Vendor OpenClaw source as Adolf fork baseline

Adolf is a fork/vendored clone of github.com/openclaw/openclaw (v2026.6.11),
free to diverge. Tree copied sans upstream .git; upstream remote added for
future syncs. Node pinned to 24 (.nvmrc); engines already require >=22.19.
Preserves docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LeqyaxJF2nbRXJtae2kNB2

docs/gateway/external-apps.md

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+---
+summary: "Current integration path for external apps, scripts, dashboards, CI jobs, and IDE extensions"
+title: "Gateway integrations for external apps"
+sidebarTitle: "External apps"
+read_when:
+  - You are building an external app, script, dashboard, CI job, or IDE extension that talks to OpenClaw
+  - You are choosing between Gateway RPC and the Plugin SDK
+  - You are integrating with Gateway agent runs, sessions, events, approvals, models, or tools
+---
+
+External apps talk to OpenClaw through the Gateway protocol: WebSocket
+transport plus RPC methods. Use it when a script, dashboard, CI job, IDE
+extension, or another process wants to start agent runs, stream events, wait
+for results, cancel work, or inspect Gateway resources.
+
+<Warning>
+  There is no public npm client package yet. Do not add OpenClaw client package
+  names as application dependencies until release notes announce a published
+  package and this page includes install instructions.
+</Warning>
+
+<Note>
+  This page is for code outside the OpenClaw process. Plugin code that runs
+  inside OpenClaw should use documented `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` subpaths instead.
+</Note>
+
+## What is available today
+
+| Surface                                 | Status | Use it for                                                                                    |
+| --------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [Gateway protocol](/gateway/protocol)   | Ready  | WebSocket transport, connect handshake, auth scopes, protocol versioning, and events.         |
+| [Gateway RPC reference](/reference/rpc) | Ready  | Current Gateway methods for agents, sessions, tasks, models, tools, artifacts, and approvals. |
+| [`openclaw agent`](/cli/agent)          | Ready  | One-shot script integration when shelling out to the CLI is enough.                           |
+| [`openclaw message`](/cli/message)      | Ready  | Sending messages or channel actions from scripts.                                             |
+
+A future client library package is in progress internally, but it is not a
+public install surface yet. Treat it as preview implementation detail until a
+release announces a published, versioned package.
+
+## Recommended path
+
+1. Run or discover a Gateway.
+2. Connect over the [Gateway protocol](/gateway/protocol).
+3. Call documented RPC methods from [Gateway RPC reference](/reference/rpc).
+4. Pin the OpenClaw version you test against.
+5. Recheck the RPC reference when upgrading OpenClaw.
+
+For agent runs, start with the `agent` RPC and pair it with `agent.wait` for a
+terminal result. For durable conversation state, use the `sessions.*` methods.
+For UI integrations, subscribe to Gateway events and render only the event
+families your app understands.
+
+## App code vs plugin code
+
+Use Gateway RPC when code lives outside OpenClaw:
+
+- Node scripts that start or observe agent runs
+- CI jobs that call a Gateway
+- dashboards and admin panels
+- IDE extensions
+- external bridges that do not need to become channel plugins
+- integration tests with fake or real Gateway transports
+
+Use the Plugin SDK when code runs inside OpenClaw:
+
+- provider plugins
+- channel plugins
+- tool or lifecycle hooks
+- agent harness plugins
+- trusted runtime helpers
+
+External apps should not import `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*`; those subpaths are for
+plugins loaded by OpenClaw.
+
+## Related
+
+- [Gateway protocol](/gateway/protocol)
+- [Gateway RPC reference](/reference/rpc)
+- [CLI agent command](/cli/agent)
+- [CLI message command](/cli/message)
+- [Agent loop](/concepts/agent-loop)
+- [Agent runtimes](/concepts/agent-runtimes)
+- [Sessions](/concepts/session)
+- [Background tasks](/automation/tasks)
+- [ACP agents](/tools/acp-agents)
+- [Plugin SDK overview](/plugins/sdk-overview)