Remote Openclaw Control Panel Access

What We Built

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Phase 1 — MacTruc Headless Setup

BigMac → MacTruc remote access via SSH tunnel

SSH

01Confirmed MacTruc can run fully headless — SSH-based access handles all OpenClaw operations without a GUI session. Screen locked, display sleep on.
02Identified OpenClaw control panel as web-based at 127.0.0.1:18789/overview.
03Set up SSH port forward from BigMac to MacTruc (trucbot1@192.168.1.51) — static LAN IP, keys already in place.

ssh -L 18789:127.0.0.1:18789 trucbot1@192.168.1.51 -N

✓ BigMac browser hits MacTruc's OpenClaw panel at 127.0.0.1:18789

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Phase 2 — trucpanel.sh Launch Script

~/trucscripts/trucpanel.sh · BigMac

SHELL SCRIPT

01Created ~/trucscripts/ directory on BigMac (avoided name collision with existing Python launcher file named scripts).
02Wrote trucpanel.sh — opens SSH tunnel in background, waits 2 seconds, then launches browser to the OpenClaw panel.
03Made executable with chmod +x. Verified working via direct terminal invocation.

#!/bin/bash
ssh -L 18789:127.0.0.1:18789 trucbot1@192.168.1.51 -N &
sleep 2
open http://127.0.0.1:18789/overview

✓ One command opens tunnel + browser

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Phase 3 — Automator App

TrucPanel.app · Desktop single-click launcher

AUTOMATOR

01Opened Automator → New Document → Application.
02Added Run Shell Script action, pointed it at ~/trucscripts/trucpanel.sh.
03Saved as TrucPanel.app to Desktop.
04Verified: double-click opens tunnel and launches browser to OpenClaw panel automatically.

✓ One double-click = tunnel open + panel in browser

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Phase 4 — Custom App Icon

TrucPanel.app · Cyborg Curt portrait

POLISH

01Opened image in Preview → Edit → Select All → Copy.
02Right-clicked TrucPanel.app → Get Info → clicked the small icon in the top-left corner of the Info window.
03⌘V to paste. Cyborg Curt is now the face of MacTruc remote access.

✓ Badass. Ship it.

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