Heartbeats
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What is Heartbeats?
Heartbeats are periodic signals the Gateway emits on a regular interval. They can be used to confirm the agent is alive and to trigger recurring background tasks without any human input.
Free resources to learn Heartbeats
- Official docsScheduled Tasks (Cron) vs Heartbeat
- Official docsHeartbeat
- VideoOpenClaw Cron Jobs vs Heartbeat Explained
Heartbeats: common questions
Can I learn Heartbeats in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Heartbeats in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Heartbeats tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 55 of 118 in the free OpenClaw roadmap, in stage 12, Heartbeats. If you are new to OpenClaw, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.