rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 12:46 PM

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Or build from source if you have Xcode:

iOS app code is in the repo under apps/ios/

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Connect to gateway:

Same as Mac — configure remote gateway URL pointing to your Coolify/Tailscale setup
iOS needs to be on Tailscale too (install Tailscale iOS app)

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Ask in #general for the current TestFlight link if you can't find it!

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@obsidian frost Here's a full model config example:

{
"models": {
"anthropic/claude-opus-4-5": { "alias": "opus" },
"anthropic/claude-sonnet-4": { "alias": "sonnet" },
"openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4": { "alias": "or-sonnet" },
"google/gemini-3-pro-preview": { "alias": "gemini" }
},

"agent": {
"model": {
"primary": "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5",
"fallbacks": [
"anthropic/claude-sonnet-4",
"openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4",
"google/gemini-3-pro-preview"
]
},
"thinking": "medium",
"heartbeat": {
"model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" // cheaper model for heartbeats
}
},

"auth": {
"profiles": {
"anthropic:main": { "provider": "anthropic", "mode": "oauth" },
"openrouter:backup": { "provider": "openrouter", "mode": "apiKey" }
},
"order": {
"anthropic": ["anthropic:main"],
"openrouter": ["openrouter:backup"]
}
}
}

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Key parts:

models — aliases for quick /model opus
model.primary + model.fallbacks — failover chain
auth.profiles — multiple auth methods per provider
auth.order — which profile to try first

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Check docs/model-failover.md and docs/configuration.md for all options!

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ivory stag Jan 6, 2026, 12:57 PM

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@rapid hare can you use mcps?

cosmic kraken Jan 6, 2026, 12:59 PM

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@rapid hare you see how it keeps sharing its thoughts, i asked it to add to my calendar and then its thinking out loyd and sharing on whatsapp why is this? And how can i stop it

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 1:01 PM

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@rapid hare is it possible to add my own whatsapp to increase your context ?

low lake Jan 6, 2026, 1:02 PM

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@rapid hare whats the easiest way to setup speech to text so that clawdbot can understand my inquiry

bronze dagger Jan 6, 2026, 1:03 PM

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@rapid hare when using you in slack, are mentions required in channels?

low lake Jan 6, 2026, 1:18 PM

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Do you find difficulty sir @rapid hare

warm osprey Jan 6, 2026, 1:24 PM

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did you try this?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:25 PM

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@tender tulip Try bun install --no-save — and if the patch still fails:

warm osprey Jan 6, 2026, 1:29 PM

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@sakisakire Browser tool can dump a

balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 1:32 PM

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My bot keeps kind of...just stopping and not responding. Not sure if it's gettign stuck on tasks and therefore unable to reply? Not sure.

Have others had problems? Is there a recent update I should be upgrading to?

warm osprey Jan 6, 2026, 1:32 PM

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"agent": {

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:32 PM

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gateway log show when it stops responding? Any timeout errors?

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balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 1:33 PM

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rapid hare gateway log show when it stops responding? Any timeout errors?

Where in the file system would i find the gateway log?

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

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Thinking of using a VPS from Hetzner. Should the architechture be x86 or Arm64?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

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@slate smelt Either works! But:

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x86 (recommended for now):

Better compatibility with all npm packages
Some native modules can be finicky on ARM
Easier debugging

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ARM64:

Cheaper on Hetzner (CAX line)
Slightly better perf/watt
Most things work, but occasional edge cases

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My take: Go x86 to avoid surprises. The CX23 you mentioned earlier is x86 and will work great. ARM is fine if you want to save a few euros and don't mind troubleshooting if something's weird.

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low lake Jan 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

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low lake <@1457407575476801641> whats the easiest way to setup speech to text so that cla...

@rapid hare can you help guide me on how to setup speech to text in clawdbot so i will able to use it on whatsapp?

balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 1:36 PM

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Where in the file system would i find the gateway log?

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 1:36 PM

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rapid hare **My take:** Go x86 to avoid surprises. The CX23 you mentioned earlier is x86 an...

Ubuntu or Debian?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:36 PM

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Do you have OpenAI API access? That's the easiest path for Whisper transcription.

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pallid leaf Jan 6, 2026, 1:42 PM

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I tried to set up the ClawdBot app, but during the onboarding, I see the error gateway connect: connect to gateway @ ws://127/0/0/1:18789: could not connect to the server. I push on retry, but nothing happens.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:42 PM

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Same machine as the app?

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balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 1:43 PM

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@rapid hare where can i find the gateway log in the clawdbot file system?

pallid leaf Jan 6, 2026, 1:44 PM

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rapid hare Same machine as the app?

yes, my mac mini

balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 1:44 PM

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@supple lark where can i find the gateway log in the clawdbot file system?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:44 PM

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Gateway logs:

If running in terminal: Logs appear in that terminal window (stdout)
Log files: ~/.clawdbot/logs/ — but may be empty if logging to stdout
macOS launchd: log show --predicate 'process == "clawdbot"' --last 10m

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Easiest way to capture logs:

# Stop current gateway, then restart with logging to file
bun clawdbot gateway 2>&1 | tee ~/gateway-debug.log

Then reproduce the issue and check ~/gateway-debug.log.

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What's your current setup — running in terminal, launchd, or systemd?

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balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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rapid hare What's your current setup — running in terminal, launchd, or systemd?

@rapid hare @supple lark running on a debian VM

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 1:45 PM

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<@&1457414166829600901> how are you holding up?

golden basin Jan 6, 2026, 1:47 PM

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just noticed that in my own discord server the bot constantly looks like is't typing with the little typing bubbles above the message box even though it's not working on anything. Anyone else noticed this running in their own discord server? FWIW I'm running openai-codex/gpt-5.2 as my model.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:47 PM

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Fix:

cd ~/clawdbot # or wherever your repo is
git pull
pnpm install && pnpm build

Then restart gateway. The typing indicator should stop getting stuck.

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If it persists after update, check gateway logs for errors during message handling — sometimes a failed send leaves typing on.

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@golden basin Yeah, this was reported earlier! There was a fix for typing indicator race condition in a recent commit.

golden basin Jan 6, 2026, 1:48 PM

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see, I step away for a few minutes and I miss all the good stuff lol. I'll get the latest repo pulled

low lake Jan 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

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Yeah I can generate openAI API key to use whisper, how is the process to config it?

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rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

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@low lake Great! Here's the setup:

1. Add OpenAI API key to env:

echo 'OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key-here' >> ~/.clawdbot/.env

2. Configure audio in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json:

{
"audio": {
"stt": {
"provider": "openai",
"model": "whisper-1"
}
}
}

3. Restart gateway:

# Ctrl+C the running gateway, then:
bun clawdbot gateway

Now when someone sends a voice message on WhatsApp, Clawdbot will transcribe it automatically using Whisper and respond to the text.

Optional TTS (text-to-speech) for voice replies:

{
"audio": {
"stt": { "provider": "openai", "model": "whisper-1" },
"tts": { "provider": "openai", "model": "tts-1", "voice": "nova" }
}
}

Check docs/audio.md for all options!

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Just answered above! 👆 Let me know if you need help with any of those steps. 🦐

balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 1:55 PM

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@rapid hare @supple lark can you give me the terminal command to check that everything is running?

....and also the terminal command to see the current logs? Past 100 lines or smth

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 1:55 PM

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@balmy summit Check if gateway is running:

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ps aux | grep clawdbot
# or
pgrep -f "clawdbot gateway"

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Check status with doctor:

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bun clawdbot doctor

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View logs (several options):

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# If log files exist
tail -100 ~/.clawdbot/logs/*.log

# If using systemd
journalctl -u clawdbot -n 100

# If running in tmux/screen, reattach to that session

# If you want to start fresh with logging to file
bun clawdbot gateway 2>&1 | tee -a ~/clawdbot.log
# Then: tail -100 ~/clawdbot.log

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Quick health check:

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curl http://localhost:18789/health

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The easiest path: run gateway in a terminal you can see, logs appear live there.

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balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 2:00 PM

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ok - if my gateway isn't launched, how do I launch it in terminal?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:00 PM

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For background running, use tmux/screen or set up a systemd service.

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@balmy summit

cd ~/clawdbot # or wherever you cloned the repo
bun clawdbot gateway

Or with Node if bun has issues:

node dist/index.js gateway

It should show "Gateway listening on port 18789" when ready. Keep that terminal open — closing it stops the gateway.

balmy summit Jan 6, 2026, 2:12 PM

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Doctor is saying my gateway is live and connected on whatsapp. When i write a self message i get the "typing" animation, but no response from my Clawdbot

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:12 PM

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a message? Any errors?

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@balmy summit Gateway's up, WhatsApp connected, typing shows but no response — the agent is starting but failing somewhere.

Check the terminal where gateway is running — there should be error output when you send a message.

Common causes:

Model auth issue:

bun clawdbot doctor

Check if model shows "auth: ok" or "auth: missing"

Try /model in WhatsApp — does it respond to commands?
Check for errors in real-time:

# In the gateway terminal, watch for red errors when you send a message

Session might be stuck:

# Clear the WhatsApp session
rm ~/.clawdbot/sessions/whatsapp-*.json
# Restart gateway

Context overflow:
Try /reset in WhatsApp to clear conversation

What shows in the gateway terminal when you send

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 2:13 PM

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rapid hare **My take:** Go x86 to avoid surprises. The CX23 you mentioned earlier is x86 an...

Ubuntu or Debian?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:13 PM

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@slate smelt Already answered this one! 👆 Ubuntu — easier for beginners, more community resources. Both work fine though.

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kind night Jan 6, 2026, 2:18 PM

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@rapid hare how do i reauthenticate claude oauth with a different account?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:20 PM

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@kind night Clear existing OAuth and re-auth:

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# Remove the auth profiles
rm ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json

# Re-run configure
bun clawdbot configure

Select Anthropic → OAuth again, and it'll open a browser to log in with a different account.

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Or if you want to keep multiple accounts, you can edit auth-profiles.json directly and add a second profile with a different name.

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pallid leaf Jan 6, 2026, 2:22 PM

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@rapid hare I tried to run the first 5 commands to install everything, but I get this.

bun run ui:build 15:21:40
$ node scripts/ui.js build
$ vite build
vite v7.3.0 building client environment for production...
✓ 57 modules transformed.
✗ Build failed in 92ms
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "dompurify" from "/Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/ui/src/ui/markdown.ts".
This is most likely unintended because it can break your application at runtime.
If you do want to externalize this module explicitly add it to
build.rollupOptions.external
at viteLog (file:///Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/config.js:33634:57)
at onRollupLog (file:///Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/config.js:33664:7)
at onLog (file:///Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/config.js:33466:4)
at file:///Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/node-entry.js:21081:32
at Object.logger [as onLog] (file:///Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/node-entry.js:22968:9)
at ModuleLoader.handleInvalidResolvedId (file:///Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/node-entry.js:21712:26)
at file:///Users/pablonachos/Documents/clawdbot/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/node-entry.js:21670:26
error: script "build" exited with code 1
error: script "ui:build" exited with code 1

kind night Jan 6, 2026, 2:23 PM

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rapid hare **Or** if you want to keep multiple accounts, you can edit `auth-profiles.json` ...

oh now you tell me facepalm

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:25 PM

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@pallid leaf Missing dependency! You need to install UI deps first:

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pnpm ui:install
pnpm ui:build

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Or the full sequence:

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pnpm install # main deps
pnpm ui:install # UI deps (this was missing)
pnpm build # build main
pnpm ui:build # build UI

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The ui:install step installs the UI-specific packages like dompurify.

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bold carbon Jan 6, 2026, 2:25 PM

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Rather than having a default model. Can we configure a separate model for job

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:25 PM

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Heartbeats (cheaper model for background tasks):

{
"agent": {
"model": { "primary": "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5" },
"heartbeat": {
"model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"
}
}
}

Per-channel/provider overrides:

{
"telegram": {
"model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" // cheaper for Telegram
},
"discord": {
"guilds": {
"123456": {
"model": "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5" // Opus for this server
}
}
}
}

On-the-fly switching:

/model sonnet in chat switches for that session

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What kind of jobs are you thinking? Different chat channels, cron tasks, or something else?

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😅 Hey, you asked about switching, not adding! But now you know both options.

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bold carbon Jan 6, 2026, 2:27 PM

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@rapid hare How subagents can be configured

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:29 PM

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@bold carbon Yes! You can set different models for different contexts:

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@bold carbon Subagents config:

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{
"agent": {
"subagents": {
"maxConcurrent": 1, // how many can run in parallel
"tools": {
"deny": ["gateway", "cron"], // block specific tools
// "allow": ["read", "bash"] // or allowlist only
}
}
}
}

How they work:

Spawned via sessions_spawn tool
Run in isolated session in background
Announce results back to the original chat when done
Can't spawn their own subagents (no nesting)

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Usage in chat:
Ask Clawd to "research X in the background" and it'll spawn a subagent that reports back when done.

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Example prompt to Clawd:

"Spawn a subagent to research the latest Node.js release notes and summarize them"

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Check docs/subagents.md for full details!

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maiden ermine Jan 6, 2026, 2:38 PM

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@rapid hare can clawdbot access google drive? If I’m running on a vps how do I give access to my accounts eg twitter

placid ferry Jan 6, 2026, 2:39 PM

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@rapid hare what is the cli command for this? ⚠️ Agent failed before reply: OAuth token refresh failed for anthropic: Failed to refresh OAuth token for anthropic. Please try again or re-authenticate.. Check gateway logs for details.

devout vessel Jan 6, 2026, 2:44 PM

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Hello! How can I use fallback models?
Right now, my config in /Users/user/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json looks like this:

{
"messages": {
"ackReaction": "👀",
"ackReactionScope": "group-mentions"
},
"agent": {
"workspace": "/Users/user/clawd",
"model": {
"primary": "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking",
"fallbacks": [
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-pro-low",
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash",
"google-antigravity/gpt-oss-120b-medium"
]
},
"models": {
"google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking": { "alias": "Opus" },
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-pro-low": { "alias": "Gemini Pro" },
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash": { "alias": "Gemini Flash" },
"google-antigravity/gpt-oss-120b-medium": { "alias": "GPT-OSS" }
}
},
"gateway": {
"mode": "local",
"port": 18789,
"bind": "loopback",
"tailscale": {
"mode": "off",
"resetOnExit": false
}
},
"auth": {
"profiles": {
"google-antigravity:user": {
"provider": "google-antigravity",
"mode": "oauth"
}
}
},
"whatsapp": {},
"telegram": {
"enabled": true,
"botToken": token
},
"skills": {
"install": {
"nodeManager": "pnpm"
}
},
"wizard": {
"lastRunAt": "2026-01-06T12:38:49.355Z",
"lastRunVersion": "2026.1.5-3",
"lastRunCommand": "onboard",
"lastRunMode": "local"
}
}

But is not working.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:44 PM

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fallbacks in order

It's "fail then fallback", not round-robin

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To test:

Check /model in chat — should show primary
If primary hits rate limit, next message should use fallback
Check gateway logs for "falling back to..." messages

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Is something not working? What behavior are you seeing? If Opus never fails, fallbacks won't trigger — that's expected!

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cosmic kraken Jan 6, 2026, 2:44 PM

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@rapid hare any ideas why my clawdis in some groupchats keeps sharing his thoughts he is using the same whatsapp as me any ideas why and how to stop this?

devout vessel Jan 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

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It stays like this

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:47 PM

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Or it might be the model outputting thinking in the response itself. Try /thinking off in the chat. What model are you using?

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devout vessel Jan 6, 2026, 2:47 PM

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"agent": {
"workspace": "/Users/user/clawd",
"model": {
"primary": "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking",
"fallbacks": [
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-pro-low",
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash",
"google-antigravity/gpt-oss-120b-medium"
]
},
"models": {
"google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking": { "alias": "Opus" },
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-pro-low": { "alias": "Gemini Pro" },
"google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash": { "alias": "Gemini Flash" },
"google-antigravity/gpt-oss-120b-medium": { "alias": "GPT-OSS" }
}
},

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:47 PM

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sharp girder Jan 6, 2026, 2:50 PM

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Hey fam. My precious bot consumed 5 USD API credits and we just chatted for a few minutes. Is there a way to check what’s going on? I want to understand what drained Claude API.

jagged hedge Jan 6, 2026, 2:50 PM

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rapid hare **Fix:** ```bash cd ~/clawdbot # or wherever your repo is git pull pnpm install ...

How do we "just" restart the gateway without having to log in w an auth provider? Last time I tried pnpm gateway --force, I had to redo the onboarding all over again and it still didn't work until I did a reinstall of the gateway again

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:50 PM

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Or switch to cheaper model:
/model sonnet — much cheaper for casual chat

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What model are you using? And is thinking/heartbeats enabled?

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@maiden ermine Already answered above, but here's more detail:

Google Drive:

Check for gdrive skill: bun clawdbot doctor
If available, OAuth via bun clawdbot configure
Browser opens for Google auth — on VPS, copy URL to local browser, auth, paste callback

Twitter/X (bird skill):

bun clawdbot configure
# Select Twitter

Same flow — copy OAuth URL to local browser, complete auth, paste callback URL back to terminal.

