# OpenClaw Starter Checklist

Use this checklist before the first production workflow.

## A. Objective and scope
- [ ] Define one primary business objective for the first 30 days.
- [ ] Define success metrics (quality, turnaround time, revision rate).
- [ ] Define one workflow boundary (what is in scope and out of scope).

## B. Ownership
- [ ] Assign operator owner.
- [ ] Assign planner role owner.
- [ ] Assign reviewer role owner.
- [ ] Assign escalation owner for policy-sensitive tasks.

## C. Controls
- [ ] Define decision gates (money, customer, policy, system).
- [ ] Define approved tools and restricted actions.
- [ ] Confirm audit/event logging is active.

## D. First workflow launch
- [ ] Create role charters for planner, worker, reviewer.
- [ ] Define one output template and one reporting template.
- [ ] Run at least 5 supervised dry runs.

## E. Cadence
- [ ] Daily triage schedule set.
- [ ] Weekly review owner assigned.
- [ ] Monthly tuning checkpoint scheduled.