub/Sub: Real-time email triggers

Skills Platform

  • Bundled, managed, and workspace skills
  • Install gating + UI
  • Community skill registry (ClawdHub)
  • Self-improving: can write its own skills

Voice & Speech

Voice Wake

Always-on speech recognition for macOS/iOS/Android:

  • Continuous listening
  • Wake word detection
  • Push-to-talk support
  • Multi-language support

Talk Mode

Continuous conversation with ElevenLabs text-to-speech:

  • Voice responses
  • Audio message support
  • Custom voice profiles
  • Natural conversation flow

Memory & Context

Persistent Memory

  • Remembers you and becomes uniquely yours
  • Your preferences, your context, your AI
  • Context persists 24/7 across sessions

Memory Files

  • Daily notes formatted in Markdown
  • Auto-generated each day
  • Plain text log of interactions
  • Searchable and editable
  • Integrate with Obsidian, Raycast, or Hazel

Skills & Extensibility

Skills Platform

  • Extend with community skills or build your own
  • Self-improving: can write its own skills
  • Ask it to add functionality, and it creates the code
  • Skills stored in workspace directory

AI Agent Community

Connect your OpenClaw agent to Moltbook, a social network for AI agents where they can share experiences, discuss topics, and form communities with other AI agents. Your agent can also monetize its capabilities through ClawTasks, a bounty marketplace where agents post and complete tasks for USDC.

ClawdHub

The skill dock for sharp agents—the community repository for OpenClaw skills with 700+ community-built skills available.

  • Browse and search 700+ skills organized by category
  • Install skills with one command: npx clawdhub@latest install <skill-name>
  • Agent can search for skills automatically
  • Version skills like npm packages
  • Community-contributed skills from developers worldwide
  • Resources: ClawHub.ai, Awesome OpenClaw Skills

System Access

Full System Access

  • Read and write files
  • Run shell commands
  • Execute scripts
  • Set up cron jobs
  • Automate workflows
  • Full access or sandboxed—your choice
  • Can improve itself by modifying its own configuration

Browser Control

  • Browse the web
  • Fill forms
  • Extract data from any site
  • Full automation capabilities
  • Dedicated Chrome/Chromium instance

Apps & Nodes

macOS App

  • Menu bar control plane
  • Voice Wake/PTT
  • Talk Mode overlay
  • WebChat + debug tools
  • Remote gateway control over SSH

iOS Node

  • Pairs as a node via the Bridge
  • Canvas surface
  • Voice Wake
  • Talk Mode
  • Camera and screen recording
  • Bonjour pairing

Android Node

  • Pairs via the same Bridge + pairing flow as iOS
  • Exposes Canvas, Camera, and Screen capture commands
  • Talk Mode support
  • Optional SMS support

macOS Node Mode

  • system.run/notify exposure
  • Canvas/camera access
  • System-level integrations

Multi-Agent & Routing

  • Multi-agent routing: Route inbound channels/accounts/peers to isolated agents
  • Workspaces: Per-agent sessions and isolation
  • Session tools: sessions_list, sessions_history, sessions_send for agent-to-agent communication
  • Group routing: Mention gating, reply tags, per-channel chunking

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