Real shipped work, real engagement shapes

OpenClaw Case Studies and Engagement Patterns

Real shipped work and the engagement shapes I scope. Specific client names are private under NDA, the patterns are public so you know what you would get. The merged PR below is public, verifiable, and reviewed by the project's creator.

Real shipped work.

Code shipped to openclaw/openclaw core, merged by project creator Peter Steinberger. The full write-up is linked below.

Engagement patterns.

The shapes I scope. If you came in needing one of these, here is exactly how I would scope it, what is included, and what handoff looks like. Honest framing, no claimed clients, no fabricated metrics.

Architecture review for an existing OpenClaw deployment

For teams already running OpenClaw or seriously evaluating it. I read the existing deployment top to bottom, look for the stuff that bites in production, and write up a fix list ordered by what actually moves the needle for cost, security, and stability.

For
Teams already running OpenClaw or seriously evaluating it before committing.
Timeline
1-2 weeks
Handoff
Written report, prioritised fix list, deployment audit, security model review, sub-agent and tool policy review, cost-control recommendations, plus a 60-minute review call to walk through the findings.

Voice qualification agent for inbound calls

An OpenClaw agent on a Twilio number that picks up inbound calls 24/7, qualifies the caller against a written rubric, captures the lead into your CRM, and only escalates to a human when the call needs a human. The kind of build where missed calls cost real money and the math gets very compelling very fast.

For
Service businesses where missed calls cost real money: HVAC, dental practices, legal intake, car dealerships, real-estate offices.
Timeline
2-3 weeks
Handoff
Documentation, training for your team, monitoring dashboard, and an on-call rotation written up so you know exactly what to do when something breaks.

Support triage agent on a single inbox

An OpenClaw agent that reads the support inbox, classifies the intent, drafts a reply, routes the obvious stuff to auto-send, and escalates the rest to a human queue with a suggested reply attached. The point is that the human queue gets shorter and the time-to-first-touch drops, without auto-sending things the agent should not be auto-sending.

For
Ecommerce or SaaS teams drowning in inbound support volume, where the team is buried and the median first-touch time keeps creeping up.
Timeline
2-3 weeks
Handoff
Documentation, classification accuracy report from the first 200 messages so you can see exactly how the agent is performing in the wild, plus drift-monitoring setup so you catch quality drops early.

Ecommerce reorder or abandoned-cart agent

An OpenClaw agent reading store webhook events, deciding when to reach out by SMS or email, escalating to a human only on edge cases. Good fit for Shopify or WooCommerce stores with replenishable products or measurable cart abandonment, less of a fit for stores where the catalog is one-shot and the customer journey ends at checkout.

For
Shopify or WooCommerce stores with replenishable products, or stores with measurable cart abandonment they want to recover.
Timeline
2-3 weeks
Handoff
Documentation, conversion-tracking dashboard so you can see what the agent recovered vs what it did not, and channel-specific guardrails (SMS frequency caps, email throttling, opt-out handling) written up.

Multi-agent operations system

Multiple OpenClaw agents coordinating across channels, with shared customer memory, complex decision logic, custom skills, monitoring, and on-call documentation. Examples that fit this shape: separate agents for sales triage and support triage with shared memory, or specialist agents per product line that hand off cleanly between each other.

For
Operators with multiple workflows that benefit from coordination, not just a single agent doing one thing.
Timeline
3-4 weeks
Handoff
Full documentation, runbooks for the failure modes you are most likely to hit, and an optional maintenance retainer if you want me on call for the first quarter after handoff.

Custom OpenClaw skill or integration

A written custom skill in TypeScript, packaged so it installs in any OpenClaw deployment, with tests and documentation. Common examples: proprietary CRM integrations, internal-tool wrappers, vertical-specific data pulls. The deliverable is a skill you own outright and can ship to any future OpenClaw build without paying me again.

For
Teams running OpenClaw who need a specific tool the marketplace does not have, and who want the skill written properly so it survives upstream OpenClaw upgrades.
Timeline
1-2 weeks per skill
Handoff
The skill source, tests, install instructions, and a short doc for whoever maintains your OpenClaw deployment after I leave.

HEARTBEAT.md proactive automation tuning

A deep look at the HEARTBEAT.md schedule, what should fire on what cadence, what should be reactive instead, plus tuning recommendations and an updated HEARTBEAT.md committed to your repo. Often pairs with cost-control work because heartbeat cadence drives most of the token spend on a typical OpenClaw deployment.

For
Teams running OpenClaw whose agents feel either too noisy (firing on too many ticks) or too quiet (missing the proactive moments that make agents feel alive).
Timeline
3-7 days
Handoff
Updated HEARTBEAT.md, written rationale for each schedule change, and a cost-impact estimate so you can see what the new cadence will cost vs the old one.

How to start.

The first step is a discovery call. I read every application personally and reply within 24 hours, including the honest answer if we are not the right fit. No sales follow-ups, no auto-drip sequences.

If your shape does not match one of the seven above exactly, that is fine, most engagements have one or two custom edges. Apply through the link below and tell me what you are actually trying to ship.

Apply for a build.

Pick the closest engagement pattern, then apply through the link. The first reply is from me directly, with an honest read on whether OpenClaw Consult is the right fit.