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Clockwork is an open-source automation engine for Solana smart contracts, combining on-chain programs with a worker network and providing a CLI for local development plus Rust, Anchor and TypeScript client bindings.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Clockwork when building Solana smart-contract automation, developing locally with its CLI, or evaluating the documented worker-node route for participating in its automation network.

Who it is for

  • Solana developers building programs that need automated or scheduled actions.
  • Developers who want to develop and inspect Clockwork programs on localnet.
  • Node operators considering deploying a Clockwork worker on a Solana validator or RPC node.

Documented uses

  • Develop Clockwork programs against a localnet node and inspect program logs.
  • Connect Rust, Anchor or TypeScript clients and frontends to Clockwork bindings.
  • Prepare a validator or RPC node to participate in the automation network by installing the Geyser plugin and following worker onboarding.
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Requirements & limits

The repository is public and licensed under AGPL-3.0. The README describes worker deployment as an onboarding process and directs operators to request an earlybird token delegation through the workernet Discord channel.

  • The repository separates local program development from worker deployment; worker participation requires a validator or RPC node with the Geyser plugin.
  • Client bindings are available for Anchor, Rust and TypeScript, with examples linked from the repository.
  • The project warns that interfaces and implementations can change and that some major releases may require migration to a new program.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Start a Clockwork localnet development environment

Install the Clockwork CLI, start a localnet node and view its program logs.

Before you start

  • A Linux environment may require pkg-config, build-essential, libudev-dev and libssl-dev.
  • Cargo is used to install clockwork-cli.
  • The Solana CLI is used to stream local program logs.

Steps

  1. On Linux, install the listed system packages if needed.

  2. Install the CLI with the command below.

    Documented command
    cargo install -f --locked clockwork-cli

  3. Start a local node with clockwork localnet.

  4. In another terminal, stream logs with solana logs --url localhost.

Expected outcome

A localnet node is running and program logs can be streamed from localhost.

Guide limitations

  • This documents local development and log streaming, not deployment of a Clockwork worker.
  • The README notes that interfaces and implementations may change.
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