Send Cron Results Anywhere: Per-Job Webhook Delivery in OpenClaw 2026.2.17

OpenClaw 2026.2.17 introduces a powerful new feature for automation workflows: per-job webhook delivery for cron jobs. Instead of just announcing results back to your chat, you can now POST job results directly to any HTTP endpoint.

Why This Matters

Before this update, cron job results could only be delivered via announce (sending a message back to you). While useful for notifications, this limited what you could build:

• Monitoring dashboards that aggregate agent task results
• External automation pipelines (Zapier, n8n, Make)
• Custom logging systems for compliance or analytics
• Slack/Teams webhooks that aren't your primary channel
• Database ingestion for long-term storage and analysis

Now you can route cron results anywhere with a simple config change.

How to Use It

Set delivery.mode to "webhook" on any cron job and provide a target URL:

cron:
  jobs:
    - id: daily-report
      schedule: "0 9 * * *"
      text: "Generate and summarize yesterday's metrics"
      delivery:
        mode: webhook
        url: https://your-api.com/openclaw-results

When the job completes, OpenClaw POSTs the full result payload (including model output, token usage, and run metadata) to your endpoint.

Webhook Authentication

For secure endpoints, use the new cron.webhookToken config:

cron:
  webhookToken: "your-secret-token"

This token is sent in the Authorization header, letting your receiving server validate that requests actually came from OpenClaw.

Migration Notes

If you were using the legacy notify flag combined with cron.webhook, your existing jobs will continue to work—OpenClaw maintains backward compatibility. However, for new jobs, the explicit delivery.mode approach is cleaner and more flexible.

Real-World Use Cases

Slack webhook for specific jobs:

delivery:
  mode: webhook
  url: https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR/WEBHOOK/URL

Feed results to a logging service:

delivery:
  mode: webhook
  url: https://logs.yourcompany.com/ingest/openclaw

Trigger downstream automation:

delivery:
  mode: webhook
  url: https://n8n.yourserver.com/webhook/openclaw-cron

The Bottom Line

This feature transforms OpenClaw cron jobs from simple scheduled tasks into integration endpoints. Your agent can now be a first-class citizen in your automation stack, pushing results to wherever they need to go.

→ PR #17901 | Thanks @advaitpaliwal

Upgrade to v2026.2.17 to start using webhook delivery for your cron jobs.