# Claw-Stack > A modular research platform for autonomous AI agent governance and security. URL: https://claw-stack.com Author: Qiushi Wu Contact: hello@claw-stack.com --- ## What Is Claw-Stack? Claw-Stack is a research project exploring how to build reliable, governable multi-agent AI systems. It extends OpenClaw — a self-hosted multi-channel AI agent gateway — with independent modules for memory, security, scheduling, browser automation, encrypted backup, and more. Each module integrates through OpenClaw's native extension points (MCP servers, plugins, workspace files, cron tasks) without modifying the upstream gateway. --- ## Key Pages - https://claw-stack.com/en/ — Home — overview of the Claw-Stack research platform - https://claw-stack.com/en/showcase — **#20 of 362** - https://claw-stack.com/en/openclaw — - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins — 9 open-source plugins for OpenClaw: multi-agent meetings, auto-backup, browser control, voice interface, and more. - https://claw-stack.com/en/agents — Orange - https://claw-stack.com/en/automation — - https://claw-stack.com/en/deploy — Complete deployment guide for hardening OpenClaw with Sidecar Pattern, Policy Engine, and sandboxed execution. - https://claw-stack.com/en/about — - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs — Complete documentation for Claw-Stack: architecture, memory system, multi-agent consensus, policy enforcement, and deployment guides. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/what-is-claw-stack — Claw-Stack is a personal research project that wraps OpenClaw with persistent memory, multi-agent consensus, and policy enforcement — exploring how to transform a bare execution engine into a safer, more capable agent runtime. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/getting-started — Install OpenClaw, configure workspace files, connect channels, and layer on Claw-Stack modules. A guide to the real setup. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/architecture-overview — How Claw-Stack modules integrate with OpenClaw through skills, MCP servers, cron tasks, plugins, and workspace configuration — without modifying the upstream gateway. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/persistent-memory — How OpenClaw agents maintain persistent memory across sessions using MEMORY.md, per-topic memory files, and the memory-system organizer with SQLite, FTS5, and QMD vector search. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/policy-enforcement — How OpenClaw governs agent tool access through tool allow/deny lists, sandbox modes, and the elevated exec escape hatch — all configured in openclaw.json. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/bearcat-ctf-case-study — How Claw-Stack's Trinity architecture — Commander (CIPHER), Operator (GRUNT), and Librarian (SAGE) — placed #20 out of 362 teams at BearcatCTF 2026, solving 40 of 44 challenges autonomously in 48 hours. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/modules/multi-agent-consensus — Design doc for agent-meeting: how the Mediator Pattern, rolling summaries, and deterministic stance detection enable structured multi-agent consensus built on OpenClaw. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/modules/smart-scheduler — Design doc for agent-time-awareness (TCS): how time context injection, task lifecycle tracking, and a persistent event log give LLM agents reliable temporal awareness. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/modules/web-automation — Design doc for chrome-devtools-mcp: how the Chrome DevTools Protocol, accessibility tree UIDs, and Puppeteer wait logic make AI-driven browser automation reliable and debuggable. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/modules/live-intelligence-feed — Design doc for info-pipeline: how a BaseCollector pattern, unified output schema, keyword scoring, and graceful degradation enable reliable multi-source AI content aggregation. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/modules/encrypted-state-archive — Design doc for openclaw-backup: how restic content-addressed snapshots, rclone transport, and macOS Keychain credential storage protect the agent workspace with zero secrets on disk. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/modules/governance-security — Design doc for openclaw-security: how six priority-tiered Python modules — spotlighting, audit logging, least-privilege, LLM guard, HMAC comms, and memory ACL — harden OpenClaw agents. - https://claw-stack.com/en/docs/modules/executive-voice-interface — Design doc for voice-call: how local MLX-Whisper STT, self-hosted LiveKit WebRTC, Edge-TTS, and OpenClaw OAuth combine to create a fully local voice interface for AI agents. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/agent-meeting — Your AI team debates before it acts. Multi-agent peer review catches errors before execution — significantly reducing hallucinations compared to single-agent systems. