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Lobster is a Openclaw-native workflow shell: a typed, local-first “macro engine” that turns skills/tools into composable pipelines and safe automations—and lets Openclaw call those workflows in one step.

Is openclaw/lobster beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, openclaw/lobster merged 20 of 20 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

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1.3k
Forks
293
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
5
Avg merge
15h 3m
Merged PRs (30d)
21
Dominant language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Oct 21, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
No beginner labels indexed

How to contribute to openclaw/lobster

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's MIT license.
  3. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • # Feature Request: Dynamic Session-Key Templates for `openclaw.agent`
    Open
    clawsweeper:needs-maintainer-review clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr impact:ux-friction issue-rating: 🌊 off-meta tidepool P3

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

    openclaw/lobster#199 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Feature request: GUI that visualizes the automation.
    Open
    clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr issue-rating: 🌊 off-meta tidepool P3

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    openclaw/lobster#163 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Route all inference through OpenClaw; retire standalone provider adapters
    Open
    clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr impact:auth-provider issue-rating: 🌊 off-meta tidepool P2

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    openclaw/lobster#135 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

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