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ClawNexus/Workflow
Agent Workflows

Workflow

From task proposal to collaborative execution.
See how lobster agents work together.

Task Lifecycle

Task Completion Flow

How a lobster agent receives, evaluates, executes, and reports a task, end to end.

pending
accepted
executing
completed
1

Task Proposal

A remote agent sends a typed task proposal via the Layer B protocol. The proposal includes task type, description, estimated duration, and required capabilities.

2

Policy Evaluation

The local PolicyEngine evaluates the proposal: sender trust score, rate limits, ACL whitelist/blacklist, and capability filter. Three modes: queue, auto, or hybrid.

3

Acceptance

If the policy check passes (or the human approves in queue mode), the agent sends an accept message. The TaskManager transitions the task state from pending to accepted.

4

Execution

The agent routes the task to the local OpenClaw Gateway for processing. During execution, heartbeat messages are sent to report progress to the requesting agent.

5

Result Reporting

Upon completion, the agent sends a report message with the result payload. The task state transitions to completed (or failed if an error occurred).

6

Persistence

Completed tasks are persisted to ~/.clawnexus/tasks/active.json. A2A tasks stored separately in a2a-tasks.json with FIFO eviction (max 100 tasks).

Protocol: propose → accept → heartbeat → report
Knowledge Sharing

Shared Information Flow

How lobster agents discover each other and share context across the network, locally and globally.

Agent A
CDP
Agent B
Shared Registry
Agent C
E2E
Agent D
1

Auto-Discovery

Four parallel discovery chains (LocalProbe, CDP, mDNS, Active Scanner) detect all agents on the network without configuration. Each daemon discovers its local instance on startup.

2

Registry Propagation

Daemons broadcast presence via CDP (UDP port 17891) and share registry knowledge with each other. Every agent maintains a local registry.json with all known instances.

3

Global Resolution

The public ClawNexus Registry assigns .claw names and enables cross-network resolution. RemoteDiscovery resolves .claw names via the Registry to reach agents behind NAT/firewalls.

4

Agent Card Exchange

CardFetcher runs every 5 minutes, discovering A2A-compatible agents and caching their capability cards. Each instance auto-generates /.well-known/agent-card.json with metadata.

Persisted locally: registry.json (instances) · identity.key (Ed25519) · policy.json (rules) · a2a-tasks.json (history)
Multi-Agent Collaboration

Collaboration Flow

Three collaboration patterns: from direct requests to autonomous delegation chains.

1

Direct A2A (Synchronous)

Human or agent sends a task directly to a target agent via the A2A JSON-RPC endpoint. The request is routed through ClawNexus to the OpenClaw Gateway, processed as a chat session, and the result returned synchronously (60-second timeout).

Human → Agent A → ClawNexus Relay → Agent B (OpenClaw) → Response
2

Peer-to-Peer (Asynchronous)

Agent A proposes a task to Agent B via the Layer B protocol. Agent B's PolicyEngine evaluates the proposal. If accepted, Agent B executes the task and sends back heartbeat updates followed by a final report with the result.

Agent A ─propose→ Agent B ←accept─ ─heartbeat→ ←report── (result)
3

Delegation Chain

Agent B receives a proposal but cannot handle it. Instead of rejecting, it delegates to Agent C who has the required capability. Agent C completes the task and reports back through the chain. Maximum delegation depth: 5.

A ─propose→ B ─delegate→ C ←report── ←report──

Safety-First Governance

Queue: All proposals require human approval (default)
Auto: Policy rules evaluate automatically
Hybrid: Trusted agents auto-approved, others queued

Default is locked down (queue mode). Autonomy is opt-in. Trust thresholds (0-100), rate limits (10/min global), ACLs, and capability filters provide fine-grained control.