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/memory-system — Intelligent persistent memory for AI agents. Three-paradigm fusion of Mem0, Zep, and MemGPT with vector search and automatic lessons extraction. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/agent-swarm — Turn one developer into an entire AI development team. Morning Scan, task registry, AI PR review, and intelligent failure retry — all orchestrated autonomously. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/time-awareness — Give your AI agents a sense of time. Schedule client emails only during business hours, run heavy compute at night, and auto-retry failed tasks at the next valid window. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/browser-control — Automate any website without an API. Web Automation Operator lets your AI agent log into portals, scrape reports, and fill forms like a human operator — 100× faster. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/info-pipeline — Automated multi-source AI & tech intelligence. Aggregates 7 data sources across English and Chinese platforms into structured Markdown reports for AI agents. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/auto-backup — Incremental, encrypted backups of your agent's memory and configuration. Restore your entire digital workforce to a previous state in seconds if hardware fails. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/security-shield — Real-time protection for your AI agent infrastructure. Blocks malicious commands and prompt injections before they execute. - https://claw-stack.com/en/plugins/voice-control — Powered by Voice Control Plugin - https://claw-stack.com/en/blog — Writing on AI agent architecture, multi-agent systems, memory design, and lessons from building Claw-Stack as a personal research project. --- ## Modules (Plugins) | Module | Description | |--------|-------------| | Policy Enforcement Engine | OpenClaw's built-in three-layer tool policy: sandbox mode, allow/deny lists, elevated permissions | | AI Memory (memory-system) | Layered memory for agents: MEMORY.md index, per-topic files, QMD semantic search (SQLite + FTS5 + 768-dim embeddings) | | Live Intelligence Feed (info-pipeline) | Pulls AI/tech content from 7 platforms (GitHub, HN, Reddit, YouTube, Product Hunt, Twitter/X, Chinese platforms), scores, deduplicates | | AI Dev Workforce (agent-meeting) | Structured multi-agent debates with stance detection (AGREE/DISAGREE/NEUTRAL), rolling summaries, automatic consensus | | Multi-Agent Consensus Protocol (agent-meeting) | Same as above — the underlying protocol used by the AI Dev Workforce module | | Web Automation Operator (chrome-devtools-mcp) | MCP server giving agents full control of Chrome via DevTools Protocol — 26 tools across 6 categories | | Encrypted State Archive (openclaw-backup) | Automated encrypted backup to Google Drive using restic + rclone, macOS Keychain password storage | | Smart Scheduler & Deadline Watch (agent-time-awareness) | TCS: time context injection, background task tracking with timeout detection, persistent event log — MCP server on port 18070 | | Executive Voice Interface (voice-call) | WebRTC voice interface for agents — local MLX-Whisper STT, Edge-TTS, Claude via OAuth, self-hosted LiveKit | --- ## Agents | Agent | Model | Role | |-------|-------|------| | Orange | Claude Opus 4 | Lead orchestrator, user-facing assistant, system admin | | Researcher | Claude Sonnet 4 | Autonomous deep research, opportunity discovery | | Coder | Claude Sonnet 4 | Feature development via Claude Code in tmux | | Content | Claude Sonnet 4 | Xiaohongshu content strategy, historical character series | | Meeting | Claude Sonnet 4 | Voice participant in Microsoft Teams via split-brain architecture | | Commander (CIPHER) | Claude Opus 4 | CTF strategic coordinator, blackboard maintainer | | Operator (GRUNT) | Claude Sonnet 4 | CTF tactical executor, exploit developer | | Librarian (SAGE) | Claude Haiku 4 | CTF knowledge retrieval, CVE/writeup search | --- ## Key Concepts **OpenClaw sidecar pattern** — Claw-Stack does not fork or wrap OpenClaw. Each module integrates through existing extension points, so the gateway updates cleanly via `npm install -g openclaw` with no merge conflicts. **Trinity architecture** — CTF competitions use three coordinated agents: Commander (strategy + blackboard), Operator (execution), Librarian (knowledge retrieval). All coordinate through a shared blackboard rather than direct messaging. **Agent governance** — Tool policies use three control layers: sandbox mode (blocks network/exec globally), tool allow/deny lists (per-agent), and elevated execution (requires explicit grant). The "deny always wins" rule applies across all layers. **Memory layers** — Three layers: MEMORY.md (session-start index, under 200 lines), per-topic Markdown files (on-demand), and QMD semantic search (768-dim embeddings via embeddinggemma + qwen3-reranker, auto-indexes every 10 min). **Mediator Pattern for consensus** — agent-meeting routes all messages through a coordinator rather than N×N direct agent communication. 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