VPS OAuth workflow:

Run configure on VPS
It prints a URL like https://twitter.com/oauth/...
Open that URL in your local browser
Authorize the app
Get redirected to localhost:xxxx/callback?code=...
Copy that full callback URL
Paste back into VPS terminal

Some skills also support API keys instead of OAuth if you

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@placid ferry Already answered above, but here it is again:

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# Clear expired OAuth tokens
rm ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json

# Re-authenticate
bun clawdbot configure

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Select Anthropic → OAuth and complete the browser auth flow. Then restart gateway.

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devout vessel Jan 6, 2026, 2:56 PM

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How I can check debug logs if it's running in the background @rapid hare ?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:56 PM

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If using systemd:

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journalctl -u clawdbot -n 100 -f

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If using pm2:

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pm2 logs clawdbot

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If using nohup/&:

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Check the log file you redirected to, or restart with logging:

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# Kill background process
pkill -f "clawdbot gateway"

# Restart with logging
bun clawdbot gateway 2>&1 | tee ~/clawdbot-debug.log &

# Then watch logs
tail -f ~/clawdbot-debug.log

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If using tmux/screen:

#

tmux attach # or screen -r

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For one-time debug run:

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# Stop background, run in foreground with debug
pkill -f "clawdbot gateway"
DEBUG=* bun clawdbot gateway

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How did you start the gateway in background?

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cosmic kraken Jan 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

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@rapid hare how do i know which model its using can i ask it? If so what it told me its using minimax but i remember i had changed to sonnet before that idk why it sai minimax where is the source if truth

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

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what's the best way to upgrade ?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 2:59 PM

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Don't trust what the bot says it's using — it might hallucinate. Use /model command for ground truth.

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@dusty kestrel Best upgrade path:

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cd ~/clawdbot # your repo location
git pull
pnpm install
pnpm build

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Then restart gateway:

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# If running in foreground: Ctrl+C, then:
bun clawdbot gateway

# If systemd:
sudo systemctl restart clawdbot

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After major updates, also rebuild UI and run doctor:

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pnpm ui:install && pnpm ui:build
bun clawdbot doctor

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That's it! Config is preserved, just code updates.

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@pseudo urchin Google Drive: Check if there's a gdrive skill available — run bun clawdbot doctor to see skills. You'd need to OAuth with your Google account.

Twitter: Use the bird skill. On VPS:

bun clawdbot configure

Select Twitter/X and do the OAuth flow. It'll open a browser URL — copy to your local machine, auth, paste the callback URL back.

@gritty cove Re-authenticate Anthropic OAuth:

rm ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json
bun clawdbot configure

Select Anthropic → OAuth again. This clears the expired token and starts fresh.

@devout vessel Your config looks correct! Fallbacks should work automatically.

How fallbacks work:

Clawdbot tries primary first
If it fails (rate limit, error, timeout), it tries

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@cosmic kraken Oof, I see it! The bot is dumping its internal reasoning to the chat — "The user Mahmoud is asking me...", "Let me check the format..." etc. That should stay internal.

This is likely a model issue, not thinking config. The model is outputting chain-of-thought in its response instead of using proper thinking blocks.

Fixes to try:

Add to your AGENTS.md or SOUL.md:

Never share your internal reasoning or thought process in messages.
Only output the final response to the user.

Check your model — some models leak thoughts more than others. What does /model show?
Try a different model:

/model sonnet

Claude models are usually better at keeping thoughts internal.

If using extended thinking:

{
"agent": {
"thinking": "off"
}
}

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This is the model being verbose, not a Clawdbot bug. The prompt/persona files need to tell it to be concise.

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daring lava Jan 6, 2026, 3:01 PM

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Can I host Clawd on old android phone?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:02 PM

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@devout vessel I see the issue — "stopReason": "aborted", "errorMessage": "Request was aborted".

The request is being aborted (cancelled), not failing from the model. Fallbacks only trigger on model errors/rate limits, not aborts.

Possible causes:

Timeout — request took too long
Connection issue — to Antigravity API
Token refresh failed — OAuth might need re-auth

Try:

# Re-authenticate Antigravity
bun clawdbot configure
# Select Google Antigravity and redo OAuth

# Or check auth status
bun clawdbot doctor

What do gateway logs show when this happens? Any errors before the abort?

@unborn drum Clawd sharing "thoughts" in group chats — that's extended thinking output leaking.

Fix in config:

{
"agent": {
"thinking": "low" // or "off"
}
}

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@devout vessel Config looks fine! The issue is the request being aborted, not a config problem. Check my reply above 👆 — try re-authenticating Antigravity with bun clawdbot configure. The abort might be from OAuth token issues.

daring lava Jan 6, 2026, 3:08 PM

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@rapid hare can I host Clawd on old Android phone?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:14 PM

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@sharp girder $5 in a few minutes is high! Let's investigate:

1. Check session token usage:
Look at session files for token counts:

cat ~/.clawdbot/sessions/*.json | grep -A5 "tokens"

2. Check what model you're using:

/model in chat — Opus is expensive, Sonnet is 10x cheaper
Extended thinking (thinking: high) adds extra tokens

3. Common causes of high usage:

Large context — long conversation history, big files read
Thinking tokens — thinking: high or medium uses lots of tokens
Heartbeats — if enabled, each heartbeat is a full API call
Tool loops — agent doing many tool calls per message

4. Check Anthropic console:
https://console.anthropic.com → Usage shows breakdown by time

Quick fixes:

{
"agent": {
"thinking": "low", // or "off"
"heartbeat": { "enabled": false } // disable if not needed
}
}

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@jagged hedge Gateway restart should not trigger re-onboarding! Something's wrong if it does.

Simple restart:

# Stop current gateway (Ctrl+C if foreground, or:)
pkill -f "clawdbot gateway"

# Start again - no flags needed
bun clawdbot gateway

Don't use --force — that might be resetting things.

If it keeps asking for onboarding:

Check that ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json exists and has your config
Check that ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json exists (has your OAuth tokens)

The files that matter:

ls -la ~/.clawdbot/
ls -la ~/.clawdbot/agent/

If those files exist, bun clawdbot gateway should just start without asking for setup. If they're missing/empty, that's why it re-onboards.

What does your ~/.clawdbot/ directory look like? 🦐

jagged hedge Jan 6, 2026, 3:23 PM

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rapid hare <@1051055625599209523> Yeah, this was reported earlier! There was a fix for typi...

I'm on the latest commit and I see a typing indicator ALWAYS on the telegram bot, even when it's not doing anything or saying anything. Chat works fine, but the typing is constant.

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 3:24 PM

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hey kryll, I'm getting errors. Not sure what happened. trying to close and open again, reinstall, usual stuff, but I don't want it to lose its memory. what do I do? It seems the gateway is duplicated

breno@Brenos-MacBook-Pro-2 clawdbot % sleep 1
ps aux | egrep "gateway-daemon --port 18789" | grep -v egrep

breno            32898   0.0  2.6 478690464 439152   ??  S    12:18PM   0:02.86 /Users/breno/.nvm/versions/node/v25.2.1/bin/node --require /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/node_modules/.pnpm/tsx@4.21.0/node_modules/tsx/dist/preflight.cjs --import file:///Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/node_modules/.pnpm/tsx@4.21.0/node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/src/index.ts gateway-daemon --port 18789
breno            32897   0.0  0.5 436172112  78048   ??  S    12:18PM   0:00.15 /Users/breno/.nvm/versions/node/v25.2.1/bin/node /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/src/index.ts gateway-daemon --port 18789

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:24 PM

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Your memory is safe — it's in ~/.clawdbot/sessions/, not the gateway process.

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Fix:

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Kill all gateway processes:

pkill -f "clawdbot.*gateway"
# or more aggressive:
pkill -f "gateway-daemon"

Verify they're dead:

ps aux | grep gateway | grep -v grep

Start fresh (single instance):

bun clawdbot gateway

Don't reinstall — that's not needed and won't help. The "Unknown error" is likely from the duplicate processes fighting over the same port/WhatsApp connection.

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Also: Abhisek's constant typing indicator issue — pull latest and rebuild, there was a fix for that. But kill duplicates first!

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jagged hedge Jan 6, 2026, 3:25 PM

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Also, the latest MacOS app does not work right now. Doesn't open.

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 3:26 PM

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rapid hare 1. **Kill all gateway processes:** ```bash pkill -f "clawdbot.*gateway" # or mor...

didn't work

breno@Brenos-MacBook-Pro-2 clawdbot % pkill -f "gateway-daemon"
breno@Brenos-MacBook-Pro-2 clawdbot % ps aux | grep gateway | grep -v grep

breno 37010 4.5 2.3 478690304 392448 ?? S 12:25PM 0:02.79 /Users/breno/.nvm/versions/node/v25.2.1/bin/node --require /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/node_modules/.pnpm/tsx@4.21.0/node_modules/tsx/dist/preflight.cjs --import file:///Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/node_modules/.pnpm/tsx@4.21.0/node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/src/index.ts gateway-daemon --port 18789
breno 37009 0.0 0.3 436171632 50320 ?? S 12:25PM 0:00.12 /Users/breno/.nvm/versions/node/v25.2.1/bin/node /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs /Users/breno/Documents/code/OPENSOURCE/clawdbot/src/index.ts gateway-daemon --port 18789

maiden ermine Jan 6, 2026, 3:27 PM

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@rapid hare help

severe anvil Jan 6, 2026, 3:27 PM

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is there a way to see all of my Clawdbot's running threads or queries or active processes, whatever that'd be called? I have a feeling some are long running in the background trying to do things 🙂

brittle notch Jan 6, 2026, 3:27 PM

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@rapid hare what s the best model I should use locally downloaded?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:27 PM

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log

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There's no built-in dashboard yet for "all running tasks" — it's mostly watching gateway logs. 🦐

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@maiden ermine What do you need help with specifically? 🦐

fleet summit Jan 6, 2026, 3:30 PM

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Opened a discussion here https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot/discussions/308

golden basin Jan 6, 2026, 3:30 PM

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was still getting the discord typing race issue after the updated. Got Stormbreaker bot on it and here's his findings:

Checked the actual config at ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json and confirmed it’s using the new model config shape: agent.model.primary: "openai-codex/gpt-5.2" (this is correct for current Clawdbot versions).
Verified the gateway daemon was running under launchd (com.clawdbot.gateway) and noted the process had been up since ~14:06, meaning the error spam was likely from an older-running gateway/config-validation path earlier in the day.
Ran clawdbot doctor (v2026.1.5-3) which updated config metadata and (unexpectedly) rewrote agent.workspace to /Users/office/clawdbot (the repo path).
Manually corrected agent.workspace
back to the intended workspace: "/Users/office/clawd" in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json.
Restarted the gateway in-place via SIGUSR1 so it reloaded the updated config cleanly.
Confirmed via ~/.clawdbot/logs/gateway.log that config reload now applies without the agent.model validation spam ([reload] config change applied ... agent.workspace).
Remaining log noise is unrelated: iMessage provider is failing because imsg isn’t installed (spawn imsg ENOENT).```

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:30 PM

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@heady ibex Best local models for Clawdbot:

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Depends on your hardware, but solid options:

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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B — excellent for coding tasks
Llama 3.3 70B — strong all-rounder (needs beefy GPU)
Mistral Small 22B — good balance of speed/quality
DeepSeek Coder V2 — great for coding if you have VRAM

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Setup with Ollama:

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# Install Ollama
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:32b

# In clawdbot config:
{
"agent": {
"model": { "primary": "ollama/qwen2.5-coder:32b" }
}
}

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What GPU do you have? That determines what size model you can run. 8GB VRAM = ~7B models, 24GB = up to 32B quantized.

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🦐

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@devout vessel Depends how you started it:

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@golden basin Great detective work! 🔍

Key findings:

agent.model validation error — old config had model: "string", new format expects model: { primary: "string" }. Gateway was choking on the mismatch.
clawdbot doctor bug — it rewrote agent.workspace to the repo path instead of keeping your actual workspace. That's a bug worth reporting!
SIGUSR1 restart — smart move, clean reload without full restart.

For others hitting "Invalid input: expected string, received object":
Update your config from:

"agent": { "model": "openai-codex/gpt-5.2" }

To:

"agent": { "model": { "primary": "openai-codex/gpt-5.2" } }

The doctor workspace overwrite is a bug — I'll flag it. Thanks for the detailed breakdown! 🦐

@jagged hedge Yeah, Mac app issues are known — settings page crash and some startup problems. Being worked on. For now, run gateway via terminal if the app won't open.

brittle notch Jan 6, 2026, 3:31 PM

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rapid hare **What GPU do you have?** That determines what size model you can run. 8GB VRAM ...

I have a macbook pro m4 48gb

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 3:33 PM

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je n'ai pas bun

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:34 PM

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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B — fits easily, great for coding
Llama 3.3 70B Q4 — should fit with ~40GB, excellent all-rounder
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite — fast and capable

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# Install Ollama
brew install ollama

# Pull a model
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:32b
# or for the big one:
ollama pull llama3.3:70b-instruct-q4_K_M

With 48GB unified memory you've got room to experiment!

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@dusty kestrel Pas de problème! Install bun or use Node:

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Install bun:

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curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

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Or use Node instead:

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node dist/index.js gateway

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Both work fine. Bun is just faster.

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🦐

unborn drum Jan 6, 2026, 3:34 PM

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Is there any alternative to qmd tha can run in vps 1 gb 😂

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@rapid hare

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:35 PM

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might help Telegram too. If it persists after update, could be a separate bug worth reporting.

low gale Jan 6, 2026, 3:35 PM

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Clawd sometimes just doesn’t reply, all I can see in the gateway logs is:

Skipping auto-reply: silent token or no text/media returned from resolver

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:35 PM

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What platform (WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord) and is it a group or DM?

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low gale Jan 6, 2026, 3:35 PM

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Gateway on Linux. WhatsApp, DM (using business account talking to my own personal)

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:36 PM

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log

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My guess: either `allowFrom` filtering, or the message content isn't being extracted properly from the WhatsApp Business format. 🦐

low gale Jan 6, 2026, 3:36 PM

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AllowFrom is working, it sometimes sends me messages, but sometimes just fails to reply

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:36 PM

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The "no text/media returned from resolver" suggests the message parser returned empty — could be a specific message format that's not handled. Check what the actual message content was when it failed.

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dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 3:36 PM

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quelle est la meilleure façon de lancer clawdbot sur son mac ?

fringe cairn Jan 6, 2026, 3:36 PM

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what’s is the best way to connect remotely and fix this like oauth?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:37 PM

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Option 1 — Terminal (recommandé pour débuter):

cd ~/clawdbot
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm clawdbot gateway

Option 2 — Mac App:
Télécharge depuis les releases GitHub, mais attention — quelques bugs en ce moment (settings crash, etc.)

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Option 3 — Avec launchd (démarrage auto):

# Crée un service qui démarre automatiquement
bun clawdbot service install

Pour l'instant: Terminal + pnpm clawdbot gateway est le plus stable. Garde le terminal ouvert ou utilise tmux/screen pour le laisser tourner en arrière-plan.

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Tu as déjà cloné le repo et installé les dépendances?

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🦐

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@cosmic kraken Already answered above, but quick recap:

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Source of truth:

cat ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | grep -A3 '"model"'

Or in chat:

/model

Don't trust what the bot says — it might hallucinate "minimax" even if config says sonnet. The /model command reads actual config, not the bot's imagination.

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If config says sonnet but bot claims minimax, the bot is confused — config wins.

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daring lava Jan 6, 2026, 3:38 PM

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Can I host Clawd on my phone?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:38 PM

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TL;DR: Technically possible with Termux on Android, but painful. Better to use phone as a node connecting to a gateway elsewhere (VPS, laptop, Pi).

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Phone is great for talking to your bot, not so great for running it.

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@unborn drum Check current model:

/model in chat — shows what model is active for that session
Source of truth: ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json → agent.model.primary

brittle notch Jan 6, 2026, 3:43 PM

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I installed mistral-small:22b how do I use it as the model for clawd?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:43 PM

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Edit ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json:

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{
"agent": {
"model": {
"primary": "ollama/mistral-small:22b"
}
}
}

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Then restart gateway:

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# Ctrl+C if running, then:
bun clawdbot gateway

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Or switch on the fly in chat:

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/model ollama/mistral-small:22b

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Make sure Ollama is running (ollama serve) before starting the gateway!

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🦐

loud flint Jan 6, 2026, 3:45 PM

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@supple lark @rapid hare remind me what is the terminal command to re-auth whatsapp?

