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Managing Multiple OpenClaw Instances with ClawBridge

Managing Multiple OpenClaw Instances with ClawBridge

You've graduated from running a single OpenClaw agent to running several. One handles your email, one manages your research pipeline, another is a coding assistant on a dedicated VM. It's powerful—but the overhead is real.

Every time you want to check on one of them, it's a separate SSH session, a separate log file to tail, a separate terminal window to keep open. Multiply that by three, and you've turned "monitoring your agents" into a second job.

The Problem: N Agents × SSH = Chaos

The naive approach to multi-agent OpenClaw doesn't scale:

  • Context switching: Each terminal session for each server is its own mental context.
  • No unified view: You can't tell at-a-glance which agents are active, which are idle, and which have hit an error.
  • No mobile access: SSHing into three servers from a phone is not a workflow—it's a punishment.

The Solution: ClawBridge as a Per-Node Dashboard

ClawBridge is designed to be installed once per OpenClaw node, but each instance gives you the full mobile-friendly dashboard for that node. If you're running multiple nodes, you install ClawBridge on each one—and access them as separate bookmarks on your phone. Each installation is independent, lightweight, and secure.

1. One Bookmark Per Node

After installing ClawBridge on each server, you get a unique Cloudflare Tunnel URL per instance. Add each one as a bookmark on your phone's home screen. Switching between your email agent, your research agent, and your coding agent is as fast as switching browser tabs.

2. Live Thoughts Per Node

Each ClawBridge instance streams the Live Thoughts (Chain-of-Thought) of its local OpenClaw agent. You can check whether your research agent is mid-task, your email agent is idle, and your coding agent has just errored—all without SSH.

3. Mission Control Per Node

Need to restart one agent without touching the others? Each ClawBridge instance has its own Mission Control panel. Restart, stop, or trigger cron jobs on a per-node basis, from your phone.

Scaling Further

If you run more than 3–4 nodes, consider using a consistent naming scheme for your bookmarks (e.g., "CB: Email", "CB: Research", "CB: Code") so you can identify them instantly on mobile. For power users, each node's unique Access Key ensures they are isolated from each other—even if one Cloudflare URL temporarily overlaps.

A Realistic Setup

A developer runs ClawBridge on three machines:

  • Mac Mini (home): Primary coding assistant, accessed via https://warm-breeze.trycloudflare.com
  • DigitalOcean VPS: Research pipeline agent
  • Work MacBook: Email management agent (runs during work hours via cron)

Each has its own ClawBridge installation, its own URL, its own access key. Three bookmarks on the phone's home screen. Total monitoring time: 2 minutes in the morning to glance at Live Thoughts and Token Economy across all three.

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