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The plugin's `catalog.run` hook already exchanged a GitHub OAuth token
for a short-lived Copilot API token and resolved the per-account baseUrl,
but it returned `models: []` and the bundled openclaw runtime relied
entirely on the static manifest catalog. That meant:
- Static `contextWindow` values were a conservative 128k for every
model, far below reality (gpt-5.4/5.5 are 400k, claude-opus-4.6/4.7
internal variants are 1M, claude-sonnet-4 is 200k, etc.).
- Newly published Copilot models (gpt-5.5, gpt-5.1*, gemini-3-pro-preview,
the claude-opus-*-1m internal variants, etc.) didn't appear at all
until the manifest was patched.
- Per-account entitlement was invisible — every user saw the same
hardcoded 22-model list regardless of plan.
Wire it up:
- Add `fetchCopilotModelCatalog` in `extensions/github-copilot/models.ts`.
Calls `${baseUrl}/models` with the resolved Copilot API token and the
same Editor-Version / Copilot-Integration-Id headers used elsewhere in
the plugin. Maps each entry to a `ModelDefinitionConfig`:
- `contextWindow` ← `capabilities.limits.max_context_window_tokens`
- `maxTokens` ← `capabilities.limits.max_output_tokens`
- `input` ← `["text", "image"]` if `supports.vision`, else `["text"]`
- `reasoning` ← `Array.isArray(supports.reasoning_effort) && supports.reasoning_effort.length > 0`
- `api` ← `anthropic-messages` for Anthropic vendor or claude*
ids; otherwise `openai-responses`
Filters out non-chat objects (embeddings) and internal routers
(`accounts/...` ids). Dedupes by id. 10s default timeout.
- Update the `catalog.run` hook in `extensions/github-copilot/index.ts`
to call the new function after token-exchange and return the live
results. On any HTTP/parse failure it falls back to `models: []`,
which preserves the static manifest catalog as the visible fallback —
no behavior regression for users with `discovery.enabled: false` or
in offline scenarios.
- Bump `modelCatalog.discovery."github-copilot"` from `"static"` to
`"refreshable"` in `openclaw.plugin.json` so the catalog hook is
actually invoked at runtime. Without this the discovery infrastructure
treats the provider as static-only and never calls `catalog.run`.
- Add `gpt-5.5` to the static manifest catalog and `DEFAULT_MODEL_IDS`
with the correct values from the API (`contextWindow: 400000`,
`maxTokens: 128000`, `reasoning: true`, multimodal). This means users
on `discovery.enabled: false` still get gpt-5.5 visible without
needing to override `models.providers.github-copilot.models` in their
config.
Tests added (5, all passing alongside the existing 24):
- `fetchCopilotModelCatalog` maps a representative `/models` response
(chat models incl. an internal 1M-context Anthropic variant, a router,
an embedding) to the right `ModelDefinitionConfig` shape with real
context windows.
- baseUrl trailing slash is normalized.
- Duplicate ids in the API response are deduped (first wins).
- Non-2xx HTTP raises so the caller can fall back to the static catalog.
- Empty token / baseUrl reject synchronously without calling fetch.
Targeted run: `pnpm test extensions/github-copilot/models.test.ts` →
29/29 pass. `pnpm exec oxfmt --check extensions/github-copilot/` clean.
`pnpm tsgo:core` clean.
Real-world proof:
Built locally and dropped the resulting tarball into a downstream
container with `gh auth login --hostname github.com` (Copilot
subscription on the linked account). Before this change,
`openclaw models list --provider github-copilot` returned the 22-entry
static catalog with every entry showing 128k context. After this change,
the same command (with `--refresh`) returns 30 entries with API-accurate
context windows including the new gpt-5.1 family, the claude-opus-*-1m
variants, and the corrected `gemini-3*-preview` ids.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!
OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run on your own devices. It answers you on the channels you already use. It can speak and listen on macOS/iOS/Android, and can render a live Canvas you control. The Gateway is just the control plane — the product is the assistant.
If you want a personal, single-user assistant that feels local, fast, and always-on, this is it.
Supported channels include: WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Signal, iMessage, IRC, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Feishu, LINE, Mattermost, Nextcloud Talk, Nostr, Synology Chat, Tlon, Twitch, Zalo, Zalo Personal, WeChat, QQ, WebChat.
