---
name: status-watcher-hook
description: 'Auto-starts the Live Status v4 watcher daemon on gateway startup'
metadata: { 'openclaw': { 'emoji': '📡', 'events': ['gateway:startup'] } }
---

# status-watcher-hook

Auto-starts the Live Status v4 daemon when the OpenClaw gateway starts.

## Description

On gateway startup, this hook checks whether the status-watcher daemon is already
running (via PID file). If not, it spawns `watcher-manager.js start` as a detached
background process, then exits immediately. The daemon continues running independently
of this hook handler.

## Required Environment Variables

The following environment variables must be set for the watcher to function:

```
MM_BOT_TOKEN     Mattermost bot token
MM_BASE_URL      Mattermost base URL (e.g. https://slack.solio.tech)
```

Optional (defaults shown):

```
TRANSCRIPT_DIR            /home/node/.openclaw/agents
THROTTLE_MS               500
IDLE_TIMEOUT_S            60
MAX_STATUS_LINES          20
MAX_ACTIVE_SESSIONS       20
MAX_MESSAGE_CHARS         15000
HEALTH_PORT               9090
LOG_LEVEL                 info
PID_FILE                  /tmp/status-watcher.pid
CIRCUIT_BREAKER_THRESHOLD 5
CIRCUIT_BREAKER_COOLDOWN_S 30
```

## Installation

This hook is deployed automatically by `install.sh` or `deploy-to-agents.sh`.
To deploy manually:

```sh
cp -r hooks/status-watcher-hook /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/hooks/
```

The hook activates on the next gateway startup.