Skills: prefer active OpenClaw paths

src/cli/dns-cli.ts

@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ export function registerDnsCli(program: Command) {
         }).trimEnd(),
       );
       defaultRuntime.log("");
-      defaultRuntime.log(theme.heading("Recommended ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:"));
+      defaultRuntime.log(
+        theme.heading(
+          "Recommended config ($OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH, default ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json):",
+        ),
+      );
       defaultRuntime.writeJson({
         gateway: { bind: "auto" },
         discovery: { wideArea: { enabled: true, domain: wideAreaDomain } },
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ export function registerDnsCli(program: Command) {
         defaultRuntime.log("");
         defaultRuntime.log(
           theme.muted(
-            "Note: enable discovery.wideArea.enabled in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json on the gateway and restart the gateway so it writes the DNS-SD zone.",
+            "Note: enable discovery.wideArea.enabled in the active OpenClaw config ($OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH, default ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json) on the gateway and restart the gateway so it writes the DNS-SD zone.",
           ),
         );
       }

src/cli/program/register.setup.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { hasExplicitOptions } from "../command-options.js";
 export function registerSetupCommand(program: Command) {
   program
     .command("setup")
-    .description("Initialize ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json and the agent workspace")
+    .description("Initialize the active OpenClaw config and agent workspace")
     .addHelpText(
       "after",
       () =>

src/cli/skills-cli.format.ts

@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export function formatSkillInfo(
       `  Save via CLI: ${formatCliCommand(`openclaw config set skills.entries.${safeSkillKey}.apiKey YOUR_KEY`)}`,
     );
     lines.push(
-      `  Stored in: ${theme.muted("~/.openclaw/openclaw.json")} ${theme.muted(`(skills.entries.${safeSkillKey}.apiKey)`)}`,
+      `  Stored in: ${theme.muted("$OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH")} ${theme.muted("(default: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json)")}`,
     );
   }
 

src/cli/skills-cli.test.ts

@@ -149,6 +149,36 @@ describe("skills-cli", () => {
       expect(output).toContain("API_KEY");
     });
 
+    it("shows API key storage guidance for the active config path", () => {
+      const report = createMockReport([
+        createMockSkill({
+          name: "env-aware-skill",
+          skillKey: "env-aware-skill",
+          primaryEnv: "API_KEY",
+          eligible: false,
+          requirements: {
+            bins: [],
+            anyBins: [],
+            env: ["API_KEY"],
+            config: [],
+            os: [],
+          },
+          missing: {
+            bins: [],
+            anyBins: [],
+            env: ["API_KEY"],
+            config: [],
+            os: [],
+          },
+        }),
+      ]);
+
+      const output = formatSkillInfo(report, "env-aware-skill", {});
+      expect(output).toContain("OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH");
+      expect(output).toContain("default: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json");
+      expect(output).toContain("skills.entries.env-aware-skill.apiKey");
+    });
+
     it("normalizes text-presentation emoji selectors in info output", () => {
       const report = createMockReport([
         createMockSkill({