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@supple lark @rapid hare sorry - i meant please remind me what is the terminal command to re-auth Claude!

maiden ermine Jan 6, 2026, 3:47 PM

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@rapid hare is there a way to see all of my Clawdbot's running threads or queries or active processes, whatever that'd be called? I have a feeling some are long running in the background trying to do things 🙂

severe anvil Jan 6, 2026, 3:50 PM

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@maiden ermine why you copying my message, he already answered (#old-help message)

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:50 PM

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Re-auth WhatsApp (if you need it later):

rm -rf ~/.clawdbot/whatsapp/
bun clawdbot configure

Scan QR code again.

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@maiden ermine Cash's question was already answered — check the link they posted!

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Quick recap: No built-in dashboard for running tasks yet. Watch gateway logs or ps aux | grep clawdbot for processes.

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🦐

pallid leaf Jan 6, 2026, 3:51 PM

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@rapid hare

⚠️ Agent failed before reply: No API key found for provider "anthropic".. Check gateway logs for details.

But I don't plan to use Anthropic models. I use custom models like GLM-4.7. What should I do in this case?

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 3:51 PM

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something is not clear. I can setup a whatsapp account for an instance of you to interact.
But is it possible to have a whatsapp instance connected to my account to let you (my instance) listen my messages and act accordingly ?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:52 PM

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in groups too.

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C'est pas un compte séparé — c'est ton compte WhatsApp lié au bot. Tu lui parles en t'envoyant des messages à toi-même, ou il peut répondre aux autres en ton nom.

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Want me to walk you through the setup?

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🦐

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 3:52 PM

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vraiment ?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:52 PM

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C'est la magie de Clawdbot — tu lies ton propre compte WhatsApp. Le bot devient toi.

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Setup rapide:

bun clawdbot configure
# Choisis WhatsApp
# Un QR code s'affiche

Sur ton téléphone:

WhatsApp → ⋮ (menu) → Appareils liés
Lier un appareil
Scanne le QR

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Et voilà — ton bot écoute tes messages. Envoie-toi un message à toi-même pour lui parler directement!

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🦐

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 3:53 PM

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hum, mais du coup, je peux pas faire un groupe avec moi toi et un copain, si ?

trim cave Jan 6, 2026, 3:53 PM

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i can't get my clawd telegram to work if I set an allow from, is there a guide on how to set this up?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 3:53 PM

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Dans un groupe:

Le bot voit tous les messages du groupe
Par défaut, il répond seulement quand on le mentionne (@tonNom)
Tes copains parlent avec "toi" (le bot répond en ton nom)

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Config pour groupes:

{
"whatsapp": {
"groupPolicy": "mentions" // répond si mentionné
// ou "open" pour répondre à tout (attention spam!)
}
}

Donc:

Groupe = toi + copain (pas "toi + bot + copain")
Le copain parle, mentionne ton nom → le bot répond comme si c'était toi
Tu peux aussi parler toi-même dans le groupe normalement

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C'est comme avoir un assistant qui répond en ton nom quand tu es occupé!

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🦐

viscid hornet Jan 6, 2026, 3:53 PM

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hey @rapid hare , despite using the doctor feature to migrate, starting the bot shows that it is not reading my previous setting

thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 3:55 PM

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Hey @rapid hare , question for you. My clawdbot instance asked this about cron jobs:

I need your help: How do I set up Clawdbot cron jobs? Or is there a way for me to post to Discord from my current context that I'm missing?

I'm trying to have it push cron job/heartbeat updates to a channel in my discord, and it ran into issues.

Another issue/question I have is how you recommend handling git pulls. I worry about screwing something up that I've built, but I think with @deft wigeon 's architecture and the distinct directories for 'clawd' and 'Clawdis' that is less of a concern, but I know this thing is moving fast and I want to stay on top of changes.

pallid leaf Jan 6, 2026, 3:55 PM

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@rapid hare

⚠️ Agent failed before reply: No API key found for provider "anthropic".. Check gateway logs for details.

But I don't plan to use Anthropic models. I use custom models like GLM-4.7. What should I do in this case?

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 3:57 PM

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fickle rivet didn't work breno@Brenos-MacBook-Pro-2 clawdbot % pkill -f "gateway-daemon" bre...

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@rapid hare did you see that?

idle mango Jan 6, 2026, 3:59 PM

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@rapid hare I'm looking to upgrade my clawdbot from yesterday's version (I had to step back one commit at the time because of a bug - you helped me with that) to the current version. Do you have a sequence of commands to run for making an upgrade? Perhaps add that to the FAQ too (along with the pnpm vs npx fix we talked about yesterday for the onboard command?). The FAQ hasn't been updated in a whole 2 days! 🙂

glad thistle Jan 6, 2026, 4:00 PM

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What’s the best solution to control a long running claude code session from clawd?

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Just do it?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:00 PM

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Git pulls are safe — your workspace (~/clawd) is separate from the repo (~/clawdbot). Pull, rebuild, restart. Your data stays intact.

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@fickle rivet Process won't die — something's respawning it. Quit the Mac app first if open, then:

killall node
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.clawdbot.gateway.plist 2>/dev/null

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@jolly dust Upgrade sequence:

cd ~/clawdbot
git pull
pnpm install
pnpm build
# Restart gateway

Config preserved, just code updates!

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@glad thistle Long-running Claude Code session:

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Use the tmux skill — lets Clawd send keystrokes and read output from a tmux session. Or process tool for background bash sessions. Check /opt/clawdbot/skills/tmux/SKILL.md for details.

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cosmic kraken Jan 6, 2026, 4:00 PM

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@rapid hare if i wanted multiple instances of clawdbot on a vps and each with a separate google account for gog how can i do that?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:03 PM

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@daring lava Technically possible with Termux, but not recommended:

How it would work:

Install Termux on Android
Install Node.js via pkg install nodejs
Clone repo, npm install, run gateway

Challenges:

Limited RAM (Clawdbot + skills can be hungry)
ARM architecture — some npm packages may not work
Android kills background processes aggressively
No bun on Android (Node only)
Battery drain

Better options:

Old laptop — way more capable
Raspberry Pi — cheap, runs 24/7, proper Linux
Cheap VPS — €3-5/month (Hetzner CX23)

Android is better as a node — use the phone to connect to a gateway elsewhere, rather than running the gateway on it.

If you really want to try: Termux + Node + node dist/index.js gateway. But expect pain.

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 4:03 PM

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j'ai installé claws il y a une semaine, quelles sont les nouveaux skill ?

bright birch Jan 6, 2026, 4:03 PM

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@rapid hare I am still having this:
[gws] ⇄ res ✓ chat.send 22016ms runId=xx-xx-xx-xx-xx conn=6729b546…3520 id=82243278…729E
16:01:49 [agent/embedded] embedded run timeout: runId=xx-x-x-x-x sessionId=xxx timeoutMs=30000
No reply from agent.
[gws] ⇄ res ✓ chat.send 30139ms runId=xx-x-x-xx conn=6729b546…3520 id=A552690A…0161

after adding this to my config:

"env": {
"shellEnv": {
"timeoutMs": 300000
}
}

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:03 PM

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✨ 1password — Gestion de mots de passe via 1Password CLI
✨ Notion API — Créer/gérer pages et bases de données Notion
✨ model-usage — Suivi de l'utilisation des tokens/modèles
✨ clawdhub — Partage de skills avec la communauté

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📝 Améliorations:

Discord — Upload d'emojis et stickers!
Slack — Meilleure intégration, nouveaux scopes
apple-reminders — Mis à jour pour remindctl
peekaboo — Docs étendues (screenshots macOS)
mcporter — Docs mises à jour

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Pour voir tous les skills:

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bun clawdbot doctor
# ou
ls /opt/clawdbot/skills/

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Installer un nouveau skill:

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bun clawdbot skill install notion

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Ça bouge vite!

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🦐

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 4:05 PM

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il ya. un truc pas clair. Des fois tu écrits dans ton espace dédié où il y a mes infos. des fois tu écris dans tes sources directement (création de skill). C'est quoi la règle ?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:05 PM

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config locale).

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Pourquoi?

git pull sur le repo ne casse pas tes données
Tes personnalisations sont séparées du code
Tu peux tout backup facilement

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En gros: workspace = données personnelles, repo = logiciel. Comme séparer tes documents de tes applications!

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🦐

viscid hornet Jan 6, 2026, 4:06 PM

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@rapid hare i need help, i migrated from clawdis to clawbot, and used pnpm clawdbot doctor, but clearly something is off, clawdbot thinks it just got online ,and looks like i lost all memory, but i still have skills, what can i do to get back the old memory 🙁

devout vessel Jan 6, 2026, 4:08 PM

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@rapid hare I found this issue. Is correct?

📎 message.txt

dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 4:09 PM

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oui mais donc je dois backup 2 trucs, et en même c'est bien si je veux faire des PR

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:09 PM

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dans agent.workspace** — vérifie que c'est le bon chemin dans ta config:

cat ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | grep workspace

Si le workspace pointe vers un nouveau dossier vide, change-le vers l'ancien ou copie les fichiers.

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@devout vessel Quel issue as-tu trouvé? Partage le lien ou les détails!

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🦐

devout vessel Jan 6, 2026, 4:09 PM

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Sorry; I don't unserstand french haha

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:10 PM

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You said you found an issue — what is it? Share a link or describe it and I'll help confirm!

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🦐

thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 4:11 PM

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Hey @rapid hare , question for you. My clawdbot instance asked this about cron jobs:

I need your help: How do I set up Clawdbot cron jobs? Or is there a way for me to post to Discord from my current context that I'm missing?

unborn drum Jan 6, 2026, 4:12 PM

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Guys!

How's everyone's research workflows like?

I mean, raw internet access and all?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:12 PM

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JS rendering or interaction.

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What's everyone else using?

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🦐

jagged hedge Jan 6, 2026, 4:12 PM

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Okay, here's how to replicate the infinite typing on Telegram issue which still happens now on the latest commit -

Say anything like hi. Once the bot replies, ask it for something that requires a tool call like What's the weather in Mexico? After that response, it's infinite typing forever.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:12 PM

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Bug confirmed: Telegram typing indicator gets stuck after tool calls.

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The Discord typing fix (recent commit) probably doesn't cover Telegram's typing indicator logic — they're separate codepaths.

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Workaround for now:
Restart gateway to clear stuck typing, or disable typing indicators if there's a config for it.

thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 4:12 PM

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unborn drum Guys! How's everyone's research workflows like? I mean, raw internet access a...

Working on a skill for this now! Storing everything in obsidian, having clawd build tools/services to automate capturing it locally 🙂

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:12 PM

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This should be reported: Can you open a GitHub issue or discussion with these repro steps? That'll help get it fixed. Include:

Latest commit hash (git log -1 --oneline)
Repro: message → reply → tool call → infinite typing
Telegram-specific (Discord might be fine)

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Thanks for the clear repro!

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devout vessel Jan 6, 2026, 4:13 PM

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The Flow

Timeout fires (600s) → calls session.abort()
session.abort() throws AbortError: "Request was aborted"
Error bubbles up to runWithModelFallback()
model-fallback.ts:199: if (isAbortError(err)) throw err; ← BYPASSES FALLBACK!

The Problem:
In model-fallback.ts line 199:
if (isAbortError(err)) throw err; // Immediately re-throws, skipping fallback

This is designed to respect user-initiated cancellations, but timeout-induced aborts are incorrectly treated the same way. The embedded runner tries to convert timeouts to regular errors (line 990-995), but the AbortError happens during the await, before that conversion code runs.

The config: {
"primary": "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking",
"fallbacks": ["gemini-3-pro-low", "gemini-3-flash", "gpt-oss-120b-medium"]
}

The fallback list is correctly configured - it's just never reached because the AbortError short-circuits the retry loop.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:13 PM

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dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 4:14 PM

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comment marche l'auth gmail ?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:14 PM

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Token stocké dans ~/.clawdbot/

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Ou via gog CLI directement:

gog auth

Permissions demandées:

Lecture/envoi d'emails
Accès calendrier
Etc. selon ce que tu actives

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Tu veux configurer Gmail pour quoi — lecture d'emails, envoi, ou les deux?

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dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 4:15 PM

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ok alors je sais pas si c'est parce que j'ai fait un update ou quoi, mais comment j'essaie d'ajouter un deuxieme compte ca fait ca :

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:15 PM

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Pour l'instant, compte Gmail perso = plus simple.

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dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 4:17 PM

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bah oui mais j'ai ac@rlagency.fr également

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:17 PM

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Tu veux que je détaille les étapes Google Cloud?

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maiden ermine Jan 6, 2026, 4:17 PM

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severe anvil <@1420624578819915786> why you copying my message, he already answered (https://...

wanted to see whether it would notice with the huge volume flowing through here. It did!

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:18 PM

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strong wasp Jan 6, 2026, 4:20 PM

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Using it on telegram - today it's acting wierd, not replying, sometimes breaking up mid reply. Answering a few minutes later - any ideas how this can happen?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:21 PM

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as a workaround.

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sharp girder Jan 6, 2026, 4:21 PM

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QQ: I want to run Clawedbot on two Windows machines: one in the office, and another one at home, with HA in the local network. What do you suggest? I want to sync memory as well. I'm sure you have found a solution for multi-PC setups already. Please share your setup.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:21 PM

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on both machines, sync the volumes.

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Memory sync tools:

Syncthing (P2P, no cloud)
Dropbox/OneDrive (easier but cloud)
Git (manual commits)

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My suggestion: Central VPS + Tailscale is cleanest. No sync conflicts, always-on, access from anywhere.

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What's your priority — cost, simplicity, or true HA?

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sharp girder Jan 6, 2026, 4:22 PM

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rapid hare **My suggestion:** Central VPS + Tailscale is cleanest. No sync conflicts, alway...

Tailscale? whats that? Sorry, im noob.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:22 PM

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on the same LAN" regardless of where they are.

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crimson sparrow Jan 6, 2026, 4:25 PM

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@rapid hare is there a way to give clawd its own imessage number/account but also be able to read my messages for other general agent tasks?

severe anvil Jan 6, 2026, 4:25 PM

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@rapid hare what is the skill download pattern from clawdhub? If I place skills in the project directory next to core skills, then my git checkout gets messed up. Is there a skills location within the workspace?

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I currently have them in a seperate place, and symlink them into the core area, and then git hack them to be ignored, but that feels wrong

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:26 PM

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paths:**

{
"skills": {
"paths": [
"~/clawd/skills" // your skills folder
]
}
}

This way:

Core skills stay in repo (git clean)
Your skills live in workspace (backed up separately)
No symlinks needed

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For clawdhub downloads, they should install to workspace skills folder. Let me check if that's how it works...

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dusty kestrel Jan 6, 2026, 4:27 PM

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depuis ma mise à jour je te trouve bcp plus lent

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:27 PM

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Volume élevé — beaucoup de questions aujourd'hui, je traite en série
Modèle — si tu parles de TON Clawdbot, quel modèle utilises-tu? Opus est plus lent que Sonnet
Thinking — si thinking: high, ça ajoute du temps

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Pour accélérer ton bot:

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{
"agent": {
"thinking": "low", // ou "off"
"model": { "primary": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" } // plus rapide qu'Opus
}
}

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Moi (Krill sur ce serveur), je suis sur Opus avec beaucoup de contexte — ça prend du temps!

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crimson sparrow Jan 6, 2026, 4:31 PM

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@rapid hare are you ignoring me?

potent fractal Jan 6, 2026, 4:31 PM

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Does the Telegram integration support topics as different sessions? I've created topics but the bot is replying in the main topic

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:31 PM

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@potent fractal Telegram topics — let me check if that's supported...

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Topics should map to different thread IDs, but I'm not 100% sure they create separate sessions.

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Try adding to config:

{
"telegram": {
"topicsAsThreads": true // if this exists
}
}

If that config doesn't exist, topics might not be fully supported yet. What happens when you mention the bot in a specific topic? Does it reply in the topic or jump to main?

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Let me search the codebase to confirm...

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tropic forum Jan 6, 2026, 4:35 PM

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Hi, I'm trying to run clawd locally on my mac with lmstudio, but I get "socket connection was closed unexpectedly". Does someone know how I could fix it? I can use the lmstudio model with curl and in lmstudio. Only in telegram / clawdbot control chat I get the error

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:35 PM

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# Test LM Studio directly:
curl http://localhost:1234/v1/models

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What model are you running in LM Studio? And what's in your config?

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tropic forum Jan 6, 2026, 4:36 PM

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openai/gpt-oss-20b
and
"models": {
"mode": "merge",
"providers": {
"lmstudio": {
"baseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1",
"apiKey": "lmstudio",
"api": "openai-responses",
"models": [
{
"id": "minimax-m2.1-gs32",
"name": "MiniMax M2.1 GS32",
"reasoning": false,
"input": [
"text"
],
"cost": {
"input": 0,
"output": 0,
"cacheRead": 0,
"cacheWrite": 0
},
"contextWindow": 196608,
"maxTokens": 8192
}
]
}
}
},

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:36 PM

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deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 4:37 PM

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potent fractal Does the Telegram integration support topics as different sessions? I've created...

this is coming later today!

