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| 1 | +# Dynamic Dashboard with Sub-agent Spawning |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Static dashboards show stale data and require constant manual updates. You want real-time visibility across multiple data sources without building a custom frontend or hitting API rate limits. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +This workflow creates a live dashboard that spawns sub-agents to fetch and process data in parallel: |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +• Monitors multiple data sources simultaneously (APIs, databases, GitHub, social media) |
| 8 | +• Spawns sub-agents for each data source to avoid blocking and distribute API load |
| 9 | +• Aggregates results into a unified dashboard (text, HTML, or Canvas) |
| 10 | +• Updates every N minutes with fresh data |
| 11 | +• Sends alerts when metrics cross thresholds |
| 12 | +• Maintains historical trends in a database for visualization |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +## Pain Point |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Building a custom dashboard takes weeks. By the time it's done, requirements have changed. Polling multiple APIs sequentially is slow and hits rate limits. You need insight now, not after a weekend of coding. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## What It Does |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +You define what you want to monitor conversationally: "Track GitHub stars, Twitter mentions, Polymarket volume, and system health." OpenClaw spawns sub-agents to fetch each data source in parallel, aggregates the results, and delivers a formatted dashboard to Discord or as an HTML file. Updates run automatically on a cron schedule. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Example dashboard sections: |
| 23 | +- **GitHub**: stars, forks, open issues, recent commits |
| 24 | +- **Social Media**: Twitter mentions, Reddit discussions, Discord activity |
| 25 | +- **Markets**: Polymarket volume, prediction trends |
| 26 | +- **System Health**: CPU, memory, disk usage, service status |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +## Skills Needed |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +- Sub-agent spawning for parallel execution |
| 31 | +- `github` (gh CLI) for GitHub metrics |
| 32 | +- `bird` (Twitter) for social data |
| 33 | +- `web_search` or `web_fetch` for external APIs |
| 34 | +- `postgres` for storing historical metrics |
| 35 | +- Discord or Canvas for rendering the dashboard |
| 36 | +- Cron jobs for scheduled updates |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +## How to Set it Up |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +1. Set up a metrics database: |
| 41 | +```sql |
| 42 | +CREATE TABLE metrics ( |
| 43 | + id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, |
| 44 | + source TEXT, -- e.g., "github", "twitter", "polymarket" |
| 45 | + metric_name TEXT, |
| 46 | + metric_value NUMERIC, |
| 47 | + timestamp TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW() |
| 48 | +); |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +CREATE TABLE alerts ( |
| 51 | + id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, |
| 52 | + source TEXT, |
| 53 | + condition TEXT, |
| 54 | + threshold NUMERIC, |
| 55 | + last_triggered TIMESTAMPTZ |
| 56 | +); |
| 57 | +``` |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +2. Create a Discord channel for dashboard updates (e.g., #dashboard). |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +3. Prompt OpenClaw: |
| 62 | +```text |
| 63 | +You are my dynamic dashboard manager. Every 15 minutes, run a cron job to: |
| 64 | +
|
| 65 | +1. Spawn sub-agents in parallel to fetch data from: |
| 66 | + - GitHub: stars, forks, open issues, commits (past 24h) |
| 67 | + - Twitter: mentions of "@username", sentiment analysis |
| 68 | + - Polymarket: volume for tracked markets |
| 69 | + - System: CPU, memory, disk usage via shell commands |
| 70 | +
|
| 71 | +2. Each sub-agent writes results to the metrics database. |
| 72 | +
|
| 73 | +3. Aggregate all results and format a dashboard: |
| 74 | +
|
| 75 | +📊 **Dashboard Update** — [timestamp] |
| 76 | +
|
| 77 | +**GitHub** |
| 78 | +- ⭐ Stars: [count] (+[change]) |
| 79 | +- 🍴 Forks: [count] |
| 80 | +- 🐛 Open Issues: [count] |
| 81 | +- 💻 Commits (24h): [count] |
| 82 | +
|
| 83 | +**Social Media** |
| 84 | +- 🐦 Twitter Mentions: [count] |
| 85 | +- 📈 Sentiment: [positive/negative/neutral] |
| 86 | +
|
| 87 | +**Markets** |
| 88 | +- 📊 Polymarket Volume: $[amount] |
| 89 | +- 🔥 Trending: [market names] |
| 90 | +
|
| 91 | +**System Health** |
| 92 | +- 💻 CPU: [usage]% |
| 93 | +- 🧠 Memory: [usage]% |
| 94 | +- 💾 Disk: [usage]% |
| 95 | +
|
| 96 | +4. Post to Discord #dashboard. |
| 97 | +
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| 98 | +5. Check alert conditions: |
| 99 | + - If GitHub stars change > 50 in 1 hour → ping me |
| 100 | + - If system CPU > 90% → alert |
| 101 | + - If negative sentiment spike on Twitter → notify |
| 102 | +
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| 103 | +Store all metrics in the database for historical analysis. |
| 104 | +``` |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +4. Optional: Use Canvas to render an HTML dashboard with charts and graphs. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +5. Query historical data: "Show me GitHub star growth over the past 30 days." |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +## Related Links |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +- [Parallel Processing with Sub-agents](https://docs.openclaw.ai/subagents) |
| 113 | +- [Dashboard Design Principles](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/dashboard-design/) |
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