Openclaw Control MCP server
io.github.smurfy92/openclaw-control-mcp·v0.8.3·1 starsMCP server bridging Claude Code to the OpenClaw gateway management plane via JSON-RPC.
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How Openclaw Control compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 92/100
- higher than 95% of 48,255 servers
- GitHub stars
- 1
- more than 65% of 28,688 servers
- Downloads a week
- 241
- more than 78% of 12,191 servers with a package
Release history: 2 versions in the registry since 2026-05-09, latest 2026-10-06, typically one every 150 days.
Install Openclaw Control in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y openclaw-control-mcp on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add openclaw-control-mcp -- npx -y openclaw-control-mcp
What the publisher says
From the Openclaw Control repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
openclaw-control-mcp
The OpenClaw control plane MCP server. Operate the gateway's full management surface from Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client — list and trigger crons, inspect sessions, configure agents and channels, manage skills and secrets, drive the doctor memory plane, pair devices, approve exec/plugin calls. 143 typed tools covering every JSON-RPC method the gateway publishes.
Different from the upstream openclaw-mcp, which only wraps /v1/chat/completions. This one talks the JSON-RPC protocol used by the OpenClaw Control panel — so you can operate the gateway itself (its crons, sessions, agents, channels, skills, secrets, …), not just chat through it.
Without vs with
Without openclaw-control-mcp — you bounce between the Control panel UI, your terminal, and Claude Code. "List my crons" means opening the SPA. "Tail this agent session" means staying in the panel and refreshing. "Why did this skill fail?" means hunting through logs.tail manually. The assistant can chat through the gateway but it cannot operate it.
With openclaw-control-mcp — the same assistant queries openclawcronlist, follows up with openclawsessionstail to watch a turn in flight, asks openclawskillsstatus for diagnostic data, rotates a secret via openclawsecretsset, and approves a stuck openclawexecapproval — without you ever leaving the chat. The Control panel becomes an audit interface, not a daily-driver.
Quickstart
# Claude Code — registers a stdio server under the default config
claude mcp add openclaw-control -- npx -y openclaw-control-mcpOne-click install from supported clients:
On first start the wrapper generates an Ed25519 device identity and surfaces a pairing request id. Approve it once in the OpenClaw Control panel, the gateway issues a device token, and every subsequent call uses it transparently. Full pairing flow below.
Status
0.8.2 — published on npm, indexed on the official MCP Registry as io.github.smurfy92/openclaw-control-mcp. Multi-instance gateway configs, file-based secrets (.env + store.json mode 0600, no OS keychain access — see ADR-006), 143 typed tools across the 128 published JSON-RPC methods, plus two escape hatches: openclawintrospect enumerates every method/event the gateway publishes in its hello-ok, and openclawcall lets you reach any method that doesn't have a typed wrapper yet — so new gateway endpoints are reachable without waiting on a release.
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Openclaw Control: common questions
- Is Openclaw Control MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the Openclaw Control safety report
- How do I install Openclaw Control?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Openclaw Control need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is Openclaw Control maintained?
- The last commit was 41 days ago (2026-09-24). The latest release is v0.8.3.
- How does Openclaw Control compare with other MCP servers?
- safety score 92/100 (higher than 95% of 48,255 servers); github stars 1 (more than 65% of 28,688 servers); downloads a week 241 (more than 78% of 12,191 servers with a package). Full comparison.