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Implements #78051 — oc:// addressing substrate for workspace files. New src/oc-path/ substrate (parser/formatter, per-kind parse+emit for md/jsonc/jsonl/yaml, universal resolveOcPath/setOcPath/findOcPaths verbs, sentinel emit guard) + openclaw path resolve|find|set|validate|emit CLI + docs/cli/path.md reference page + CHANGELOG entry. Co-authored-by: giodl73-repo <235387111+giodl73-repo@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: galiniliev <5711535+galiniliev@users.noreply.github.com>
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summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw path` (inspect and edit workspace files via the `oc://` addressing scheme)"
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read_when:
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- You want to read or write a leaf inside a workspace file from the terminal
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- You're scripting against workspace state and want a stable, kind-agnostic addressing scheme
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- You're debugging a `oc://` path (validate the syntax, see what it resolves to)
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title: "Path"
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---
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# `openclaw path`
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Shell-level access to the `oc://` addressing substrate — one universal,
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kind-dispatched path scheme for inspecting and surgically editing workspace
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files (markdown, jsonc, jsonl, yaml). Self-hosters and editor extensions use
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it to read or write a single leaf inside a workspace file without scripting
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against the SDK directly.
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## Subcommands
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| Subcommand | Purpose |
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| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `resolve <oc-path>` | Print the match at the path (or "not found"). |
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| `find <pattern>` | Enumerate matches for a wildcard / predicate path. |
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| `set <oc-path> <value>` | Write a leaf at the path. Supports `--dry-run`. |
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| `validate <oc-path>` | Parse-only — print structural breakdown (file / section / item / field). |
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| `emit <file>` | Round-trip a file through `parseXxx` + `emitXxx` (byte-fidelity diagnostic). |
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## Global flags
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| Flag | Purpose |
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| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| `--cwd <dir>` | Resolve the file slot against this directory (default: `process.cwd()`). |
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| `--file <path>` | Override the file slot's resolved path (absolute access). |
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| `--json` | Force JSON output (default when stdout is not a TTY). |
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| `--human` | Force human output (default when stdout is a TTY). |
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| `--dry-run` | (only on `set`) print the bytes that would be written without writing. |
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## `oc://` syntax
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```
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oc://FILE/SECTION/ITEM/FIELD?session=SCOPE
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```
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Slot rules — `field` requires `item`, `item` requires `section`. Across all
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four slots:
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- **Quoted segments** — `"a/b.c"` survives `/` and `.` separators.
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`"\\"` and `"\""` are the only escapes inside quotes.
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The file slot is also quote-aware: `oc://"skills/email-drafter"/Tools/-1`
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treats `skills/email-drafter` as a single file path.
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- **Predicates** — `[k=v]`, `[k!=v]`, `[k*=v]`, `[k^=v]`, `[k$=v]`,
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`[k<v]`, `[k<=v]`, `[k>v]`, `[k>=v]`.
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- **Unions** — `{a,b,c}` matches any of the alternatives.
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- **Wildcards** — `*` (single sub-segment) and `**` (zero-or-more,
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recursive). `find` accepts these; `resolve` and `set` reject them as
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ambiguous.
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- **Positional** — `$first`, `$last`, `-N` (Nth from end).
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- **Ordinal** — `#N` for Nth match.
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- **Insertion markers** — `+`, `+key`, `+nnn` for keyed / indexed
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insertion (use with `set`).
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- **Session scope** — `?session=cron:daily` etc. Orthogonal to slot
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nesting.
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Reserved characters (`?`, `&`, `%`) outside quoted, predicate, or union
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segments are rejected. Control characters (U+0000–U+001F, U+007F) are
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rejected anywhere.
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## Examples
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```bash
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# Validate a path (no filesystem access)
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openclaw path validate 'oc://AGENTS.md/Tools/-1/risk'
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# Read a leaf
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openclaw path resolve 'oc://gateway.jsonc/version'
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# Wildcard search
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openclaw path find 'oc://session.jsonl/*/event' --file ./logs/session.jsonl
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# Dry-run a write
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openclaw path set 'oc://gateway.jsonc/version' '2.0' --dry-run
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# Apply the write
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openclaw path set 'oc://gateway.jsonc/version' '2.0'
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# Byte-fidelity round-trip (diagnostic)
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openclaw path emit ./AGENTS.md
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```
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## Exit codes
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| Code | Meaning |
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| ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `0` | Success. (`resolve` / `find`: at least one match. `set`: write succeeded.) |
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| `1` | No match, or `set` rejected by the substrate (no system-level error). |
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| `2` | Argument or parse error. |
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## Output mode
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`openclaw path` is TTY-aware: human-readable output on a terminal, JSON when
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stdout is piped or redirected. `--json` and `--human` override the
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auto-detection.
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## Notes
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- `set` writes raw bytes through the substrate's emit path, which applies the
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redaction-sentinel guard automatically. A leaf carrying
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`__OPENCLAW_REDACTED__` (verbatim or as a substring) is refused at write
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time.
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- `set` on a JSONC file currently re-renders the file (drops comments and
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trailing-comma formatting) when it mutates a leaf. Read-path round-trip is
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byte-identical. A byte-splice editor that preserves comments through
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writes is planned as a follow-up.
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- `path` does not know about LKG. If the file is LKG-tracked, the next
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observe call decides whether to promote / recover. `set --batch` for
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atomic multi-set through the LKG promote/recover lifecycle is planned
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alongside the LKG-recovery substrate.
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## Related
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- [CLI reference](/cli)
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