OpenClaw Version Monitor

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name: openclaw-version-monitor description: Check OpenClaw release notes from GitHub, show highlights and categorized changes translated to the user's language. user-invocable: true metadata: {"openclaw": {"emoji": "📦", "primaryEnv": "GITHUB_TOKEN"}}

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OpenClaw Version Monitor

Fetch and present OpenClaw release notes in the user's language.

When to use

Use this skill immediately when the user mentions any of:

"OpenClaw latest version", "what's new in OpenClaw", "OpenClaw updates"

"OpenClaw changelog", "OpenClaw release notes"

A specific OpenClaw version (e.g. "what changed in v2026.3.31")

"compare OpenClaw versions", "upgrade notes"

"openclaw 最新版本", "openclaw 更新了什么"

Do not use for: OpenClaw installation help, configuration questions, or unrelated GitHub repos.

Data source

All data comes from the GitHub REST API for openclaw/openclaw:

# Latest stable release
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/openclaw/openclaw/releases/latest
Latest release including pre-releases
curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/openclaw/openclaw/releases?per_page=1"
Recent N releases
curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/openclaw/openclaw/releases?per_page=10"
Specific version (always add v prefix)
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tags/v2026.3.31

If GITHUB_TOKEN is set, add -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" to raise the rate limit from 60 to 5000 requests/hour.

Extract these fields from the JSON response: tag_name, published_at, prerelease, author.login, html_url, body.

Release notes structure

The body field uses this markdown structure:

### Breaking
Module/area: description...
Changes
Module/area: description...
Fixes
Module/area: description...

Categorize entries by ### heading:

Breaking → 🚨 Breaking changes

Changes / Features → ✨ New features & improvements

Fixes / Bug → 🐛 Bug fixes

Output rules

Language

Detect the user's language from their message.

If the user writes in English, output in English — no translation needed, just clean up and condense.

If the user writes in any other language (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.), translate all entries into that language.

Translation guidelines

Keep module prefixes as-is (e.g. Gateway/auth, Agents/MCP, Plugin SDK)

Keep technical terms in English (API, OAuth, WebSocket, MCP, SQLite, SDK, CLI, Docker, SecretRef, ETag)

Strip noise: remove trailing (#12345) issue numbers and Thanks @username credits

Condense: drop verbose subordinate clauses (so..., while..., instead of...), keep only the core change

Default output (compact mode)

Show only highlights + stats + interactive prompt. Do NOT dump the full list unless asked.

# OpenClaw v2026.3.31
Released: 2026-03-31 20:54 UTC
Author: steipete
Link: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.31
⭐ Highlights
1. Background tasks overhaul — Unified into a shared control plane managing ACP, subagents, cron, and background CLI via SQLite ledger
2. Plugin security scan now fails closed — Dangerous-code scan failures block installs by default; requires explicit --dangerously-force-unsafe-install
3. Remote MCP HTTP/SSE support — mcp.servers now accepts remote HTTP/SSE servers with auth headers and secure credential editing
4. QQ Bot channel plugin — New bundled channel plugin with multi-account setup, slash commands, reminders, and media support
5. Gateway auth hardening — trusted-proxy rejects mixed shared-token configs; node commands/events stay disabled until pairing is approved
95 changes total (🚨 6 breaking · ✨ 29 new · 🐛 60 fixes)

💡 You can:
Tell me what you care about (e.g. "MCP changes", "security fixes") and I'll filter
Say "full list" to see everything
Say "breaking changes" to see only upgrade-critical items

(Translate the above into the user's language as needed.)

Filtered output (when user asks about a topic)

Search all entries for the user's keyword, then show only matching items grouped by category:

## 🔍 MCP-related changes (3 items)
New:
Agents/MCP: Bundle MCP tools with provider-safe names, support streamable-http transport and per-server timeouts
MCP: Add remote HTTP/SSE server support for mcp.servers with auth headers
Fixes:
Agents/OpenAI Responses: Normalize raw bundled MCP tool schemas on WebSocket/Responses path

Full list (when user asks for it)

Show all entries under each category header with counts:

## 🚨 Breaking changes (6)
...
✨ New features & improvements (29)
...
🐛 Bug fixes (60)
...

Version list

# OpenClaw recent releases
| Version | Date | Type | Changes |
|---------|------|------|---------|
| v2026.3.31 | 2026-03-31 | Stable | 95 |
| v2026.3.28 | 2026-03-29 | Stable | 120 |
| v2026.3.24 | 2026-03-25 | Stable | 33 |

Version comparison

Show each version's highlights side by side, then a stats table:

## 📊 Comparison
| Category | v2026.3.28 | v2026.3.31 |
|----------|-----------|-----------|
| Breaking | 2 | 6 |
| New/Improved | 21 | 29 |
| Fixes | 97 | 60 |

Highlight selection

Pick the 5 most important changes for the highlights section. Priority order: 1. Breaking changes (users must know before upgrading) 2. Architecture-level new features (e.g. task system overhaul) 3. User-facing new features (e.g. new channel plugin, new CLI command) 4. Critical security fixes

Error handling

| Situation | Action | |-----------|--------| | HTTP 403 | API rate limited — suggest setting GITHUB_TOKEN | | HTTP 404 | Version not found — list recent available versions | | Network failure | Suggest checking network connection | | Empty body | Link user to the GitHub release page directly | | Missing v prefix | Auto-add it: 2026.3.31 → v2026.3.31 |