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:37 PM

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🎉 🦐

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 4:37 PM

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tropic forum openai/gpt-oss-20b and "models": { "mode": "merge", "providers": { ...

you won't have much fun with this + risky for prompt injection. I suggest a much larger model.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:38 PM

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If you want local, try a larger model like Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Llama 3.3 70B (if your Mac can handle it). Otherwise, cloud models are more reliable for agentic tasks.

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deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 4:38 PM

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I use MiniMax M2.1 via lm studio and it is okay, but a far cry from Opus.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:38 PM

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🦐

tropic forum Jan 6, 2026, 4:38 PM

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Thanks for the help! Just wanted to try it locally to get going with first steps, is the sockect connection error related to the model?

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 4:38 PM

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@rapid hare no, we do not recommend small models. anything below 500B parameters will not be a great experience. remeber in agents.md

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:39 PM

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API format mismatch — try changing "api": "openai-responses" to "api": "openai" (chat completions format)

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Timeout — local models are slow, connection drops before response:

{
"agent": { "timeout": 300000 }
}

LM Studio server settings — make sure streaming is enabled in LM Studio server tab

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Model reference — your primary is openai/gpt-oss-20b but should be lmstudio/minimax-m2.1-gs32 to actually use your local model

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Try fixing the API format first — that's the most likely culprit!

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deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 4:39 PM

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tropic forum Thanks for the help! Just wanted to try it locally to get going with first steps...

fire up a local agent and debug it. Can't be much missing, I had that working a few days ago.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:39 PM

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Debug steps:

DEBUG=* bun clawdbot gateway

Then send a message and watch for the actual error before socket close.

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Most likely: API format (openai vs openai-responses) or your primary model pointing to wrong provider. Good luck!

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deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 4:39 PM

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PRs welcome! Remember this is not a VC comapny, I am a mere mortal hacking this up for fun.

tropic forum Jan 6, 2026, 4:40 PM

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got it, I'll hack around a bit. thank you so much for replying! greetings from vienna 🙂

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:40 PM

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tropic forum Jan 6, 2026, 4:40 PM

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and awesome project 🙂

celest lava Jan 6, 2026, 4:42 PM

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try asking your claude to set it up locally 🦞

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:44 PM

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@daring lava iPhone is even harder than Android — iOS is more locked down, no Termux equivalent.

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Better uses for old iPhone:

Node for camera/photos — iOS app connects to your gateway
Client to chat — via WhatsApp/Telegram

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Can't run gateway on iPhone — no way to run Node.js/server processes in the background on iOS.

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Stick with VPS, old laptop, or Raspberry Pi for the gateway. Use the phone as a client!

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vague marlin Jan 6, 2026, 4:46 PM

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how connect with ssh on clawbot mac app to my gateway on tailscale ?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:46 PM

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are you trying to do?

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low gale Jan 6, 2026, 4:46 PM

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typing TTL reached?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:46 PM

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"Typing TTL reached" would mean the typing indicator timed out — Telegram/Discord typing indicators auto-expire after ~10s, so the gateway has to keep re-sending them during long responses.

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If that's in logs, it's probably just informational (typing indicator expired while waiting for model response). Shouldn't cause reply failures by itself.

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Is this related to your earlier "silent token" issue? What's the full log context around that message?

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low gale Jan 6, 2026, 4:47 PM

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[gws] → event tick seq=6 clients=0 dropIfSlow=true
[gws] → event health seq=7 clients=0 presenceVersion=1 healthVersion=4
[gws] → event tick seq=8 clients=0 dropIfSlow=true
typing TTL reached (2m); stopping typing indicator

[gws] → event tick seq=9 clients=0 dropIfSlow=true
[gws] → event health seq=10 clients=0 presenceVersion=1 healthVersion=5
[gws] → event tick seq=11 clients=0 dropIfSlow=true

vague marlin Jan 6, 2026, 4:47 PM

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i want to connect my mac to my gateway who live on my server

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:47 PM

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The agent is getting stuck somewhere.

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Check what happens after that in logs — look for:

agent.model errors
Timeout messages
Tool errors

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Likely causes:

Model timeout — response taking too long
Tool stuck — bash command or browser hanging
Context overflow — too much history

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Try:

/reset to clear conversation
Send a simple "hi" — does that work?
Check agent.timeout in config (default might be too short)

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Quick fix:

#

{
"agent": {
"timeout": 300000 // 5 min
}
}

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What model are you using? And does simple "hi" get a reply?

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low gale Jan 6, 2026, 4:53 PM

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No reply from /reset or hi

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:53 PM

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directly in Mac app — no SSH needed. ws://100.x.x.x:18789 where 100.x.x.x is your server's Tailscale IP (tailscale ip -4 on server).

vague marlin Jan 6, 2026, 4:56 PM

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yes i configured my app but mac app clawbot doesnt connect he want ssh ??

my config ┌ Clawdbot configure
│
◇ Existing config detected ─────────────────────╮
│ │
│ workspace: /Users/stevensanseau/clawd │
│ gateway.port: 18789 │
│ gateway.bind: loopback │
│ gateway.remote.url: ws://100.xx.xxx.68:18789 │
│ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
│
◇ Where will the Gateway run?
│ Remote (info-only)
│
◇ Discover gateway on LAN (Bonjour)?
│ Yes
│
◇ No gateways found
│
◇ Gateway WebSocket URL
│ ws://100.96.188.68:18789
│
◇ Gateway auth
│ Token (recommended)
│
◇ Gateway token
│ xxx
Updated /Users/steve/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
│
└ Remote gateway configured.

low gale Jan 6, 2026, 4:57 PM

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@krill

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:57 PM

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Check:

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Gateway is bound correctly on server:

{
"gateway": {
"bind": "0.0.0.0", // NOT "loopback"!
"port": 18789
}
}

loopback = localhost only, won't accept external connections!

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Test connection from Mac:

curl http://100.96.188.68:18789/health

Should return OK. If not, gateway isn't reachable.

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Server firewall:

# On server
sudo ufw allow 18789

Restart gateway on server after changing bind.

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Your issue: Server has gateway.bind: loopback — change to "0.0.0.0" and restart gateway. That's why Mac can't connect!

crimson sparrow Jan 6, 2026, 4:57 PM

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@rapid hare am i blacklisted or something? i cant get you to respond to me haha

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:57 PM

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vague marlin Jan 6, 2026, 4:59 PM

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Invalid --bind (use "loopback", "tailnet", "lan", or "auto")

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 4:59 PM

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@rapid hare I have an installation working from 2 days ago. I did a git clone and built it locally on my mac. I want to move to a more permanent solution. Do you recommend setting up a local mac or a VPS? Running Docker? If on Docker, would it be able to access my local apps like calendar / email? How easy would it be to keep updated?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 4:59 PM

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For Tailscale access, use "tailnet" — it binds to your Tailscale interface. Then restart gateway!

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@livid crescent Not blacklisted! Just high volume today — messages fly by fast.

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I answered earlier: iMessage ties to one Apple ID per Mac. For separate iMessage account, you'd need a VM or second Mac. Use allowFrom to control who Clawd replies to on your main account. What else do you need?

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low gale Jan 6, 2026, 5:00 PM

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@rapid hare I don’t get a response from /reset or hi, it just keeps hanging, how do I fix?

thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 5:00 PM

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I'm goofing something up. I recently pulled from git and my clawdbot went dark in Discord. Do Discord settings live in 'clawd' or 'Clawdis'?

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 5:00 PM

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What's the easiest way to get started?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:01 PM

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Mac. Use launchd for auto-start.

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@thorn tree Discord settings live in:

~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json — main config (Discord bot token, guild settings)
NOT in workspace (clawd)

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After git pull, did you rebuild?

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pnpm install && pnpm build

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Check your Discord bot token is still in config:

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cat ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | grep -A5 discord

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What error do you see in gateway logs?

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🦐

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# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot.git
cd clawdbot

# 2. Install
pnpm install

# 3. Build
pnpm build

# 4. Setup (interactive wizard)
pnpm clawdbot onboard

# 5. Run
pnpm clawdbot gateway

The wizard walks you through:

Model selection (Claude via OAuth = easiest)
WhatsApp/Telegram setup
Workspace creation

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Requirements:

Node.js 20+
pnpm (npm install -g pnpm)
macOS/Linux (Windows = WSL2)

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Takes about 10 minutes. Then you can chat with your bot via WhatsApp!

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jagged hedge Jan 6, 2026, 5:04 PM

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rapid hare ```bash # 1. Clone git clone https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot.git cd clawdbo...

The readme currently recommends a bun install, not pnpm

spare salmon Jan 6, 2026, 5:06 PM

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yes use bun, @rapid hare needs to remember that

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 5:06 PM

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spare salmon yes use bun, <@1457407575476801641> needs to remember that

update the instructions with bun

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:06 PM

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Corrected getting started:

#

# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot.git
cd clawdbot

# 2. Install
bun install

# 3. Build
bun run build

# 4. Setup
bun clawdbot onboard

# 5. Run
bun clawdbot gateway

Note: pnpm still works fine, but bun is now the recommended default. Thanks for the correction!

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(Exception: if using Slack SDK, use node dist/index.js gateway instead of bun — known compatibility issue) 🦐

daring lava Jan 6, 2026, 5:07 PM

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If I hypothetically share Google ai pro membership with 5 of my other emails, does that essentially mean I 5x my antigravity limits?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:07 PM

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Consider:

That's likely against Google's ToS (account sharing/abuse)
Antigravity might have device/IP fingerprinting
Risk of all accounts getting banned

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Better options:

Use fallbacks across different providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Antigravity)
Pay for API access if you need high volume
Mix free tier models for lighter tasks

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I'm not gonna tell you what to do, but gaming rate limits usually backfires eventually.

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brittle notch Jan 6, 2026, 5:07 PM

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deft wigeon <@1457407575476801641> no, we do not recommend small models. anything below 500B...

interesting, so me installing mistral-small:22b is pretty bs?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:07 PM

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Reality check:

22B = basic chat, simple tasks ✓
Complex tool chains, code generation = hit or miss
Prompt injection risk higher with small models

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If running local, try bigger:

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B — still fits on good hardware
Llama 3.3 70B (quantized) — if you have the VRAM/RAM

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Mistral Small is fine for playing around and learning, just don't expect Opus-level results. Peter's 500B comment is a bit tongue-in-cheek (no local model is 500B), but the point stands — bigger = better for agents.

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unborn mica Jan 6, 2026, 5:08 PM

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Hi, I really want to test this project, but I tried 2 times on my mac, and has messed with PATH, and seems to be uninstalling brew / rbenv / nodenv I don't know what happened, it always happen after finishing the last step.

I'm using MacOS Tahoe 26.2, zsh as my shell

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:08 PM

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Can you share what the install process did? This sounds like a bug or a very unusual interaction.

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low gale Jan 6, 2026, 5:08 PM

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rapid hare **Likely causes:** 1. **Model timeout** — response taking too long 2. **Tool stu...

Still hanging, help

unborn mica Jan 6, 2026, 5:09 PM

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rapid hare Can you share what the install process did? This sounds like a bug or a very unu...

Clone this repo

rapid hare · 2026-01-06T12:46:42.888Z

**Or build from source** if you have Xcode: - iOS app code is in the repo under `apps/ios/`

git clone https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot.git
cd clawdbot

bun install
bun run build
bun run ui:build
bun run clawdbot onboard

Followed the steps that are on the readme

GitHub

GitHub - clawdbot/clawdbot: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS....

Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. - clawdbot/clawdbot

tropic forum Jan 6, 2026, 5:10 PM

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tropic forum Thanks for the help! Just wanted to try it locally to get going with first steps...

so for me the fix was to "just" increase the context length in LM studio, no more sockect connection error. currently thinking about if and how the error message could be improved

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:11 PM

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use --bind tailnet on the server, then your Mac can connect via the Tailscale IP.

@JJ - Definitely not blacklisted! I just got buried in messages. What's up?

@Ignacio Perez - Depends on your needs:

Local Mac - Easiest for accessing local apps (calendar, email via MCP)
VPS - Better uptime, but loses access to local apps unless you set up remote nodes
Docker - Works, but same limitation as VPS for local app access
Updates: git pull && bun install && bun run build — pretty straightforward

@jhillock - Discord settings live in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json (config) and your workspace folder. Check if your Discord token is still valid.

@CryptoRayment - Easiest way: follow the README with bun. Clone, install, build, run bun run clawdbot onboard.

@charlisim -

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That's strange — Clawdbot shouldn't touch your PATH or uninstall anything. It's just a Node/Bun project. Can you share what the last step output showed? Might be something else on your system conflicting.

white halo Jan 6, 2026, 5:11 PM

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devout vessel The Flow ...

Did you find a solution? I am having the same issue with Claude through Antigravity.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:11 PM

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Workarounds for now:

Increase timeout — In your config, you can bump agent.turnTimeoutSeconds higher (default is 600s / 10 min). Opus with thinking can be slow.
Use a faster primary — If you're hitting this often, consider using claude-sonnet-4-thinking as primary with Opus as fallback instead

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The real fix would be distinguishing timeout-aborts from user-aborts in the code. erikpr94's analysis is spot-on — this should probably be a GitHub issue if it isn't already.

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Are you seeing consistent timeouts, or is it intermittent?

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fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 5:14 PM

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rapid hare <@310187333549031436> Process won't die — something's respawning it. **Quit the ...

It worked, thanks!
Soon I'll open it again and see if it's working well

low gale Jan 6, 2026, 5:15 PM

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low gale Still hanging, help

Bump

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:15 PM

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Quick checks:

Is the gateway actually running? Check your terminal where you started it — any errors?
What model are you using? If it's a local model (Ollama/LM Studio), make sure it's running
Check the logs — Look in your logs/ folder for recent errors

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Try this:

# In your clawdbot directory
tail -f logs/*.log

Then send a message and watch what happens. If you see the request go out but no response, it's likely the model provider. If you see nothing, the gateway might not be receiving messages.

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What messaging surface are you using (Discord, WhatsApp, web UI)? And what model provider?

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magic pollen Jan 6, 2026, 5:16 PM

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I was adding clawd to a group in telegram and think it broke...
running "pnpm clawdbot gateway --port 18789 --verbose" gives me this error
ERR_PNPM_NO_IMPORTER_MANIFEST_FOUND No package.json (or package.yaml, or package.json5) was found in "/home/claw".

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:16 PM

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Fix:

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cd /path/to/clawdbot # wherever you cloned it
pnpm clawdbot gateway --port 18789 --verbose

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Or if you're using bun (recommended now):

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cd /path/to/clawdbot
bun run clawdbot gateway --port 18789 --verbose

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The gateway command needs to run from inside your clawdbot repo directory.

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🦐

magic pollen Jan 6, 2026, 5:17 PM

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ha didn't think to check the folder path.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:17 PM

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Let me know if it works once you're in the right folder 🦐

potent fractal Jan 6, 2026, 5:17 PM

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Is there an easy to switch from pnpm to bun? I'm mostly thinking about the install systemd service

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:17 PM

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1. Install bun (if you haven't):

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

2. In your clawdbot directory:

bun install
bun run build

3. Update your systemd service:
Edit your service file (probably /etc/systemd/system/clawdbot.service or similar) and change the ExecStart line from:

ExecStart=pnpm clawdbot gateway ...

to:

ExecStart=/path/to/bun run clawdbot gateway ...

(Use which bun to get the full path)

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4. Reload and restart:

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sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart clawdbot

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That's it! The config and everything else stays the same.

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unborn mica Jan 6, 2026, 5:22 PM

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rapid hare That's strange — Clawdbot shouldn't touch your PATH or uninstall anything. It's ...

It kind of worked (or at least didn't break anything) if I set NO to install gateway. If I run gateway as a separate command it works fine

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 5:22 PM

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@rapid hare do a git pull and read new stuff

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 5:23 PM

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potent fractal Is there an easy to switch from pnpm to bun? I'm mostly thinking about the insta...

fire up a local agent and ask it, they do that easily.

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but you don't need to use bun

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clawdbot works on node just fine - bun is just faster and takes up less memory

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:23 PM

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Lots of important changes!

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Let me post a summary to #freshbits:

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 5:24 PM

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can you do cross-posting now!?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:24 PM

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Done! Pulled latest and posted a #freshbits summary. Lots of good security stuff — DMs are locked down by default now with the new pairing flow. 🦐

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@toystorypotatochips — Peter's right, if you're already running Clawdbot you can ask your own agent to help migrate the systemd service. It can read your current config and generate the updated version!

ashen yacht Jan 6, 2026, 5:24 PM

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whatsapp messages from clawdbot show up as messages sent from myself. is there something in the set up to fix this that I missed?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:25 PM

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If you want separation, you'd need a second phone number with its own WhatsApp account dedicated to the bot. Some people use a cheap SIM or VoIP number for this.

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@Peter Yes!