Website · Docs · Vision · DeepWiki · Getting Started · Updating · Showcase · FAQ · Onboarding · Nix · Docker · Discord
New install? Start here: Getting started
Preferred setup: run openclaw onboard in your terminal.
OpenClaw Onboard guides you step by step through setting up the gateway, workspace, channels, and skills. It is the recommended CLI setup path and works on macOS, Linux, and Windows (via WSL2; strongly recommended).
Works with npm, pnpm, or bun.
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Subscriptions (OAuth):
- OpenAI (ChatGPT/Codex)
Model note: while many providers and models are supported, prefer a current flagship model from the provider you trust and already use. See Onboarding.
Install (recommended)
Runtime: Node 24 (recommended) or Node 22.16+.
npm install -g openclaw@latest
# or: pnpm add -g openclaw@latest
openclaw onboard --install-daemon
OpenClaw Onboard installs the Gateway daemon (launchd/systemd user service) so it stays running.
Quick start (TL;DR)
Runtime: Node 24 (recommended) or Node 22.16+.
Full beginner guide (auth, pairing, channels): Getting started
openclaw onboard --install-daemon
openclaw gateway --port 18789 --verbose
# Send a message
openclaw message send --target +1234567890 --message "Hello from OpenClaw"
# Talk to the assistant (optionally deliver back to any connected channel: WhatsApp/Telegram/Slack/Discord/Google Chat/Signal/iMessage/IRC/Microsoft Teams/Matrix/Feishu/LINE/Mattermost/Nextcloud Talk/Nostr/Synology Chat/Tlon/Twitch/Zalo/Zalo Personal/WeChat/QQ/WebChat)
openclaw agent --message "Ship checklist" --thinking high
Upgrading? Updating guide (and run openclaw doctor).
Models config + CLI: Models. Auth profile rotation + fallbacks: Model failover.
Security defaults (DM access)
OpenClaw connects to real messaging surfaces. Treat inbound DMs as untrusted input.
Full security guide: Security
Default behavior on Telegram/WhatsApp/Signal/iMessage/Microsoft Teams/Discord/Google Chat/Slack:
- DM pairing (
dmPolicy="pairing"/channels.discord.dmPolicy="pairing"/channels.slack.dmPolicy="pairing"; legacy:channels.discord.dm.policy,channels.slack.dm.policy): unknown senders receive a short pairing code and the bot does not process their message. - Approve with:
openclaw pairing approve <channel> <code>(then the sender is added to a local allowlist store). - Public inbound DMs require an explicit opt-in: set
dmPolicy="open"and include"*"in the channel allowlist (allowFrom/channels.discord.allowFrom/channels.slack.allowFrom; legacy:channels.discord.dm.allowFrom,channels.slack.dm.allowFrom).
Run openclaw doctor to surface risky/misconfigured DM policies.
Highlights
- Local-first Gateway — single control plane for sessions, channels, tools, and events.
- Multi-channel inbox — WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Signal, iMessage, IRC, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Feishu, LINE, Mattermost, Nextcloud Talk, Nostr, Synology Chat, Tlon, Twitch, Zalo, Zalo Personal, WeChat, QQ, WebChat, macOS, iOS/Android.
- Multi-agent routing — route inbound channels/accounts/peers to isolated agents (workspaces + per-agent sessions).
- Voice Wake + Talk Mode — wake words on macOS/iOS and continuous voice on Android (ElevenLabs + system TTS fallback).
- Live Canvas — agent-driven visual workspace with A2UI.
- First-class tools — browser, canvas, nodes, cron, sessions, and Discord/Slack actions.
- Companion apps — macOS menu bar app + iOS/Android nodes.
- Onboarding + skills — onboarding-driven setup with bundled/managed/workspace skills.
Security model (important)
- Default: tools run on the host for the
mainsession, so the agent has full access when it is just you. - Group/channel safety: set
agents.defaults.sandbox.mode: "non-main"to run non-mainsessions inside sandboxes. Docker is the default sandbox backend; SSH and OpenShell backends are also available. - Typical sandbox default: allow
bash,process,read,write,edit,sessions_list,sessions_history,sessions_send,sessions_spawn; denybrowser,canvas,nodes,cron,discord,gateway. - Before exposing anything remotely, read Security, Sandboxing, and Configuration.
