Host Health Check

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Assess OpenClaw host exposure and prepare evidence-based, reversible hardening steps.

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Illustrative Host Health Check workflow: OS + access path + exposure; example output includes Exposure findings, Backup checks, Reversible next steps.

Set up Host Health Check

This skill ships with OpenClaw. Inspect its setup and check the required tools in the runtime where OpenClaw runs.

Inspect the bundled skill

openclaw skills info healthcheck

Check runtime requirements

openclaw skills check

These commands inspect skill availability; they do not install dependencies or connect accounts. Follow the source’s setup requirements in your own environment.

What this skill helps with

OpenClaw’s Health Check skill assesses host and gateway risk before proposing hardening. It covers network exposure, remote access, firewall state, updates, backups, disk encryption and gateway security.

When to use it

Use it when reviewing the posture of an OpenClaw workstation, assistant host or remote server. Establish the access path and the user’s desired risk profile before recommending changes.

What to bring

Provide the OS, host or container context, access method and exposure. Include known backup, encryption and update status. The source starts with consented read-only checks and requires approval for state changes.

What to expect

Expect findings with severity and evidence, a staged plan, rollback considerations and a list of checks that could not be completed. The diagram is a review workflow, not a published security audit or a pass result.

How the skill works

Understand access and exposure

Identify how the user reaches the host, its public or private exposure and the gateway’s binding and authentication.

Collect read-only evidence

Run relevant checks within the agreed scope and interpret their actual findings. A diagnostic exit code alone may not tell the whole story.

Propose staged changes

Keep SSH, firewall and remote-access changes behind explicit approval, with reversible steps that preserve the user’s access path.