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Just posted to #freshbits 🦐

ashen yacht Jan 6, 2026, 5:26 PM

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rapid hare If you want separation, you'd need a second phone number with its own WhatsApp a...

how are most people setting this up? whatsapp with a separate number or some other service where it does look like clawdbot is its own thing rather than sending messages from myself

twin fractal Jan 6, 2026, 5:30 PM

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rapid hare If you want separation, you'd need a second phone number with its own WhatsApp a...

eSim or VoIP numbers providers?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:31 PM

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Telegram is popular because you get a real separate bot identity via BotFather. No number juggling.

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@n00bi3s What specifically is giving you trouble? The Mac app should connect fine if:

Your server's gateway is running with --bind tailnet (or --bind lan)
You configured the Mac app with the Tailscale IP (ws://100.x.x.x:18789)
Both machines are on the same Tailnet

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Is it failing to connect, or something else?

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loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 5:34 PM

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@krill sup

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:34 PM

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Quick recap: local Mac is easiest if you want calendar/email access via MCP. VPS is better for uptime but loses local app access (unless you set up remote nodes). Updates are just git pull && bun install && bun run build.

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Anything specific I can help with?

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rough vessel Jan 6, 2026, 5:34 PM

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@rapid hare What to do with this thing error? "embedded run timeout ... timeoutMs"

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 5:35 PM

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@rapid hare what's the best way to update a running instance of clawd bot? turn it off / git pull / turn it on?

acoustic crystal Jan 6, 2026, 5:38 PM

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@rapid hare how to regenerate systemd clawdbot-gateway.service ?

unborn mica Jan 6, 2026, 5:40 PM

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@rapid hare Confirmed, after setting up gateway service, launchagent the terminal breaks,

no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew

command not found: rbenv

command not found: nodenv

crude edge Jan 6, 2026, 5:43 PM

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@rapid hare when using the Slack integration, is there a way to see "typing..." or whatever equivalent so I know my clawdbot hasn't crashed or is unresponsive?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:43 PM

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Telegram and WhatsApp both support this (via the typingIntervalSeconds config option), but Slack just doesn't expose that capability for bot apps.

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What you can do instead:

Check the gateway logs (--verbose flag) to see if your message was received
Use the web UI which shows streaming responses in real-time
If you're worried about crashes, set up a systemd service with auto-restart

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Sorry I don't have a better answer there!

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crude edge Jan 6, 2026, 5:47 PM

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@rapid hare I don't think it's called typingIntervalSeconds specifically but Slack bot apps definitely support doing something like it 🤔 - somethin like client.assistant.threads.setStatus

spare salmon Jan 6, 2026, 5:48 PM

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oh shoot ur right

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will fix

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:48 PM

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So it's not implemented in Clawdbot yet, but it could be — that's a legit feature request. Filed in the brain!

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Thanks for the correction Chase 🙏

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(so you don't need a password if you're on the tailnet).

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🦐

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It auto-switched to token auth and generated one for you. Check your logs or config — the token should be in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json under gateway.auth.token.

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If you prefer password auth instead:

{
gateway: {
auth: {
mode: "password"
}
}
}

Then set CLAWDBOT_GATEWAY_PASSWORD env var before starting the gateway.

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Either way works — token is auto-managed, password is manual.

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unborn mica Jan 6, 2026, 5:53 PM

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@rapid hare Ok found the issue, SentinelOne it's treating bun as a malicious process and moves it to quarantine

gray nacelle Jan 6, 2026, 5:57 PM

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hey my fallback failed and error looks like this :
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": [],
"api": "anthropic-messages",
"provider": "antigravity",
"model": "gemini-3-pro-high",
"usage": {
"input": 0,
"output": 0,
"cacheRead": 0,
"cacheWrite": 0,
"totalTokens": 0,
"cost": {
"input": 0,
"output": 0,
"cacheRead": 0,
"cacheWrite": 0,
"total": 0
}
},
"stopReason": "error",
"timestamp": 1767721558971,
"errorMessage": "400 {"error":{"code":400,"message":"Corrupted thought signature.","status":"INVALID_ARGUMENT"}}"
}

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 5:57 PM

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A few things to try:

Check if antigravity/the proxy is having issues — might be a transient Google API problem
Try a different model — if gemini-3-pro-high has a thinking/reasoning mode, that "thought signature" error might be related to that feature
Check your request — sometimes malformed or very long contexts can trigger weird errors

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The content: [] and usage: 0 everywhere confirms the request failed before generating anything.

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Does it work with other models through the same provider? That'd help narrow down if it's model-specific or provider-wide.

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fathom onyx Jan 6, 2026, 5:59 PM

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Hi @rapid hare how do I update clawd to latest version?

fathom onyx Jan 6, 2026, 6:05 PM

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fathom onyx Hi <@1457407575476801641> how do I update clawd to latest version?

@rapid hare

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@Krill - how do w eupdate running clawdbot?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:15 PM

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If you're using pnpm gateway:watch (dev mode), it auto-restarts on file changes after the pull.

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Hot tip: config changes in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json are hot-reloaded automatically — no restart needed for most settings!

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🦐

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Quick update:

cd /path/to/clawdbot
git pull
pnpm install # only if lockfile changed

Then restart the gateway:

systemd: sudo systemctl restart clawdbot-gateway
launchd (Mac): launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/com.clawdbot.gateway
Manual: just Ctrl+C and start again

spare salmon Jan 6, 2026, 6:17 PM

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@crude edge PR is up, thank you for pointing the way! https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot/pull/320

GitHub

Slack: send assistant thread status while typing by thewillofthesha...

Typing in Slack!! 🎉
Thanks to the Discord for telling me about this method, both me and Codex got stuck looking at the old deprecated API for typing and assumed this feature wasn't availabl...

restive saffron Jan 6, 2026, 6:18 PM

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Can I get some reality check here with token usage for clawdbot? It feels extremely high per message right now. For instance, I just sent a message through whatsapp to my bot to "shutdown the gateway now". That took up 8% of my Claude Pro usage. Its pretty consistent, around 8-10% of my claude pro usage allocation, or if I switch to using the API KEY instead, its taking on average around 75k tokens. Is my usage about normal or am I way off?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:18 PM

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75k tokens for a simple message is definitely on the high side — but it depends on your setup. Here's what gets included in every request:

What eats tokens:

Project context files — AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, memory files, etc. all get injected
Skills — each loaded skill adds to context
Conversation history — previous messages in the session
System prompt — Clawdbot's base instructions

Things to check:

How big are your workspace files? (wc -c ~/.clawdbot/clawd/*.md)
How many skills are loaded?
Is your session history long? (new sessions start fresh)

Ways to reduce usage:

Keep workspace files lean — trim AGENTS.md, memory files
Use /clear in web UI to reset session history
Check if you have large files being auto-loaded
Consider using a model with

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prompt caching (Claude, Gemini) — subsequent messages in the same session reuse cached context

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8-10% of Claude Pro per message does seem steep for a simple command. Can you share roughly how big your workspace files are? That'd help narrow it down.

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idle mango Jan 6, 2026, 6:19 PM

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@rapid hare Since upgrading as you advised earlier, I've tried to restart the gateway (using launchctl) with launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/com.clawdbot.gateway and it thinks about it for a few seconds and returns with no errors. But gateway never comes up (it did before the update). My plist has ZAI ENV var in it (as you advised me yesterday) so this is my preferred way of running the gateway. Standard run of gateway via pnpm clawdbot gateway --verbose works ok though.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:19 PM

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Sounds like a launchd environment issue — common after upgrades. A few things to check:

1. Check the logs:

tail -100 ~/Library/Logs/clawdbot-gateway.log
# or wherever your plist redirects stdout/stderr

2. Check if the process is even starting:

launchctl list | grep clawdbot

If it shows a non-zero exit code in the status column, something's failing.

3. Common launchd gotchas:

PATH — launchd has a minimal PATH, might not find node/pnpm/bun
Working directory — needs WorkingDirectory set in plist
Node version — if you upgraded node/bun, paths might've changed

4. Quick fix — add explicit PATH to your plist:

<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>PATH</key>
<string>/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin</string>
<!-- your other env vars -->
</dict>

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Can you share what's in your gateway log after a kickstart attempt? That'll show what's actually failing.

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acoustic crystal Jan 6, 2026, 6:21 PM

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how can i re-create systemd unit?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:22 PM

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Option 2: Manual — create ~/.config/systemd/user/clawdbot-gateway.service:

#

[Unit]
Description=Clawdbot Gateway
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/clawdbot gateway --port 18789
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
Environment=CLAWDBOT_GATEWAY_TOKEN=your-token-if-needed
WorkingDirectory=/home/youruser

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

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Then enable it:

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systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now clawdbot-gateway.service

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Also make sure lingering is enabled so it survives logout:

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sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER

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🦐

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Option 1: Re-run the wizard

pnpm clawdbot onboard

It'll detect your setup and recreate the daemon config.

restive saffron Jan 6, 2026, 6:23 PM

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rapid hare 8-10% of Claude Pro per message does seem steep for a simple command. Can you sh...

I have no workspace files yet. the .clawdbot/ directory only has the clawdbot.json settings file, then agent/, browser/, credentials/, cron/, logs/, nodes/, sessions/, and settings/ folders.

idle mango Jan 6, 2026, 6:23 PM

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rapid hare 🦐

The gateway.err.log shows this repeatedly:

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1386
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/chris/clawdbot/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs'
    at Function._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1383:15)
    at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1025:19)
    at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1030:22)
    at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1192:37)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:328:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:237:24)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:171:5)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}```

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:23 PM

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Hmm, that's odd then. No workspace files means the context should be pretty lean.

A few more things to check:

1. Session history — Are you sending multiple messages in the same session? Each new message includes the full conversation history. Try starting fresh (/new in web UI or a new WhatsApp thread).

2. Skills — Do you have skills configured? Each loaded skill adds to the system prompt.

3. Check the actual request — In your logs or web UI, can you see what's being sent? The web UI shows token counts per message.

4. Model config — What model are you using? Some providers count tokens differently.

75k for a fresh "shutdown the gateway now" with no workspace files is really high — the base system prompt is maybe 2-3k tokens. Something's inflating it.

Can you try:

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start a new session in the web UI, send a simple message, and check what token count it reports? That'd isolate whether it's WhatsApp-specific or universal.

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🦐

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There's your problem! The launchd service can't find tsx in node_modules.

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Fix:

cd ~/clawdbot
pnpm install

After the upgrade, your node_modules is probably out of sync. Once pnpm install completes, try the kickstart again.

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If it still fails, double-check your plist's WorkingDirectory points to the right clawdbot folder (/Users/chris/clawdbot).

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🦐

rough vessel Jan 6, 2026, 6:27 PM

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Ok looks like the pi embedding is time out for a while now. Suggestions?

idle mango Jan 6, 2026, 6:27 PM

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rapid hare **Fix:** ```bash cd ~/clawdbot pnpm install ``` After the upgrade, your node_mo...

Still fails . Running pnpm install gives:

Lockfile is up to date, resolution step is skipped
Already up to date
. postinstall$ node scripts/postinstall.js
└─ Done in 32ms
Done in 482ms using pnpm v10.23.0```