Operator quick refs
- Chat commands:
/status,/new,/reset,/compact,/think <level>,/verbose on|off,/trace on|off,/usage off|tokens|full,/restart,/activation mention|always - Session tools:
sessions_list,sessions_history,sessions_send - Skills registry: ClawHub
- Architecture overview: Architecture
Docs by goal
- New here: Getting started, Onboarding, Updating
- Channel setup: Channels index, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack
- Apps + nodes: macOS, iOS, Android, Nodes
- Config + security: Configuration, Security, Sandboxing
- Remote + web: Gateway, Remote access, Tailscale, Web surfaces
- Tools + automation: Tools, Skills, Cron jobs, Webhooks, Gmail Pub/Sub
- Internals: Architecture, Agent, Session model, Gateway protocol
- Troubleshooting: Channel troubleshooting, Logging, Docs home
Apps (optional)
The Gateway alone delivers a great experience. All apps are optional and add extra features.
If you plan to build/run companion apps, follow the platform runbooks below.
macOS (OpenClaw.app) (optional)
- Menu bar control for the Gateway and health.
- Voice Wake + push-to-talk overlay.
- WebChat + debug tools.
- Remote gateway control over SSH.
Note: signed builds required for macOS permissions to stick across rebuilds (see macOS Permissions).
iOS node (optional)
- Pairs as a node over the Gateway WebSocket (device pairing).
- Voice trigger forwarding + Canvas surface.
- Controlled via
openclaw nodes ….
Runbook: iOS connect.
Android node (optional)
- Pairs as a WS node via device pairing (
openclaw devices ...). - Exposes Connect/Chat/Voice tabs plus Canvas, Camera, Screen capture, and Android device command families.
- Runbook: Android connect.
From source (development)
Use pnpm for source checkouts. The repository is a pnpm workspace, and bundled
plugins load from extensions/* during development so their package-local
dependencies and your edits are used directly. Plain npm install at the repo
root is not a supported source setup.
For the dev loop:
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git
cd openclaw
pnpm install
# First run only (or after resetting local OpenClaw config/workspace)
pnpm openclaw setup
# Optional: prebuild Control UI before first startup
pnpm ui:build
# Dev loop (auto-reload on source/config changes)
pnpm gateway:watch
If you need a built dist/ from the checkout (for Node, packaging, or release validation), run:
pnpm build
pnpm ui:build
pnpm openclaw setup writes the local config/workspace needed for pnpm gateway:watch. It is safe to re-run, but you normally only need it on first setup or after resetting local state. pnpm gateway:watch does not rebuild dist/control-ui, so rerun pnpm ui:build after ui/ changes or use pnpm ui:dev when iterating on the Control UI. If you want this checkout to run onboarding directly, use pnpm openclaw onboard --install-daemon.
Note: pnpm openclaw ... runs TypeScript directly (via tsx). pnpm build produces dist/ for running via Node / the packaged openclaw binary, while pnpm gateway:watch rebuilds the runtime on demand during the dev loop.
Development channels
- stable: tagged releases (
vYYYY.M.DorvYYYY.M.D-<patch>), npm dist-taglatest. - beta: prerelease tags (
vYYYY.M.D-beta.N), npm dist-tagbeta(macOS app may be missing). - dev: moving head of
main, npm dist-tagdev(when published).
Switch channels (git + npm): openclaw update --channel stable|beta|dev.
Details: Development channels.
Agent workspace + skills
- Workspace root:
~/.openclaw/workspace(configurable viaagents.defaults.workspace). - Injected prompt files:
AGENTS.md,SOUL.md,TOOLS.md. - Skills:
~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md.
Configuration
Minimal ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json (model + defaults):
{
agent: {
model: "<provider>/<model-id>",
},
}
Full configuration reference (all keys + examples).
Star History
Molty
OpenClaw was built for Molty, a space lobster AI assistant. 🦞 by Peter Steinberger and the community.
Community
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines, maintainers, and how to submit PRs. AI/vibe-coded PRs welcome! 🤖
Special thanks to Mario Zechner for his support and for pi-mono. Special thanks to Adam Doppelt for the lobster.bot domain.
Thanks to all clawtributors:
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