Lesson 4 of 5
Automated Standups & Reports
Estimated time: 7 minutes
Automated Standups & Reports
Daily standups are valuable but tedious to run manually. In this lesson, you'll configure OpenClaw to automatically gather task updates and deliver a standup summary to your team channel every morning.
How it works
OpenClaw queries your PM tool at a scheduled time, summarizes what changed since yesterday, and posts the report to your team chat. No one has to write a status update — the data comes straight from the board.
Setting Up Daily Standups
Create the standup cron job
Schedule a standup report for 9 AM on weekdays:
Test the standup
Don't wait until tomorrow — run it now:
openclaw cron run "daily-standup"You should see something like this in your team channel:
📋 Daily Standup — Wednesday, Mar 12
SARAH CHEN
✅ Completed: Design new onboarding flow
🔄 In Progress: Update brand colors in design system
🆕 New: Review landing page mockups
MIKE TORRES
🔄 In Progress: Password reset fix (mobile)
⚠️ Blocker: Waiting on iOS test device
JAKE KIM
✅ Completed: Database migration for v2 schema
🔄 In Progress: API rate limiting implementation
🆕 New: Set up staging deploy pipeline
Summary: 2 tasks completed, 3 in progress, 2 new, 1 blocker
Refine the format
If you want to adjust the report, edit the cron job's prompt:
openclaw cron edit "daily-standup" --prompt "your updated prompt here"Common tweaks:
- Add sprint progress (e.g., "Include sprint completion percentage")
- Include upcoming due dates (e.g., "List tasks due in the next 2 days")
- Filter by project (e.g., "Only include tasks from the MVP project")
Weekly Summary Reports
Beyond daily standups, a weekly summary gives the team a high-level view of progress.
Create a weekly report
Test the weekly report
openclaw cron run "weekly-summary"Example output:
📊 Weekly Summary — Week of Mar 10
Completed: 14 tasks (up from 11 last week)
Carried Over: 5 tasks
Sprint Progress: 72% (target: 80%)
Top Blockers:
- DevOps access still pending (3 days)
- Design review bottleneck (4 tasks waiting)
Overdue:
- "Update API docs" — due Mar 8 (Sarah)
Outlook: On track for sprint goal if blockers
are resolved by Wednesday.
Want a private summary just for you? Add a personal cron job that sends to your DM instead of a channel:
This runs 1 hour before the team standup, giving you time to review your priorities.
| Schedule | Meaning |
|---|---|
0 9 * * 1-5 | 9:00 AM, Monday-Friday |
0 17 * * 5 | 5:00 PM, Friday only |
0 9 * * * | 9:00 AM, every day |
0 */4 * * 1-5 | Every 4 hours, weekdays |
30 8 1 * * | 8:30 AM, 1st of each month |
All times use your system timezone. Change it with openclaw config set timezone "America/New_York".
Checkpoint
What cron schedule runs at 9 AM on weekdays only?
You should now have:
- A daily standup cron job running on weekdays
- A weekly summary report (optional but recommended)
- A tested and refined report format
Next: team workflow automations to tie it all together.