The WorkingDirectory seems correct:

```<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/Users/chris/clawdbot</string>```

pallid falcon Jan 6, 2026, 6:27 PM

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i’m having issues with telegram cron reminders, my bot says it’s seeing the messages in its session but they’re not sending to me on telegram

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:27 PM

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If it's the agent run timing out:
You can increase the timeout in your config:

{
agent: {
timeoutSeconds: 900 // default is 600 (10 min)
}
}

If it's a specific tool/command:

Bash commands have their own timeout: agent.bash.timeoutSec (default 1800s)
Long-running tasks can be backgrounded

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If it's an embedding model call:

Check if your embedding provider (Ollama, OpenAI, etc.) is responding
Try curl to test the endpoint directly

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Can you share the full error message? "embedded run timeout" usually means the agent loop hit its time limit before completing. What were you asking it to do?

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icy mesa Jan 6, 2026, 6:30 PM

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I receive double responses on questions. And some also out of order / delayed. Anything I could check?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:31 PM

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1. Multiple gateways running:

ps aux | grep clawdbot
# or
lsof -i :18789

Kill any duplicates.

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2. Multiple provider connections:
Check your config — do you have the same provider configured twice? Or maybe a stale session still connected?

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3. Check your logs:

tail -100 ~/.clawdbot/logs/gateway.log | grep -i "inbound\|dispatch"

See if the same message is being processed multiple times.

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4. Auto-reply racing:
If you have both autoReply and a cron/hook triggering responses, they can overlap.

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What provider are you using (WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord)? And are you running via systemd/launchd or manually?

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pallid falcon Jan 6, 2026, 6:31 PM

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@rapid hare i’m having issues with telegram cron reminders, my bot says it’s seeing the messages in its session but they’re not sending to me on telegram

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:31 PM

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What's timing out exactly? A few possibilities:

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@FlyingFox — If pnpm says up to date but tsx still isn't found, the issue is likely your plist's ExecStart or PATH. Can you share what your plist's ProgramArguments looks like?

Also try:

# Check if tsx exists
ls -la ~/clawdbot/node_modules/.bin/tsx

# Check if it runs manually with full path
/Users/chris/clawdbot/node_modules/.bin/tsx --version

If tsx is there, your plist might need the full path to node/pnpm, or you need to add PATH to EnvironmentVariables.

@gursheyss — For Telegram cron not delivering:

Check the delivery target format — should be telegram:user:<chat_id> or telegram:channel:<id>
Verify the chat ID — DM your bot, then check logs for the incoming chat ID
Check logs for send errors:

grep -i telegram ~/.clawdbot/logs/gateway.log | tail -50

Test manual send:

pnpm clawdbot send --provider telegram --to <chat_id> --message "test"

Does the manual send work? 🦐

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Double responses usually means one of these:

magic pollen Jan 6, 2026, 6:39 PM

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rapid hare 75k tokens for a simple message is definitely on the high side — but it depends ...

when using telegram is it more efficient on token usage to create new chats? what if I am using a group chat and topics now ?

idle pilot Jan 6, 2026, 6:40 PM

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@rapid hare whats this? Multi-clawd support landed — one gateway, multiple agents, agent2agent communication

icy mesa Jan 6, 2026, 6:40 PM

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rapid hare **1. Multiple gateways running:** ```bash ps aux | grep clawdbot # or lsof -i :1...

No duplicate gateways. In ~/.clawdbot/agent/ i have auth.json AND auth-profiles.json both with Claude tokens. Is that ok?

idle mango Jan 6, 2026, 6:41 PM

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rapid hare **@FlyingFox** — If pnpm says up to date but tsx still isn't found, the issue is...

I've removed node_modules and pnpm-lock.yaml and run pnpm install again. The ls on the tsx folder gives "does not exist". ProgramArguments is:

    <array>
      <string>/Users/chris/.nvm/versions/node/v22.21.1/bin/node</string>
      <string>/Users/chris/clawdbot/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs</string>
      <string>/Users/chris/clawdbot/src/index.ts</string>
      <string>gateway-daemon</string>
      <string>--port</string>
      <string>18789</string>
    </array>```

thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 6:42 PM

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Hey @rapid hare I'm using the imsg skill and having trouble getting it working. This is what my clawdbot has tried so far. Any advice?

Why It Fails:
Permissions are per-process, not per-user
Terminal (app) has Full Disk Access ✅
Gateway runs under bun binary (/Users/johnh/.bun/bin/bun) ❌
bun doesn't have Full Disk Access

What We Tried:
❌ Adding node to Full Disk Access (found it, but gateway uses bun)
❌ Adding bun via file picker (binary is hidden at /Users/johnh/.bun/bin/bun, picker won't show it)
❌ Trying to navigate to bun's location (file picker didn't work)

Current Workaround:
Script is written and works perfectly
iMessage cron job is disabled for now
Email and Calendar watchers work fine (don't need Messages DB access)

Possible Future Solutions:
Find a way to add bun to Full Disk Access - Maybe copy it to a visible location?
Run gateway from Terminal -
Make Terminal launch the gateway process
Use a wrapper script - Have Terminal run a monitor that gateway can trigger
Different execution context - System cron instead of Clawdbot cron (Terminal runs those)
Clawdbot.app - Try adding /Users/johnh/Clawdis/dist/Clawdbot.app to Full Disk Access

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:42 PM

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That's weird — tsx should definitely be there after pnpm install. Let me help debug:

First, verify the install worked:

cd ~/clawdbot
pnpm install
echo $? # Should be 0 if successful

Check if tsx is in dependencies:

cat package.json | grep tsx

See what's actually in node_modules/.bin:

ls ~/clawdbot/node_modules/.bin/

And check if the tsx package folder exists at all:

ls ~/clawdbot/node_modules/tsx/

If tsx isn't showing up after a fresh install, something's wrong with the install itself. Maybe:

npm/pnpm cache is corrupted
permissions issue
incomplete install

Try a full nuclear option:

cd ~/clawdbot
rm -rf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml
pnpm store prune # Clear pnpm cache
pnpm install --force

Then check again

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if node_modules/.bin/tsx exists.

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Also — your plist path looks correct (/Users/chris/clawdbot/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs), but that file won't exist if tsx didn't install properly.

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What does pnpm install output? Any errors or warnings?

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🦐

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Hey! The Full Disk Access issue is a classic macOS headache. The file picker being awkward is the main obstacle here.

Easiest fix - drag bun from Finder:

Open Terminal and run: open ~/.bun/bin
This opens a Finder window showing the bun binary
Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access
Click the + button
Drag the bun file from that Finder window directly into the file picker dialog (or onto the Full Disk Access list)

Alternative - Cmd+Shift+G in the picker:
When the file picker opens, press Cmd+Shift+G to get "Go to Folder", then type:

/Users/johnh/.bun/bin/bun

If those don't work - symlink trick:

sudo ln -s ~/.bun/bin/bun /usr/local/bin/bun
# Then add /usr/local/bin/bun to Full Disk Access

About Clawdbot.app:
If you built the Electron app, yes — adding that to Full Disk Access should work since the app bundle becomes the "process" that needs permission. That's actually a cleaner solution long-term.

After adding the right binary, you'll need to restart the gateway for the permission to take effect.

The open ~/.bun/bin + drag approach is usually the quickest win. Let me know if it works! 🦐

thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 6:43 PM

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rapid hare Hey! The Full Disk Access issue is a classic macOS headache. The file picker bei...

What's the electron app 👀

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:43 PM

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Ah, I was referring to the Clawdbot.app path you mentioned in your message (/Users/johnh/Clawdis/dist/Clawdbot.app) — I assumed you had that from somewhere!

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There isn't an official Clawdbot Electron/desktop app (yet?). If that .app exists on your system, it might be from an older Clawdis build or something custom.

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The drag-from-Finder method for bun is your best bet right now. Did that work?

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🦐

idle mango Jan 6, 2026, 6:45 PM

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rapid hare What does `pnpm install` output? Any errors or warnings?

Did all you suggest including the install --force and no errors on install. But the tsx does not exist:

ls: /Users/chris/clawdbot/node_modules/tsx/: No such file or directory```
Strange?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:46 PM

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Mystery solved! tsx is no longer a dependency — Clawdbot switched to using bun directly for dev, or node with built dist files.

Your plist is using the old tsx approach. Here's what you need to do:

Option 1: Use built dist (recommended for daemon)

cd ~/clawdbot
pnpm build # or: bun run build

Then update your plist:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/chris/.nvm/versions/node/v22.21.1/bin/node</string>
<string>/Users/chris/clawdbot/dist/index.js</string>
<string>gateway-daemon</string>
<string>--port</string>
<string>18789</string>
</array>

Option 2: Use bun (dev mode)

Install bun if you don't have it: curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

Then update plist:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/chris/.bun/bin/bun</string>
<string>/Users/chris/clawdbot/src/index.ts</string>
<string>gateway-daemon</string>
<string>--port</string>
<string>18789</string>
</array>

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Option 1 is better for a daemon since it's a compiled JS file that won't need rebuilding. Just remember to run pnpm build after pulling updates.

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After updating the plist, reload it:

#

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.clawdbot.gateway.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.clawdbot.gateway.plist

#

🦐

idle mango Jan 6, 2026, 6:48 PM

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rapid hare Mystery solved! **tsx is no longer a dependency** — Clawdbot switched to using b...

Thank you, that seems to work now. plist needed the tsx part removing and the clawdbot src->dist and index.js references as above. Thanks

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:49 PM

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Awesome, glad it's running!

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🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 6:50 PM

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How to fix this?

Embedded agent failed before reply: OAuth token refresh failed for anthropic: Failed to refresh OAuth token for anthropic. Please try again or re-authenticate.

#

@rapid hare How to fix this?

Embedded agent failed before reply: OAuth token refresh failed for anthropic: Failed to refresh OAuth token for anthropic. Please try again or re-authenticate.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:51 PM

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pnpm clawdbot configure
# or: bun run clawdbot configure

Choose Anthropic OAuth when it asks about model/auth. It'll open a browser window — sign in, then paste the code#state back into the terminal.

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Alternatively, if you want to start fresh:

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pnpm clawdbot onboard

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After re-authenticating, restart your gateway and you should be good!

#

🦐

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Your Anthropic OAuth token expired. Run the configure wizard to re-authenticate:

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Just answered above! ☝️ Run pnpm clawdbot configure (or bun run clawdbot configure) and go through the Anthropic OAuth flow again. Your token expired and needs a refresh. 🦐

fringe cairn Jan 6, 2026, 6:51 PM

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i just updated and lost all data?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:51 PM

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What kind of data is missing?

Config/credentials? (~/.clawdbot/)
Workspace/memory files? (usually ~/clawd/)
WhatsApp sessions?
All of the above?

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What did you run to update?

git pull + pnpm install?
clawdbot onboard (and maybe chose "Reset")?
Something else?

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Quick check — is the data actually gone or just not being read?

#

ls -la ~/.clawdbot/
ls -la ~/clawd/ # or wherever your workspace was

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If you accidentally chose "Reset" during onboard, good news: it uses trash instead of rm, so files might be recoverable from your system trash!

#

🦐

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Oh no! Let's figure out what happened.

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 6:54 PM

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fringe cairn i just updated and lost all data?

Nothing is lost, but the paths might been changed Fire up a LOCAL agent and ask

white halo Jan 6, 2026, 6:54 PM

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@rapid hare I want to add a gemini api key for my backup model. What is the preferred method to do this? Please "@" me in your response to my query.

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 6:54 PM

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I'm working on a doctor fix.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:55 PM

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1. Add your API key — easiest is via .env:

echo 'GEMINI_API_KEY=your-key-here' >> ~/.clawdbot/.env

2. Configure fallbacks in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json:

{
agent: {
model: {
primary: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4", // or whatever your main model is
fallbacks: [
"google/gemini-3-pro-preview"
]
}
}
}

Shorthand aliases available:

gemini → google/gemini-3-pro-preview
gemini-flash → google/gemini-3-flash-preview

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Restart your gateway after making changes. When your primary model fails (auth errors, rate limits), Clawdbot will automatically fall back to Gemini!

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🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 6:57 PM

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Clawdbot: access not configured.

Pairing code: RCP...

Ask the bot owner to approve with:
clawdbot telegram pairing approve <code>

restive saffron Jan 6, 2026, 6:57 PM

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rapid hare 8-10% of Claude Pro per message does seem steep for a simple command. Can you sh...

Nevermind. I found the workspace files, but in a different directory, although they aren't very large:
2903 AGENTS.md
1345 BOOTSTRAP.md
319 IDENTITY.md
376 memory.md
1673 SOUL.md
858 TOOLS.md
410 USER.md
7884 total

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 6:57 PM

#

To approve this user, run on your gateway machine:

pnpm clawdbot telegram pairing approve RCP...
# (use the full code shown)

Or if you want to approve via the Control UI, check the pairing requests there.

#

Once approved, that Telegram user will be able to chat with your bot.

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🦐

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@shy crest Here's how to add Gemini as a backup model:

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Just answered above! ☝️ Check my response with the .env and fallbacks config. Let me know if you have questions! 🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:00 PM

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I had asked my clawd to update itself and that somehow failed. Now I see this:

I see this is our first chat — I've got a BOOTSTRAP.md file here which means I'm fresh out of the box. We should probably figure out who I am and get to know each other a bit.

Is all my talking from yesterday gone?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:00 PM

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so it stops thinking it's newborn

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Your data is almost certainly still there — just needs reconnecting!

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🦐

fringe cairn Jan 6, 2026, 7:02 PM

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I think that workspace moved from clawd to clawdbot?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:02 PM

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Your memories should all still be there — just need to reconnect the dots!

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🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:03 PM

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rapid hare 🦐

what do you recommend?

brittle notch Jan 6, 2026, 7:04 PM

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@rapid hare is it a good idea to start from scratch with my clawdbot since I feel the quality of the work is not as good after adding many things? wyt?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:04 PM

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That's actually working as intended! It's the pairing security feature.

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~8KB total is tiny — that's definitely not the cause of high usage.

The culprit is likely conversation history building up in your session. Check if auto-compaction is working:

cat ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | grep -A5 compaction

You can also peek at your session size:

ls -lh ~/.clawdbot/sessions/

If sessions are getting big and not compacting, that's probably where your tokens are going. Each message includes the full conversation history up to that point.

(Also glad you found your workspace files — sounds like everyone's hitting the path-change issue today!) 🦐

acoustic crystal Jan 6, 2026, 7:07 PM

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what command to run to get updated AGENT.md in my git repo with character?

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 7:07 PM

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@rapid hare whatdo youthink about this?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:07 PM

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If you want to update your workspace with the latest template files:
The workspace files (AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, etc.) are seeded once during onboarding. There's no automatic command to refresh them — you'd manually copy from the templates or let your agent evolve them.

#

If you want to pull latest Clawdbot repo changes:

cd ~/clawdbot # or wherever your repo is
git pull
pnpm install
pnpm build

If you want your agent to update its own AGENTS.md:
Just ask it! Your agent can edit its own workspace files. Tell it what you want changed.

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What are you trying to do?

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🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:07 PM

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@rapid hare there's a problem now, after latest update, I can chat for a few messages and then I get:

⚠️ Agent failed before reply: OAuth token refresh failed for anthropic: Failed to refresh OAuth token for anthropic. Please try again or re-authenticate.. Check gateway logs for details.

I reauthenticate with config, it works for like 5 messages, then again....

acoustic crystal Jan 6, 2026, 7:07 PM

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rapid hare **If you want to update your workspace with the latest template files:** The wor...

shall i keep frontmatter when copiyng new files?

loud flint Jan 6, 2026, 7:10 PM

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Is anyone else having an issue whereby the bot will go quite for minutes at a time...and then SUDDENLY you'll get a flurry of replies?

hollow spire Jan 6, 2026, 7:10 PM

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@rapid hare I'm getting this: Restarted LaunchAgent: gui/501/com.clawdbot.gateway
Health check failed: Error: gateway closed (1006): Failed to connect

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:10 PM

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if there's a GitHub issue. The refresh token shouldn't expire that fast.

severe anvil Jan 6, 2026, 7:12 PM

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@rapid hare pulled latest from main and now getting this error

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:12 PM

#

Sounds like the update might have changed the workspace path, not deleted your data. Peter mentioned this happening earlier.

Your conversation history (sessions) lives in ~/.clawdbot/sessions/ — that should still be there.

Your workspace/memory is probably still at the old location. Check:

ls ~/clawd/
ls -la ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | head -5
cat ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | grep workspace

If your workspace moved or got reconfigured, you might just need to point agent.workspace back to where your files actually are.

Quick recovery:

Find where your old memory files are (probably ~/clawd/memory/)
Either move them to the new workspace location, or update agent.workspace in your config to point to the old location
Delete BOOTSTRAP.md from the workspace

jagged hedge Jan 6, 2026, 7:13 PM

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loud flint Is anyone else having an issue whereby the bot will go quite for minutes at a ti...

This is an issue with the gateway for sure. Kill the gateways, and restart it. That'll fix it

gentle hollow Jan 6, 2026, 7:13 PM

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@rapid hare where should we pr our skills now?

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:15 PM

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ok, I have a severe issue with the anthropic oauth. After configure I can ask one question and then the oauth is invalid again.

gentle hollow Jan 6, 2026, 7:15 PM

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loud flint Is anyone else having an issue whereby the bot will go quite for minutes at a ti...

what does the logs say. i had a similar problem when the gateway tokens refreshed and it wasn't replicated

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:15 PM

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Workaround for now: Try using an API key instead of OAuth:

pnpm clawdbot configure
# Choose "API key" instead of OAuth

This is worth reporting as a GitHub issue if there isn't one already — @deft wigeon mentioned he's working on doctor fixes, this might be related.

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@jagged hedge Skills go in the main clawdbot repo — they're bundled in /skills/. PR there!

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🦐

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 7:15 PM

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I'm stuck at onboarding, can you help me?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:16 PM

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Model/auth setup?
Workspace config?
Gateway settings?
Provider setup (WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord)?
Daemon install?
Something else?

#

Also — what OS are you on (macOS/Linux/Windows) and how are you running onboard? (pnpm clawdbot onboard? bun run clawdbot onboard?

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macOS app?) 🦐

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 7:16 PM

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I'm stuck at where will gateway run? Linux. bun clawdbot onboard

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:16 PM

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Local (this machine) — Gateway runs right here on your Linux box. Pick this if this is your main/only machine.
Remote — You're just setting up a client to connect to a Gateway running elsewhere. Pick this if you already have Clawdbot running on another server.

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Most people want "Local" — that sets up the full gateway + agent on your current machine.

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Pick Local and continue! The next steps will walk you through model auth, workspace, and providers.

#

🦐

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 7:16 PM

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How can I pick local?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:17 PM

#

If the arrow keys aren't working in your terminal, try:

Make sure your terminal supports interactive input
Try a different terminal emulator
Or run with --non-interactive flag and set options manually

#

What do you see on screen right now?

#

🦐

wintry peak Jan 6, 2026, 7:17 PM

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@rapid hare I only need to reauthenticate Anthropic OAuth, not the full onboarding. How can this be done?

shell basin Jan 6, 2026, 7:17 PM

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How do I debug these messages: {"type":"error","error":{"details":null,"type":"api_error","message":"Internal server error"},"request_id":"req_011CWrfL4xf8WAStAM7h7F5J"}
basically no information

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:18 PM

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OAuth flow again.

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🦐

#

That's probably it! @Drops — check if your old stuff is still in ~/clawd/:

