Deploy ClawDeck — Kanban Mission Control for Your OpenClaw Agents — to Your Own Server

ClawDeck takes the simplest, most focused approach to AI agent management: a kanban board where tasks move across columns in real time as your OpenClaw agents pick them up and complete them. No sprawling dashboards, no configuration overhead — just a clean visual interface for tracking what your agents are doing.

With a full REST API and live WebSocket updates, ClawDeck works equally well as a human-facing UI and as an integration target for your own tooling.

With HowToDeploy, it's live in minutes.

Why ClawDeck?

• Kanban-first UI — tasks live in columns (backlog, in-progress, review, done) and move as agents work — intuitive at a glance
• Live column updates — tasks animate across the board in real time via WebSocket as agents update their status; no polling or refreshing
• Full REST API — every board action is available as an API endpoint; integrate ClawDeck into CI pipelines, Slack bots, or your own scripts
• Async-friendly — designed for asynchronous collaboration between humans and agents; assign tasks, add context, and let agents work independently
• OpenClaw-native — built specifically for the OpenClaw agent ecosystem with first-class integration
• Custom domain + SSL — serve your board on your own domain with automatic HTTPS

Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

• A HowToDeploy account (sign up free)
• A cloud provider API key (DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, Linode, or AWS)
• One or more OpenClaw agents to connect

Step 1: Connect your cloud provider

Go to Settings → Cloud Providers and paste your API key.

Tip: ClawDeck is extremely lightweight — a 1GB RAM / 1 CPU server runs it comfortably with room to spare. It's one of the cheapest apps in the catalog to host.

Step 2: Deploy ClawDeck

Head to the Dashboard and find ClawDeck in the app catalog under the Mission Control category. Click the card to open the deploy form.

Fill in two fields:

• Admin Email — your login email for the board
• Admin Password — at least 8 characters

Click Deploy. Server size, region, and storage are all pre-configured.

Step 3: Connect your OpenClaw instance (optional at deploy time)

Once the board is live, go to Settings → Integrations and enter your OpenClaw instance URL. Agents registered with that OpenClaw instance will appear in ClawDeck and can start receiving tasks from the board.

You can also pre-fill this by expanding Advanced Settings on the deploy form and entering:

• OpenClaw Instance URL — the URL of your OpenClaw instance
• API Secret — signs REST API tokens; auto-generated if left blank

Step 4: Add a custom domain (optional)

Want your board at tasks.yourteam.com? Enter your domain in Advanced Settings before deploying.

After deployment, point an A record to the server IP, click Verify DNS, and Caddy handles the SSL certificate automatically.

Step 5: Start managing tasks

With ClawDeck deployed and your OpenClaw instance connected:

1. Create a task — hit the + button in the Backlog column; give it a title, description, and optionally assign it to a specific agent
2. Watch it move — as your OpenClaw agent picks up the task, it moves to In Progress automatically
3. Review and close — when the agent marks it done, it lands in Done; review the output and close it

Using the REST API

ClawDeck's REST API lets you create and move tasks programmatically:

# Create a task via API
curl -X POST https://your-clawdeck.com/api/tasks \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title": "Summarise this week'\''s PRs", "column": "backlog"}'

This makes it easy to trigger agent tasks from GitHub Actions, Slack slash commands, or any other automation.

ClawDeck vs. the alternatives

Choose ClawDeck if: you want the fastest path to a visual, async task board for your OpenClaw agents without learning a complex dashboard.

What's included

Every ClawDeck deployment includes:

• Node.js — the application runtime
• SQLite — embedded database for tasks, columns, and agent assignments
• WebSocket — live board updates as agents change task status
• Caddy — automatic HTTPS with Let's Encrypt (when using a custom domain)

Pricing

You pay your cloud provider directly for the server (typically $4-6/month for the recommended 1GB spec). HowToDeploy charges a small monthly management fee for monitoring and support.

Start with a 7-day free trial — no credit card required.

Ready to give your AI agents a proper task board? Deploy ClawDeck now →