What is ClawSweeper and what does it do?

ClawSweeper is OpenClaw's official conservative maintenance bot that scans 7,000+ GitHub issues and PRs weekly, using GPT-5.5 Codex to draft close proposals. It only closes items for 6 narrow cases: implemented, not reproducible, duplicate, out-of-scope, incoherent, or stale over 60 days.

How does ClawSweeper avoid wrongly closing GitHub issues?

ClawSweeper never auto-closes on a hunch, never touches maintainer-authored items, refuses to apply changes if the underlying review left junk in the working tree, and only acts when proposals are still fresh and valid.

What AI model does ClawSweeper use?

ClawSweeper uses GPT-5.5 via OpenAI Codex to draft close proposals. The proposals go through a separate execution lane that validates freshness before applying.

Can I use ClawSweeper for my own GitHub repositories?

Yes. ClawSweeper is MIT licensed, open source, and can run as a GitHub App or via GitHub Actions on any repository. It is designed as a conservative triage tool for projects with large backlogs.

How many GitHub stars does ClawSweeper have?

ClawSweeper has approximately 1,500 GitHub stars and 178 forks as of May 2026.

What is clawsweeper-state?

clawsweeper-state is a companion repository where ClawSweeper commits generated reports, durable records, audit output, workflow status JSON, repair ledgers, and the rendered dashboard via its GitHub App.

How often does ClawSweeper run?

ClawSweeper runs on a weekly schedule, scanning every open issue and PR once per week.

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ClawSweeper: OpenClaw's GPT-5.5 Codex Bot Triages 7,000+ GitHub Issues With Conservative Close Policy

OpenClaw's official maintenance bot uses GPT-5.5 Codex to scan 7,000+ open issues and PRs weekly, drafting close proposals only for 6 narrow cases (implemented, not reproducible, duplicate, out-of-scope, incoherent, stale >60 days). 1,500+ GitHub stars, 178 forks. Never auto-closes on a hunch, never touches maintainer-authored items. Runs as GitHub App or Actions. MIT licensed.

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A GitHub App that applies conservative LLM-powered close proposals to any large open-source issue backlog

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Large open-source projects accumulate thousands of stale, duplicate, and resolved issues that maintainers cannot keep up with manually. ClawSweeper proved the conservative AI triage pattern works at scale on OpenClaw's 7,000+ issue backlog, closing only 0.1% per review cycle across 6 narrow cases. But ClawSweeper is built specifically for OpenClaw's repo patterns. The product is a generic, configurable GitHub App that any project can install to get the same conservative close-proposal pipeline with per-repo policies, maintainer approval gates, and full audit trails.

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