7 days of shrimp farming and 3 days of shrimp repair, I believe everyone has encountered the experience of openclaw changing its own functions and jumping around. If you also encounter various difficult and miscellaneous problems, you can refer to the steps below to solve them, and you won't be helpless again next time. 1. Simple problems can be self fixed the fastest, using the official command line (CLI) to fix them. OpenClaw has a built-in diagnostic tool specifically designed to solve common startup failures. Remember a few commands openclaw doctor --fix Doctor's diagnosis will automatically check environment variables, permissions, and dependencies rm ~/.openclaw/gateway.pid Prompt 'Gateway already running' but not actually started, usually due to residual. pid files causing trouble. You can also stop the task from the activity monitor and restart it openclaw gateway restart Force restart of gateway service openclaw onboard --install-daemon Reinitialize configuration, configuration file openclaw.json is damaged, can use reinstallation mode (keep data, reset boot) 2. Surgical procedures, difficult and complicated cases can be solved using Claude code or codx Claude code installation is a bit more complicated, and Codx can be downloaded directly from OpenAI's official website as a client, which is easier for beginners The official documentation of OpenClaw has very detailed documentation, which can provide Claude code and CODX with solutions to quickly locate problems without messing around In order to solidify the repair function, it can be stored as memory after reading the document and generate relevant skills to quickly solve problems encountered later Tip:/docs.openclaw.ai/zh-CN. Retrieve the official documentation of openclaw, store the contents as your permanent memory, and develop related skills. When you repair openclaw in the future, this memory will be automatically read and repaired. Of course, you can also send the document to OpenClaw, but it won't be usable when he hangs it himself, which is why we need an external doctor. Yesterday, I encountered a problem while modifying the memory system, which was fixed using this method. The official doctor cannot fix it, so I have to ask for help. The code and software engineering capabilities of Openclaw are still relatively weak, and it is recommended to use Claude code or Codx to add some features. Otherwise, over time, the code you write in Openclaw may become a pile of crap and difficult to maintain.