#Changing home folder name

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rapid wrenBOT
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somber nexusBOT
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This is a great question and something worth thinking about before making the change.

Short answer: It can cause issues, but Clawdbot should generally handle it okay since it uses ~/.clawdbot/ paths.

What to watch out for:

  1. Running processes: If Clawdbot is running when you change the home folder, stop it first. The process will have the old path open and can behave unpredictably.

  2. Database files: The gateway stores data in ~/.clawdbot/data/ — this should resolve fine via the tilde, but if you ever configured absolute paths anywhere, those would break.

  3. Permissions: macOS can get finicky with permissions after renaming. If you see "permission denied" errors after the change, you may need to reset ownership:

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

  4. Homebrew/npm/pnpm: If Clawdbot was installed via Homebrew or you have dependencies installed, those might also reference the old username in their paths. A reinstall might be needed if things break.