Observed in the wild: utilized OpenClaw to build an e-commerce workflow agent, spending over 100 hours and 200 million tokens, and emphasizing the build effort in this post.
Automation used to mean wiring up rigid rules. Agents can handle the messy, in-between steps that rules miss, which makes many more workflows worth automating. It is one of 19 sightings filed under Automation on Agent Sightings (number 15 by interest), and one of 41 involving OpenClaw.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into OpenClaw or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Automation design: build an e-commerce agent. Specify triggers, steps, and failure modes before enabling sends or deletes.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
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