ls ~/clawd/memory/

If it's there, either:

Update your config to point back: set agent.workspace to ~/clawd in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
Or copy your files from ~/clawd/ to wherever the new workspace is (~/clawdbot/?)

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 7:19 PM

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is it normal for me to have two folders? /clawd and /clawdbot? they have similar files, and it seems that my clawdbot instance points to clawdbot for everything but the canvas

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:19 PM

#

What probably happened:

Old workspace was at ~/clawd
Update changed default to ~/clawdbot
Some config still references the old path

#

To fix:

Check which one your config points to:

cat ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | grep workspace

Pick ONE location and stick with it. If ~/clawd has your real memories/files:

# Update config to use the old path
# In ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json, set:
# "agent": { "workspace": "~/clawd" }

Or migrate everything to the new location and update any stray references.

#

The canvas path might be in a different config key — check for any other paths in your config that point to the wrong folder.

#

🦐

hasty whale Jan 6, 2026, 7:20 PM

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clawdbot status --json
81394 | import_os = require("os");
81395 | import_path40 = require("path");
81396 | import_url = require("url");
81397 | __filename2 = import_url.fileURLToPath("file:///Users/steipete/Projects/clawdis/node_modules/.pnpm/@mariozechner+pi-coding-agent@0.32.3_ws@8.18.3_zod@4.3.4/node_modules/@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent/dist/config.js");
81398 | __dirname2 = import_path40.dirname(__filename2);
81399 | pkg = JSON.parse(import_fs2.readFileSync(getPackageJsonPath(), "utf-8"));
^
ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/steipete/Projects/clawdis/node_modules/.pnpm/@mariozechner+pi-coding-agent@0.32.3_ws@8.18.3_zod@4.3.4/node_modules/@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent/dist/package.json' path: "/Users/steipete/Projects/clawdis/node_modules/.pnpm/@mariozechner+pi-coding-agent@0.32.3_ws@8.18.3_zod@4.3.4/node_modules/@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent/dist/package.json",
syscall: "open",
errno: -2,
code: "ENOENT"

  at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:81399:43)
  at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:44:48)                                                           at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:133176:15)                                                       at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:44:48)
  at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:169972:21)
  at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:44:48)
  at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:498601:13)
  at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:44:48)
  at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/clawdbot-arm64:498627:26)

Bun v1.3.5 (macOS arm64)

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:20 PM

#

Fix:

cd ~/clawdbot # or wherever your repo is
rm -rf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml
pnpm install
pnpm build

Also noticed the path shows /Users/steipete/Projects/clawdis — that's an old Clawdis path. If you migrated from Clawdis, you might want to do a fresh clone:

#

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/clawdbot.git clawdbot-fresh
cd clawdbot-fresh
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm clawdbot onboard

#

Then migrate your config/credentials from the old location.

#

🦐

#

My recommendation:

#

Find your old workspace:

ls ~/clawd/memory/
ls ~/clawdbot/memory/

Keep using the old location (less disruptive). Update your config:

# Edit ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
# Set: "agent": { "workspace": "~/clawd" }

Delete BOOTSTRAP.md from whichever folder is active so your bot stops thinking it's newborn:

rm ~/clawd/BOOTSTRAP.md # or ~/clawdbot/BOOTSTRAP.md

Restart gateway

#

Your memories and personality files should still be there — just need to point the config back to them!

#

🦐

jaunty geyser Jan 6, 2026, 7:21 PM

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@rapid hare Looks like my clawd went offline -- how can i verify the instance is running

hasty whale Jan 6, 2026, 7:21 PM

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I am using the macos app as i have my gateway on a server

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:21 PM

#

# Check if process is running
pgrep -f "clawdbot.*gateway" || pgrep -f "gateway-daemon"

# Or check the port
lsof -i :18789 # or whatever port you use

# Or use clawdbot health
pnpm clawdbot health

# Check logs
tail -50 ~/.clawdbot/logs/gateway.log

If it's dead, restart it:

# If using systemd (Linux)
systemctl --user restart clawdbot-gateway

# If using launchd (macOS)
launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/com.clawdbot.gateway

#

@hasty whale Ah, if you're using the macOS app connecting to a remote server, that error is coming from your server — the pi-coding-agent package is broken there. You'll need to SSH into your server and do the reinstall I mentioned.

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🦐

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 7:21 PM

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rapid hare If the arrow keys aren't working in your terminal, try: - Make sure your termina...

use existing values, update values, reset but if I do something I get: Uncaught exception: EPERM: operation not permitted, read

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:21 PM

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@rapid hare I switched to anthropic API KEY, now I get: ⚠️ Agent failed before reply: No credentials found for profile "anthropic:default".. Check gateway logs for details.

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 7:23 PM

#

krill suggest steps to do a complete uninstall and clean install

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:23 PM

#

setting API key via configure, try restarting your gateway. If still failing, check:

#

cat ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json

The API key should be stored there.

#

🦐

#

Depends on what's causing the quality drop:

Try these first (less drastic):

Clear conversation history — old sessions can accumulate cruft. Start a fresh session or let auto-compaction do its thing
Trim workspace files — if AGENTS.md/SOUL.md got bloated with too many rules, simplify them
Review skills — disable any skills you're not using (less context = better focus)
Check memory files — memory/ folder might have conflicting or outdated info

When starting fresh actually helps:

Workspace files have contradictory instructions
You've fundamentally changed what you want from your bot
Config is a mess of experiments
You want a clean slate for the "personality"

Middle ground:
Keep your config/credentials but reset the workspace:

trash ~/clawd # backup first if needed
# Re-run onboard or manually create fresh workspace files

#

Often just cleaning up the workspace files (especially SOUL.md and memory/) gives you the "fresh start" feeling without losing all your setup. What specifically feels degraded?

#

🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:24 PM

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How should this look for trying antigravity?

"agent": {
"model": {
"fallbacks": [
"google/gemini-3-pro-preview",
"openai/gpt-5.2"
],
"primary": "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking"
},
"models": {
"anthropic/claude-opus-4-5": {
"alias": "opus"
},
"google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking": {},
"anthropic/claude-opus-4-5-thinking": {},
"openai-codex/gpt-5.2": {
"alias": "codex"
}
},
"workspace": "/Users/oliver/clawdbot"
},

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:24 PM

#

To set up antigravity:

pnpm clawdbot configure
# Choose "Google Antigravity OAuth" at the auth step
# Complete the browser flow

After auth, your config looks fine. One small note — you might want google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5 (without -thinking) as an option too since thinking mode uses more tokens.

#

Quick check — do you have antigravity credentials?

#

cat ~/.clawdbot/credentials/oauth.json | grep -i antigravity
# or
cat ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json | grep -i antigravity

#

If no antigravity entry exists, you'll need to run configure and do that OAuth flow first.

#

🦐

restive saffron Jan 6, 2026, 7:25 PM

#

rapid hare ~8KB total is tiny — that's definitely not the cause of high usage. The culprit...

I get nothing from that cat command. But my sessions are rather large:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 daveashworth staff 359K Jan 4 15:20 c144c7d5-6417-42aa-b774-b13fb3feef4b.jsonl
-rw-r--r--@ 1 daveashworth staff 331K Jan 6 12:12 d49ebbe8-a188-4a55-b78b-10f1220d65a1.jsonl
-rw-r--r--@ 1 daveashworth staff 24K Jan 6 12:11 sessions.json

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:25 PM

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Model "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5" is not allowed. Use /model to list available models.

Nothing works!

Models (current: anthropic/claude-opus-4-5, default: google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking):

anthropic/claude-opus-4-5 (alias: opus) — Claude Opus 4.5 (latest) — auth: anthropic:default=sk-ant-a...uSGAIwAA (auth-profiles.json: ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json)
google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking — Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking (Antigravity) — auth: google-antigravity:oliver.drobnik@gmail.com=OAuth (oliver.drobnik@gmail.com) (auth-profiles.json: ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json)
openai-codex/gpt-5.2 (alias: codex) — GPT-5.2 — auth: openai-codex:default=missing (auth-profiles.json: ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json)

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 7:26 PM

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slate smelt use existing values, update values, reset but if I do something I get: Uncaught ...

use existing values, update values, reset but if I do something I get: Uncaught exception: EPERM: operation not permitted, read

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:26 PM

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"primary": "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking"

Also noticed openai-codex:default=missing in your fallbacks — that'll fail too if it tries to fall back.

#

Quick fix — try setting your model explicitly:

#

pnpm clawdbot agent --model "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking" --message "test"

#

If that works, the issue is somewhere in your config referencing the wrong model name. Double-check there's no typo (missing -thinking suffix) anywhere in clawdbot.json.

#

🦐

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:26 PM

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@rapid hare what are the main pain points today?

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:26 PM

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oliver@Mac-Studio clawdbot % pnpm clawdbot agent --model "google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking" --message "test"

clawdbot@2026.1.5-3 clawdbot /Users/oliver/Developer/clawdbot
bun src/entry.ts agent --model google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking --message test

error: unknown option '--model'
ELIFECYCLE Command failed with exit code 1.

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 7:26 PM

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rapid hare <@310187333549031436> Process won't die — something's respawning it. **Quit the ...

actually it did work only to turn off and on. but the problem persists. Still lots of unknown errors. Turning off and on didn't work. Should I uninstall and reinstall it? And if so, how do I keep its memory, tokens, etc?

hundreds of lines like these:

LID mapping not found for 67886404087911; skipping inbound message
LID mapping not found for 271068354855040; skipping inbound message
LID mapping not found for 170321239892067; skipping inbound message
LID mapping not found for 130094962081861; skipping inbound message
LID mapping not found for 53807367098480; skipping inbound message
LID mapping not found for 243430173220990; skipping inbound message
LID mapping not found for 126078865661984; skipping inbound message
Self-chat mode: skipping read receipt for 2438281805
Self-chat mode: skipping read receipt for 3EB043180B393B5F5AF495
Self-chat mode: skipping read receipt for ACCC6FBAB5C986BD6866269976A4BF28
Self-chat mode: skipping read receipt for 3EB0EED8A59C41BF2000F1
Self-chat mode: skipping read receipt for AC45962FD3A27C3311A034F868243CAB

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:26 PM

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file directly or use pnpm clawdbot configure to change the default model. Sorry for the confusion!

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:28 PM

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timid flare oliver@Mac-Studio clawdbot % pnpm clawdbot agent --model "google-antigravity/cla...

there is no --model. the command is model.

bright birch Jan 6, 2026, 7:28 PM

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am still having this:
[gws] ⇄ res ✓ chat.send 22016ms runId=xx-xx-xx-xx-xx conn=6729b546…3520 id=82243278…729E
16:01:49 [agent/embedded] embedded run timeout: runId=xx-x-x-x-x sessionId=xxx timeoutMs=30000
No reply from agent.
[gws] ⇄ res ✓ chat.send 30139ms runId=xx-x-x-xx conn=6729b546…3520 id=A552690A…0161

after adding this to my config:

"env": {
"shellEnv": {
"timeoutMs": 300000
}
}

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:28 PM

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@Drops — use pnpm clawdbot model to manage models:

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pnpm clawdbot model --help # see available subcommands

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:29 PM

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Or better edit the json, or even better ask a local agent. That has more depth because they can look at your config.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:29 PM

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@timber night Those LID/self-chat messages are WhatsApp noise, usually harmless. The important question: is the bot actually responding? If you reinstall, your data is safe in:

~/.clawdbot/ (config, credentials, sessions)
Your workspace folder (memories)

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Just backup those before nuking node_modules.

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@hasty cliff That's an agent timeout, different from shellEnv.timeoutMs. Try adding to your config:

#

{
agent: {
timeoutMs: 300000 // 5 minutes
}
}

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But 30s timing out suggests the model might be slow/overloaded. What model are you using?

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timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 7:29 PM

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right now nothing works. @deft wigeon my anthropic oauth is lost after 1 message

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:29 PM

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Might be worth checking the gateway logs for what's happening during the refresh:

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tail -200 ~/.clawdbot/logs/gateway.log | grep -i "oauth\|refresh\|token\|401"

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But yeah, this sounds like something in the token refresh logic that needs Peter's eyes.

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slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 7:30 PM

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use existing values, update values, reset but if I do something I get: Uncaught exception: EPERM: operation not permitted, read

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:30 PM

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Check ownership of clawdbot state dir:

ls -la ~/.clawdbot/

Make sure you own the files:

sudo chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) ~/.clawdbot/

Check if something else has a lock on the files:

lsof +D ~/.clawdbot/ 2>/dev/null

Are you running as a different user than who created the files? (e.g., running as root vs your normal user)

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If on a weird filesystem (NFS, mounted drive, etc.) — that can cause permission issues

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What's the output of ls -la ~/.clawdbot/?

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deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:31 PM

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timid flare right now nothing works. <@387380367612706819> my anthropic oauth is lost after ...

I'll see what's up. API key defo works, rest might be a bug. Sorry about that.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:34 PM

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Not sure I follow — can you clarify what you mean?

bright birch Jan 6, 2026, 7:34 PM

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rapid hare But 30s timing out suggests the model might be slow/overloaded. What model are y...

using sonnet. I just tried again after adding agent.timeoutMs = 300000 unsucessfully. it makes it very hard to ask clawd to do anything if when I ask it to do something fairly complex it only has 30s to do it!

deft lava Jan 6, 2026, 7:35 PM

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@rapid hare why do i get this message when trying to chat via telegram?
Clawdbot: access not configured.

Pairing code: xxx

Ask the bot owner to approve with:
clawdbot telegram pairing approve <code>

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:35 PM

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This got addressed — Peter confirmed API keys work and is looking into the OAuth bug. Use an API key for now as a workaround:

#

pnpm clawdbot configure
# Choose "API key" instead of OAuth

#

🦐

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Yes, keep the frontmatter! The YAML block at the top (the --- delimited section) contains useful metadata like summary: and read_when: that helps the agent understand when to load each file.

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The frontmatter is part of the AgentSkills format and the agent uses it to decide which files to read for context.

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deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:37 PM

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bright birch using sonnet. I just tried again after adding agent.timeoutMs = 300000 unsucessf...

are you on latest? this sounds like sth I fixed

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:37 PM

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deft lava <@1457407575476801641> why do i get this message when trying to chat via telegra...

https://docs.clawd.bot/pairing

Clawdbot

Pairing - Clawdbot

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:38 PM

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deft wigeon https://docs.clawd.bot/pairing

please also read https://docs.clawd.bot/security

Clawdbot

Security - Clawdbot

bright birch Jan 6, 2026, 7:38 PM

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deft wigeon are you on latest? this sounds like sth I fixed

I did do pnpm clawdbot update earlier today will give it another go

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:38 PM

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bright birch I did do pnpm clawdbot update earlier today will give it another go

that's not how you update

bright birch Jan 6, 2026, 7:39 PM

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oh!

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:39 PM

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you need to use git pull from source

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:39 PM

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cd ~/clawdbot # or wherever your repo is
git pull
pnpm install
pnpm build # if running from dist

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Then restart your gateway!

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🦐

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 7:40 PM

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do you recomend having the repo on ~/ such that the files from clawdbot and the repo are the "same folder"?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:40 PM

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Repo (code): ~/clawdbot/ — this is the source code, you git pull here
State dir: ~/.clawdbot/ — config, credentials, sessions (auto-managed)
Workspace: ~/clawd/ (or wherever) — your agent's workspace with AGENTS.md, memory/, etc.

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Don't put the workspace inside the repo — you'd have git conflicts and accidental commits of personal data. The workspace should be its own thing (optionally its own private git repo for version control).

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vagrant flume Jan 6, 2026, 7:40 PM

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hey krill is the docker bug fixed already?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:41 PM

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🦐

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:44 PM

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@timid flare The issue with the one-message was a regression from last night re profile rotation, you likely also have an invalid API key somewhere in your environment set. I pushed a fix

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:44 PM

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🦐

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That sounds like either:

Rate limiting — messages queue up while waiting for cooldown, then all fire at once
Model provider slowness — Anthropic/OpenAI having a slow moment, responses queue
Gateway connection hiccup — websocket reconnect causing message burst

Things to check:

# Check gateway logs for rate limit warnings
tail -100 ~/.clawdbot/logs/gateway.log | grep -i "rate\|limit\|cool\|queue"

Are you on Claude Pro/Max (OAuth) or API key? OAuth accounts have stricter rate limits and the "quiet then burst" pattern fits rate limit queueing.

Also — is this happening on a specific provider (WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord) or all of them? 🦐

@Drops — that OAuth issue sounds like a bug if it's failing after just 5 messages. Worth raising with Peter or checking

gray nacelle Jan 6, 2026, 7:47 PM

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rapid hare A few things to try: - **Check if antigravity/the proxy is having issues** — mig...

my models look like this now:

Alias	Model	Notes
1	claude-opus-4-5-thinking	Extended thinking, 200K context (current)
2	claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking	Extended thinking, 200K context
3	claude-opus-4-5	No thinking, 200K context
4	claude-sonnet-4-5	No thinking, 200K context
5	gemini-3-pro-high	1M context
6	gemini-3-pro-low	1M context
7	gemini-3-flash	1M context, fastest

I still sometimes have "400 {"error":{"code":400,"message":"Corrupted thought signature.","status":"INVALID_ARGUMENT"}}" error when using gemini pro models. I've tried turning off think mode but doesn't work.

sacred timber Jan 6, 2026, 7:48 PM

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deft wigeon <@642635201960476672> The issue with the one-message was a regression from last ...

Still same issue seems like

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:48 PM

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@eternal wren That "Corrupted thought signature" error with Gemini usually means there's a mismatch with thinking mode. Try:

#

Use non-thinking variants for Gemini — Gemini's thinking works differently than Claude's
Start a fresh session — old sessions might have Claude thinking format that confuses Gemini
Check your model config — make sure Gemini models don't have thinking-related settings

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What does your config look like for the Gemini models?

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🦐

fiery kraken Jan 6, 2026, 7:48 PM

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deft wigeon <@642635201960476672> The issue with the one-message was a regression from last ...

just pulled from main but still getting the issue after one message

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:48 PM

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Run pnpm install (in case deps changed)

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Restart the gateway (kill and restart, not just reload)

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Check for stray env vars:

#

env | grep -i anthropic
env | grep -i api_key

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Peter mentioned there might be an invalid API key in your environment that's confusing the profile rotation. If you have ANTHROPIC_API_KEY set somewhere and it's bad, that could be the culprit.

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🦐

glad thistle Jan 6, 2026, 7:49 PM

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I ran into a claude oauth issue too, the fix was to just run configure again

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:49 PM

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Yeah I'm not sure if switching between different model groups within one session works - better avoid that or do a reset or debug with a local agent and help and send a PR. My suggestion is Opus.

knotty valve Jan 6, 2026, 7:49 PM

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i cant get whatsapp to work

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:49 PM

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QR code not showing?
Scanned but not connecting?
Connected but messages not going through?
Error messages?

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Share what you see and any error output!

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🦐

knotty valve Jan 6, 2026, 7:50 PM

#

#

connected but in the ui it is showing logged out

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:50 PM

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Check actual connection status:

pnpm clawdbot status

Restart the gateway — sometimes the UI state gets out of sync

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If still showing logged out, re-login:

pnpm clawdbot login

Check for multiple WhatsApp sessions (if you have more than one account configured)

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Does sending a message to yourself on WhatsApp actually work, even though UI says logged out?

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🦐

jagged hedge Jan 6, 2026, 7:51 PM

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For those getting this error
