openclaw/lobster
Lobster is a Openclaw-native workflow shell: a typed, local-first “macro engine” that turns skills/tools into composable pipelines and safe automations—and lets Openclaw call those workflows in one step. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 75
- Longevity 16
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 32.0
- age_days: 228
- days_rel: 84
- days_push: 12
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
1263 stars · 286 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Lobster is an OpenClaw-native workflow shell that turns skills and tools into typed, JSON-first pipelines with built-in approval gates and resume tokens. It lets an AI agent execute multi-step automations as a single deterministic tool call instead of re-planning every step.
Use cases
- run multi-step tool pipelines as one AI agent call
- add human approval checkpoints before side effects like sending email
- make agent workflows resumable after a halt
- reduce token usage from per-step LLM orchestration
- monitor GitHub PRs for state changes on a schedule
- turn skills and CLI tools into composable, replayable automations
- enforce sandbox checks, timeouts, and allowlists on agent workflows
When to choose
- you use OpenClaw or any agent that can call CLI tools and want deterministic multi-step execution
- you need durable approve/resume semantics for risky side effects like send, post, or delete
- you want pipelines stored as data so they can be logged, diffed, replayed, and reviewed
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose scripting language with rich control flow and custom logic
- your automation is a single simple step with no orchestration or approvals needed
- you require complex branching or stateful logic beyond Lobster's deliberately constrained DSL
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
workflow-automation cli agent-framework developer-tools cli cross-platform windows workflow-engine approval-gates resumable-workflows pipelines dsl deterministic-orchestration ai-agent-tools json-pipelines openclaw local-first automation ai-agents command-line nodejs macos linux
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/openclaw/lobster · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8b4f42acc2e2
- homepage: https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/lobster · fetched 2026-08-29 · 756ac9a96e19
- site_page: https://docs.openclaw.ai/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 31c89f742fea
- site_page: https://docs.openclaw.ai/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · b75d092d7d49
- site_page: https://docs.openclaw.ai/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 76496a24b015
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| openclaw/lobster | main | 74 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="openclaw/lobster")
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