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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
2026-07-05 09:36:54 +00:00

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Developer workflow for OpenClaw agent runtime: build, test, and live validation OpenClaw agent runtime workflow
Working on OpenClaw agent runtime code or tests
Running agent-runtime lint, typecheck, and live test flows

Developer workflow for the agent runtime (src/agents/) in the OpenClaw repo.

Type checking and linting

  • Default local gate: pnpm check (typecheck, lint, policy guards)
  • Build gate: pnpm build when the change can affect build output, packaging, or lazy-loading/module boundaries
  • Full pre-push gate: pnpm build && pnpm check && pnpm check:test-types && pnpm test

Running Agent Runtime Tests

Run the agent runtime unit suites:

pnpm test \
  "src/agents/agent-*.test.ts" \
  "src/agents/embedded-agent-*.test.ts" \
  "src/agents/agent-hooks/**/*.test.ts"

The first glob also covers the agent-tools*, agent-settings, and agent-tool-definition-adapter* suites.

Live tests are excluded from the unit config; run them through the live wrapper (sets OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 and needs provider credentials):

pnpm test:live src/agents/embedded-agent-runner-extraparams.live.test.ts

Manual testing

  • Run the Gateway in dev mode (skips channel connections via OPENCLAW_SKIP_CHANNELS=1): pnpm gateway:dev
  • Trigger one agent turn through the Gateway: pnpm openclaw agent --message "Hello" --thinking low
  • Use the TUI for interactive debugging: pnpm tui

For tool call behavior, prompt for a read or exec action so you can watch tool streaming and payload handling.

Clean slate reset

State lives in the OpenClaw state directory: ~/.openclaw by default, or $OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR when set. Paths relative to that directory:

Path Holds
openclaw.json Config
state/openclaw.sqlite Shared runtime state database
agents/<agentId>/agent/openclaw-agent.sqlite Per-agent model auth profiles (API keys + OAuth) and runtime state
credentials/ Provider/channel credentials outside the auth profile store
agents/<agentId>/sessions/ Session transcripts plus the sessions.json index
sessions/ Legacy single-agent session store (old installs only)
workspace/ Default agent workspace (extra agents use workspace-<agentId>)

Delete those paths for a full reset. Narrower resets:

  • Sessions only: delete agents/<agentId>/sessions/ for that agent.
  • Keep auth: leave agents/<agentId>/agent/openclaw-agent.sqlite and credentials/ in place.

Legacy auth-profiles.json files are no longer read at runtime; openclaw doctor --fix imports them into the SQLite store.

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