How to Manage Inventory with OpenClaw — Automate Stock Tracking

Inventory management is simple in concept but messy in practice — spreadsheets drift out of sync, reorder points get missed, reconciliation takes forever. OpenClaw handles the repetitive monitoring so you only act when something needs your attention.

Choose Your Inventory Data Source

• Google Sheets — simple, great for small operations
• Airtable — structured, queryable
• Shopify — direct API access if you're selling online
• Custom REST API — if your warehouse software exposes one

Add Inventory Config to TOOLS.md

### Inventory
- Google Sheets ID: 1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs74OgVE2upms
- Sheet name: Inventory
- Stock column: C (Current Stock)
- Reorder level column: D
- API: Google Sheets v4 (key in env as GOOGLE_SHEETS_KEY)

Daily Stock Level Alert

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-inventory-check" \
  --schedule "0 8 * * 1-5" \
  --agent main \
  --model "google/gemini-2.0-flash" \
  --task "Read the Inventory sheet. Find all rows where Current Stock (col C) 
  is at or below Reorder Level (col D). 
  Format a reorder alert: SKU, name, current stock, reorder level, supplier. 
  If all OK, post 'All stock levels OK' to #saas. 
  Otherwise post the reorder list with an alert emoji."

Weekly Inventory Reconciliation

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-inventory-reconcile" \
  --schedule "0 9 * * 5" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Fetch this week's fulfilled orders from Shopify. 
  Fetch current inventory levels from the Inventory Google Sheet. 
  Identify discrepancies: items that should have been deducted but weren't. 
  Post reconciliation report to #saas. Flag discrepancies. 
  If clean, post 'Inventory reconciliation: no discrepancies this week.'"

Low Stock Notification via Shopify

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-shopify-stock-alert" \
  --schedule "0 10 * * *" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Call Shopify products API. Get all variants where inventory_quantity < 5. 
  Post a Slack alert to #saas with product name, variant, quantity. 
  Group by product."

Supplier Reorder Draft

openclaw cron add \
  --name "hex-supplier-reorder-draft" \
  --schedule "0 8 * * 1" \
  --agent main \
  --task "Check the Inventory sheet for items below reorder level. 
  For each item with a supplier listed, draft a reorder email. 
  Don't send — save drafts to Google Docs and post links to #saas for review."

Inventory automation is one of the highest-leverage setups for any product business. For the complete e-commerce automation stack, The OpenClaw Playbook is $9.99 and covers it all.