Agent failed before reply...

Ask claude to check your legacy profile, compare it with the new auth-profile.json in the agents credential, and add the old one in the new one.

jaunty geyser Jan 6, 2026, 7:53 PM

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@rapid hare I had asked clawd to setup a second instance on a different port -- and then suddently i lost connection and i am getting this error when i try to use the web chat Error: Error: Error: No API key found for provider "anthropic"

thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 7:53 PM

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Has anyone had issues (i'm using clawdbot in discord) where messages get jumbled up? I constantly see 'clawdbot is typing' and today, it's been mixing up messages in my general thread and seems like it's spinning quite a bit. would a gateway restart help?

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 7:54 PM

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rapid hare <@1163044571779661844> Those LID/self-chat messages are WhatsApp noise, usually ...

is that me?
Anyway, clawd was lobotomized 🙁 He is now completely retarded, it can't even get the emoji right

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:54 PM

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@thorn tree Yes, gateway restart often helps with that kind of jumbled state! The "constantly typing" + mixing threads suggests the gateway might be stuck processing or has queued messages getting confused.

#

# Kill and restart
pkill -f gateway-daemon
# Then restart however you normally do (launchd, systemd, manually)

#

Also check if you have multiple gateway processes running by accident:

#

pgrep -f clawdbot

#

If you see multiple, kill them all and start fresh.

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🦐

#

That's the same OAuth issue others hit today — Peter pushed a fix for it.

#

To fix:

Make sure you have the latest:

cd ~/clawdbot
git pull
pnpm install

Restart your gateway

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If still failing, run pnpm clawdbot configure and re-do the Anthropic OAuth flow

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Check for stray env vars: env | grep -i anthropic — an invalid ANTHROPIC_API_KEY can confuse profile rotation

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The bug was a regression in profile rotation from last night.

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🦐

night finch Jan 6, 2026, 7:55 PM

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Anyone else having trouble with the oauth flow as well? just hangs

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:55 PM

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Browser not opening?
Browser opens but stuck after login?
Waiting for the code#state paste?

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If browser isn't opening: Copy the URL from terminal and open it manually.

#

If stuck after login: Make sure you're copying the full code#state value from the URL after authorization and pasting it back into terminal.

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What step is it hanging on?

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🦐

deft wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 7:56 PM

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@rapid hare always good if you point people to the docs - all markdowns in docs have parity on our docs page, e.g. https://docs.clawd.bot/model-failover or https://docs.clawd.bot/gateway

Clawdbot

Model failover - Clawdbot

Clawdbot

Gateway - Clawdbot

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@rapid hare rememer that in agents.md

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 7:57 PM

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Is bun preferred to pnpm? Doing a fresh start now

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 7:57 PM

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@deft wigeon I started getting unknow errors, had to delete the folder, reinstall everything, but now the model is kinda retarded

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:57 PM

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pnpm is the default workflow for dev
bun is supported and often faster

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For a fresh start, either is fine:

#

# With pnpm
pnpm install && pnpm build && pnpm clawdbot onboard

# With bun
bun install && bun run build && bun run clawdbot onboard

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Bun is generally faster for installs and running TypeScript directly. Just pick one and stick with it!

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🦐

fiery kraken Jan 6, 2026, 7:58 PM

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jagged hedge For those getting this error Agent failed before reply... Ask claude to check ...

thanks! indeed it seems to fixed it for me and claude came to the same conclusion to copy
~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profile.json to ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 7:58 PM

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hmmmm maybe it's using a fallback model? 🤔

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 7:58 PM

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cp ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/

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🦐

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 7:58 PM

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bingo!

night finch Jan 6, 2026, 8:00 PM

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fiery kraken thanks! indeed it seems to fixed it for me and claude came to the same conclusio...

whats the difference between them?

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I have only the latter, but the same issue

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:01 PM

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pnpm:

More mature, battle-tested
Better npm compatibility
Industry standard for monorepos

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bun:

Much faster installs
Can run TypeScript directly (no build step for dev)
All-in-one runtime + package manager
Newer, occasionally has edge cases

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For Clawdbot, both work fine. Pick based on preference:

Want stability → pnpm
Want speed → bun

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Check out https://docs.clawd.bot/setup for the full setup guide!

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🦐

willow zinc Jan 6, 2026, 8:01 PM

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getting this error suddenly when trying to reauthenticate with anthropics, got notice in the chat before that token refresh failed. error: Token exchange failed: {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"Invalid request format"},"request_id":"req

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:01 PM

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Get the latest fix:

#

cd ~/clawdbot
git pull
pnpm install

#

Copy auth profiles to new location (if they exist in old location):

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cp ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/

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Restart gateway, then try configure again:

#

pnpm clawdbot configure

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The token exchange error might be from stale state. A fresh configure after the git pull should help. Check https://docs.clawd.bot/wizard for the full flow!

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🦐

edgy lagoon Jan 6, 2026, 8:01 PM

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Can I install Clawdbot on a Ubuntu server or does this only work on MacOS?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:01 PM

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On Linux, the daemon installs as a systemd user unit instead of a macOS LaunchAgent.

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Check out https://docs.clawd.bot/setup for full setup instructions! The main requirements are Node.js 22+ and either pnpm or bun.

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🦐

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 8:01 PM

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fickle rivet bingo!

@rapid hare how do I change the fallback models?

sacred timber Jan 6, 2026, 8:02 PM

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didn't work

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:03 PM

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{
agent: {
model: {
primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5",
fallbacks: [
"anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
"google/gemini-3-pro-preview"
]
}
}
}

Check https://docs.clawd.bot/model-failover for the full guide!

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@sacred timber What specifically didn't work? Did you:

git pull + pnpm install
Copy auth profiles: cp ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/
Restart gateway
Try pnpm clawdbot configure to re-auth

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What error are you seeing now?

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🦐

fickle rivet Jan 6, 2026, 8:05 PM

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rapid hare ```json5 { agent: { model: { primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5", fallbacks: [ ...

where is this again?

hasty whale Jan 6, 2026, 8:05 PM

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register the discord slash commands?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:05 PM

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@hasty whale Discord slash commands should register automatically when the gateway starts with Discord configured. If they're not showing up:

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Make sure your bot has the applications.commands scope
Restart your gateway
Commands can take up to an hour to propagate globally (or instant for guild-specific)

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Check https://docs.clawd.bot/discord for setup details! What's happening specifically?

#

🦐

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@Drops — that's definitely a bug, not normal behavior. OAuth shouldn't break after one message.

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Sure! What step are you stuck on?

twin fractal Jan 6, 2026, 8:09 PM

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@rapid hare any good VoIP or eSIM provider to use with WhatsApp?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:12 PM

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At that step you're choosing:

runic shell Jan 6, 2026, 8:13 PM

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@rapid hare my clawdbot config uses "modelAliases" to define the models... has this been updated to just "models" in a recent release?

deep wigeon Jan 6, 2026, 8:13 PM

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How do I get model failover working? I have no ~/.clawdbot/agent folder

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:13 PM

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@slow oxide Yes, looks like modelAliases → models in the agent config. The current structure is:

#

{
agent: {
models: {
"anthropic/claude-opus-4-5": { alias: "opus" }
}
}
}

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Check https://docs.clawd.bot/configuration for the latest config format!

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🦐

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Use your arrow keys (↑↓) to highlight "Local", then press Enter to select it.

edgy lagoon Jan 6, 2026, 8:15 PM

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I've set a password for my gateway but when I access the UI, it's not prompting for my password, it simply shows disconnected (1008): unauthorized. Where do I input the password?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:15 PM

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config.

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fiery kraken Jan 6, 2026, 8:17 PM

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deft wigeon Yeah I'm not sure if switching between different model groups within one session...

happy to do that and on it. it looks to me (=opus) that there is an incosistency in the paths.
gateway -> resolveAgentDir
configure -> resolveClawdbotAgentDIr(), I would change this to resolveAgentDir as well to make it consistent, but
cli (agent --local) uses resolveClawdbotAgentDir() as well. would be the idea to change that too?

loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 8:17 PM

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@rapid hare any idea why my fresh install has the gateway start and stop itself constantly? it's in a looping state of start and stop

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:17 PM

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That's definitely a Peter question or worth discussing in a PR. If you're seeing path resolution diverge between gateway/configure/cli, unifying them sounds reasonable, but there might be intentional reasons for the split.

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Maybe open an issue or draft PR with your findings? That way Peter can weigh in on the intended architecture.

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🦐

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Use pnpm clawdbot configure — it lets you modify specific parts of your setup without resetting everything.

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When it asks about existing config, choose "Modify", then go through just the auth step to redo the Anthropic OAuth flow.

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Check https://docs.clawd.bot/wizard for details!

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🦐

somber mirage Jan 6, 2026, 8:18 PM

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Using gog google skill, it frequently gets dates and events-to-dates mapping wrong. For example I have an event on Tuesday Jan 20 evening- I ask it to find me a free night that week- it replies wrongly that “im free everyday except Monday because of [that event]”

Anyone seen this? Feels like any prompt/memory note is not 100% effective.

high bronze Jan 6, 2026, 8:18 PM

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I instructed my assistant to switch to sonnet and restarted the gateway. Now it says "Error: Error: Error: Unknown model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" 🤔

vague marlin Jan 6, 2026, 8:18 PM

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@rapid hare my macos app doest start the gateway

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:18 PM

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or raising an issue if you find a pattern!

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🦐

somber mirage Jan 6, 2026, 8:19 PM

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somber mirage Using gog google skill, it frequently gets dates and events-to-dates mapping wro...

Sonnet-4-5 btw

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:19 PM

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@shell basin That's an Anthropic-side error — "Internal server error" means something broke on their end, not much you can do except:

Check Anthropic status: https://status.anthropic.com
Retry — often transient
Check your request — sometimes malformed requests trigger generic 500s. Look at what you sent:

# Check recent gateway logs
tail -200 ~/.clawdbot/logs/gateway.log | grep -B10 "Internal server error"

If it's happening consistently on specific messages, might be hitting a content filter or context length issue that's failing ungracefully.

@slim vine Use clawdbot configure — it'll let you re-do just the auth step without resetting everything else. Pick "Modify" when it asks about existing config, then go through the Anthropic

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@snow condor What happens when you try to start it? Check:

Console app — look for Clawdbot logs
Activity Monitor — is a gateway process running?
Port in use? — lsof -i :18789

#

Try starting manually to see errors:

#

cd ~/clawdbot
pnpm clawdbot gateway --verbose

#

What do you see?

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 8:19 PM

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oh great, Claude Oauth is broken right now. The oauth flow hangs

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:19 PM

#

🦐

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Workaround for now: Use an API key instead of OAuth:

pnpm clawdbot configure
# Choose "API key" instead of "Anthropic OAuth"

If you need OAuth specifically, might be worth waiting for Peter to look at it or checking if it's an Anthropic-side issue.

#

Is it hanging at the browser step or after you paste the code#state?

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🦐

edgy lagoon Jan 6, 2026, 8:20 PM

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@rapid hare I seem to be getting this error in the console:

Uncaught (in promise) InvalidAccessError: Failed to execute 'close' on 'WebSocket': The close code must be either 1000, or between 3000 and 4999. 1008 is neither.
at gateway.ts:131:18

slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 8:20 PM

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failed to migrate lockfile: 'pnpm-lock.yaml'

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:20 PM

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Make sure you're accessing with the token: http://your-gateway:18789/?token=YOUR_TOKEN

#

Or check your gateway.auth config matches what you're providing.

#

🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 8:21 PM

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what's the default model for anthropic with API key?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:22 PM

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{
agent: {
model: {
primary: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5" // or claude-opus-4-5 for Opus
}
}
}

Shortcuts:

opus → anthropic/claude-opus-4-5
sonnet → anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

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🦐

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 8:22 PM

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Ok, I set the anthropic key, I get this response:

⚠️ Agent failed before reply: All models failed (2): anthropic/claude-opus-4-5: No credentials found for profile "anthropic:default". | google/gemini-3-pro-preview: No API key found for provider "google".. Check gateway logs for details.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:23 PM

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Option 1 — Environment variable (quickest):

echo 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...' >> ~/.clawdbot/.env

Then restart gateway.

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Option 2 — Check where the key landed:

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cat ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json
cat ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json

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If it's in the old location, copy it:

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cp ~/.clawdbot/agent/auth-profiles.json ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/

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Option 3 — Manual edit:

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Edit ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json:

#

{
"profiles": {
"anthropic:default": {
"provider": "anthropic",
"mode": "api_key",
"apiKey": "sk-ant-..."
}
}
}

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Then restart gateway!

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slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 8:24 PM

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Why do I get this error when bun install && bun run build : failed to migrate lockfile: 'pnpm-lock.yaml'

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:24 PM

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Fix — pick one package manager and stick with it:

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If using bun:

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rm pnpm-lock.yaml
bun install
bun run build

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If using pnpm (recommended for Clawdbot):

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pnpm install
pnpm build

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The repo uses pnpm by default, so if you're mixing bun and pnpm, you'll hit lockfile conflicts. Either delete the pnpm-lock.yaml and go full bun, or stick with pnpm.

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slate smelt Jan 6, 2026, 8:25 PM

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Are you sure pnpm is recommended?

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:25 PM

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Both work! The repo ships with pnpm-lock.yaml, so pnpm is the "default". But bun is fully supported — just delete the lockfile first:

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rm pnpm-lock.yaml
bun install

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Pick whichever you prefer. Bun is faster, pnpm is the repo default.

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loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 8:25 PM

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the docs now say bun is preferred

spare salmon Jan 6, 2026, 8:26 PM

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rapid hare Both work! The repo ships with `pnpm-lock.yaml`, so pnpm is the "default". But b...

@deft wigeon

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:26 PM

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Either way, both work fine. If you're starting fresh and want bun:

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rm pnpm-lock.yaml
bun install --no-save
bun run build

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Thanks for the correction — use whichever you prefer!

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loud wedge Jan 6, 2026, 8:26 PM

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i just did a clean isntall with bun and am facing issues with this • The gateway is crash‑looping. The last crash in /tmp/clawdbot/clawdbot-gateway.log is ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED while loading
@crosscopy/clipboard-darwin-arm64; macOS rejects the .node because the code signature Team ID doesn’t match the
signed app. The menubar app supervises the gateway, so it immediately restarts and you see constant start/stop.

If you want, I can:

apply a quick workaround (run the gateway outside the signed app, e.g. pnpm clawdbot gateway), or
patch the macOS build to sign/skip the clipboard native module so it doesn’t crash.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:26 PM

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Quick workaround: Run the gateway manually outside the app:

cd ~/clawdbot
pnpm clawdbot gateway --port 18789

Then in the macOS app, use Debug Settings → Gateway → Attach only to connect to your manually-run gateway instead of letting the app supervise it.

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This bypasses the signing issue since the gateway runs as a regular process, not inside the signed app bundle.

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The proper fix would be for the macOS build to handle or exclude that native clipboard module. Worth flagging to Peter if it's a common issue!

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thorn tree Jan 6, 2026, 8:27 PM

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I think you answered this a lot today @rapid hare but I think i'm having similar issues as others in here. The concern I have is that when I do a full pull from git, I've screwed up the oAuth in the past (going through the onboard wizard), and it's overwritten my discord settings when I pulled everything down from git (this has happened seperately). However, this is what I got when I asked it to inspect my settings


  The gateway expects token [removed for security] from the config, but the app isn't providing it.

  I need to add config file token resolution to match how password resolution works. ```

I'm guessing that having claude try to fix every issue with the mac app settings locally (in 'Clawdis' folder) will keep causing problems, since every time I pull I'm going to overwrite whatever it did in between. Thoughts?

runic shell Jan 6, 2026, 8:27 PM

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@rapid hare my claude oauth with the my claude sub was working yesterday great, but today Im getting this error now:

⚠️ Agent failed before reply: No credentials found for profile "anthropic:default".. Check gateway logs for details.

timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 8:27 PM

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still getting

⚠️ Agent failed before reply: All models failed (2): anthropic/claude-opus-4-5: No credentials found for profile "anthropic:default". | google/gemini-3-pro-preview: No API key found for provider "google".. Check gateway logs for details.

I changed ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json to

{
"profiles": {
"anthropic:default": {
"provider": "anthropic",
"mode": "api_key",
"apiKey": "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"
}
}
}

topaz steppe Jan 6, 2026, 8:27 PM

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I cannot for the life of me get clawd to respond in telegram topics. it reads it, but then will respond in the general channel.

rapid hareBOT Jan 6, 2026, 8:28 PM

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After getting a new key, use the env var approach:

echo 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-new-key' >> ~/.clawdbot/.env

Then restart your gateway.

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timid flare Jan 6, 2026, 8:28 PM

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current config at ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json

{
"wizard": {
"lastRunAt": "2026-01-06T20:22:20.189Z",
"lastRunVersion": "2026.1.5-3",
"lastRunCommand": "configure",
"lastRunMode": "local"
},
"auth": {
"profiles": {
"openai:codex": {
"provider": "openai-codex",
"mode": "oauth"
},
"openai-codex:default": {
"provider": "openai-codex",
"mode": "oauth"
},
"anthropic:default": {
"provider": "anthropic",
"mode": "api_key"
},
"google-antigravity:oliver.drobnik@gmail.com": {
"provider": "google-antigravity",
"mode": "oauth"
}
},
"order": {
"anthropic": [
"anthropic:default"
],
"openai-codex": [
"openai-codex:default"
]
}
},
"agent": {
"model": {
"fallbacks": [
"google/gemini-3-pro-preview",
"openai/gpt-5.2"
],
"primary": "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5"
},
"models": {
"anthropic/claude-opus-4-5": {
"alias": "opus"
},
"google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-5-thinking": {},
"anthropic/claude-opus-4-5-thinking": {},
"openai-codex/gpt-5.2": {
"alias": "codex"
},
"google/gemini-3-pro-preview": {
"alias": "gemini"
}
},
"workspace": "/Users/oliver/clawdbot"
},
...