# OpenClaw MCP Server - Status
**Created:** 2026-02-18 (while you were at lunch)
**Status:** ✅ Built and ready to configure in Cursor
## What's Done
### ✅ Core Implementation
- [x] MCP server with 4 tools
- [x] TypeScript implementation
- [x] OpenClaw CLI wrapper client
- [x] Built successfully (`dist/` folder)
### ✅ Documentation
- [x] Comprehensive README.md
- [x] Quick SETUP.md guide
- [x] Tool examples and use cases
### ✅ Testing
- [x] Build compiles without errors
- [x] Test script created
- [x] CLI wrappers working (`tron-delegate`, `tron-spawn`)
## What You Need To Do
### 1. Add to Cursor (5 minutes)
**Edit:**
```
~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/globalStorage/rooveterinaryinc.roo-cline/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
```
**Add:**
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"openclaw": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/root/openclaw-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL": "ws://localhost:18789",
"OPENCLAW_AGENT": "phoenix"
}
}
}
}
```
**Get exact path:**
```bash
realpath ~/openclaw-mcp-server/dist/index.js
```
### 2. Restart Cursor
Close and reopen Cursor completely.
### 3. Test
In Cursor chat:
```
Use openclaw to ask: "Hello, are you there?"
```
Should delegate to me and get a response!
## Files Created
```
~/openclaw-mcp-server/
├── package.json # Dependencies
├── tsconfig.json # TypeScript config
├── src/
│ ├── index.ts # Main MCP server
│ ├── openclaw.ts # OpenClaw client
│ └── types.ts # TypeScript types
├── dist/ # ✅ Built JS files
│ ├── index.js
│ ├── openclaw.js
│ └── types.js
├── README.md # Full documentation
├── SETUP.md # Quick setup guide
├── STATUS.md # This file
└── test.sh # Test script
```
## Tools Available
### 1. send_message
Quick immediate messages to Tron.
**Example:**
```
Use openclaw to check Datadog alerts
```
### 2. spawn_task
Background tasks that run async.
**Example:**
```
Use openclaw to spawn: Monitor Coder pods for 1 hour
```
### 3. check_status
Check background task status.
**Example:**
```
Use openclaw to check status of task spawn-abc123
```
### 4. list_sessions
See what Tron is working on.
**Example:**
```
Use openclaw to list active sessions
```
## Also Created
- ✅ `tron-delegate` CLI - Quick delegation from terminal
- ✅ `tron-spawn` CLI - Spawn background tasks from terminal
- ✅ `~/openclaw-mcp-design.md` - Full design document
- ✅ `~/useful-mcp-servers.md` - List of other useful MCP servers
## Next Steps
Once working in Cursor:
1. **Test delegation workflow**
- Quick questions
- Background tasks
- Status checks
2. **Integrate into coding**
- Delegate infra checks while coding
- Spawn research tasks
- Monitor deployments
3. **Iterate**
- See what's useful
- Add features as needed
- Build custom tools
## Troubleshooting
If it doesn't work in Cursor:
1. Check absolute path (use `realpath`)
2. Verify Node.js v20+ (`node --version`)
3. Check Cursor logs (Help → Show Logs)
4. Test manually: `node ~/openclaw-mcp-server/dist/index.js`
5. Ping me (Tron) in Slack
## Performance
**Build time:** ~5 seconds
**Dependencies:** 19 packages
**Bundle size:** ~100KB
**Startup time:** <1 second
## Architecture
```
Cursor → MCP Protocol → OpenClaw MCP Server → openclaw CLI → Gateway → Tron
```
Simple and clean! 🤖
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**Ready to test when you're back from lunch!**
