RTS Dashboard

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name: rts-dashboard

description: "RTS (Real-Time Strategy) style monitoring dashboard for OpenClaw. Provides a browser-based tactical command center with real-time visualization of agents, skills, sessions, cron jobs, and system vitals. Features include a tactical map with active agents, radar scan animation, agent/skill detail panels, and chat messaging via Gateway WebSocket (chat.send). Use when the user wants to monitor OpenClaw status visually, launch a dashboard, or view agents/sessions/skills in a game-style UI."

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# RTS Dashboard

A StarCraft/C&C-inspired tactical command center for OpenClaw monitoring.

Agent Actions

Start Dashboard

When the user wants to open/view/launch the dashboard, or when visiting `127.0.0.1:4320` fails:

1. **Check if already running:**

```powershell

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 4320 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

```

2. **If not running, start it in background:**

```powershell

cd "<skill_dir>"; node server.js

```

Use `exec` with `background: true` and `yieldMs: 3000`, then check logs to confirm `⚡ Online` message.

3. **If `node_modules/` is missing**, run `npm install` first.

4. Tell the user: `http://127.0.0.1:4320` is ready.

Stop Dashboard

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 4320 | ForEach-Object { Stop-Process -Id $_.OwningProcess -Force }

Quick Start (Manual)

cd rts-dashboard
npm install
node server.js

Open `http://127.0.0.1:4320` in browser.

Requirements

Features

Configuration

Environment variables (all optional):

| Variable | Default | Description |

|----------|---------|-------------|

| `RTS_PORT` | `4320` | Dashboard HTTP port |

| `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT` | `18789` | Gateway port |

| `OPENCLAW_HOME` | `~/.openclaw` | OpenClaw home directory |

| `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN` | (from config) | Gateway auth token |

Authentication

The dashboard implements Ed25519 device signing for Gateway WebSocket authentication:

Cross-Platform

Gateway Requirements

The dashboard needs the Gateway to allow its WebSocket origin:

{
  gateway: {
    controlUi: {
      allowedOrigins: ["http://127.0.0.1:4320"]
    }
  }
}

This is the only Gateway config change needed. Apply with `openclaw config set gateway.controlUi.allowedOrigins '["http://127.0.0.1:4320"]'` or via the Control UI config panel.

Data Sources (refreshed every 3 seconds)

File Structure

rts-dashboard/
├── SKILL.md          # This file
├── server.js         # Node.js server (HTTP + WebSocket)
├── package.json      # Dependencies (ws only)
└── public/
    └── index.html    # Single-file dashboard (HTML + CSS + Canvas JS)