system-overview.md

OpenClaw Team — System Overview

How the product is put together.

System Layers

User
  └─ Web App (apps/frontend/)
       └─ HTTP API (backend/presentation/http/)
            └─ Application Services (backend/application/)
                 ├─ Domain Core (backend/domain/)
                 ├─ Storage & Adapters (backend/adapters/)
                 └─ OpenClaw / LLM / Tool Runtimes
                      └─ Local State (local/, .mission-control/)

Product Modules

Module	What It Does
Workspace	Day-to-day surface: tasks, conversations, deliverables, runs
Ops	Operational visibility: overview, alerts, reports, agent health
Studio	Workflow orchestration and multi-agent process design
Platform	Runtime config, OpenClaw, skills, themes, deployment governance

Repository Ownership

Directory	Responsibility
backend/	HTTP APIs, orchestration, workflow execution, chat, storage
apps/frontend/	Browser UI for all product surfaces
platform/bin/	Install, deploy, bootstrap, runtime sync scripts
platform/infra/	Docker recipes, database baselines
platform/config/	Themes, runtime profiles
platform/skills/	Built-in skill packs
platform/tests/	API regression and E2E tests

State Boundaries

• Product code: backend/, apps/frontend/, platform/
• Runtime state (gitignored): local/, .mission-control/
• Docs: docs/

Documentation Map

• Repo structure: project/repo-structure.md
• Local state rules: project/local-state.md
• Runtime config: runtime/runtime-profiles.md
• Design system: architecture/design-system.md
• Computer use: architecture/computer-use.md