agent-chat-ux
name: agent-chat-ux
version: 1.5.2
author: Charles Sears
description: Multi-agent UX for OpenClaw Control UI — agent selector, per-agent sessions, session history viewer with search, agent-filtered Sessions tab with friendly names, Create Agent wizard, emoji picker, and backend agent CRUD.
⚠️ Security & Transparency Notes
Before applying this skill's patches, be aware of the following:
Credential Access (agents.wizard)
The AI Wizard backend (agents.wizard RPC) calls the configured model provider API directly via HTTP. To do this it needs an API key. It resolves credentials in this exact order:
- 1. Default config auth — uses it if the resolved mode is
api-key (most common) - Auth profile store — searches for the first
api_key-type profile matching the provider. Reads only provider and type fields to find it; does not log or return values. - Environment variable —
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or OPENAI_API_KEY as a last resort
If you don't want the wizard reading your auth store, set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in your environment and ensure your default auth profile is already api-key mode — step 2 is skipped entirely in that case.
External API Calls
INLINECODE10 makes a single HTTP POST to:
- -
https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages (Anthropic models) - INLINECODE12 (OpenAI-compatible models)
No other outbound calls. The call carries your user-supplied description and nothing else from your system.
Patch Scope
These patches modify only agent-related files:
| Patch | File modified | What it changes |
|---|
| INLINECODE13 | INLINECODE14 | Adds emoji optional param to INLINECODE16 |
| INLINECODE17 |
src/gateway/server-methods/agents.ts | Adds
agents.wizard RPC; fixes
agents.update to write
- Emoji: (not
- Avatar:) so emoji edits persist correctly |
|
app-main.txt |
ui/src/ui/app.ts | Adds 19
@state() fields: 10 for Create Agent/Wizard + 9 for edit agent, delete agent |
|
app-render.txt |
ui/src/ui/app-render.ts | Wires create/wizard props + edit agent save handler (sends
emoji param, not
avatar; evicts identity cache after save) |
|
app-render-helpers.txt |
ui/src/ui/app-render.helpers.ts | Agent selector dropdown in chat header (uses
resolveAgentEmoji() for correct emoji), per-agent session filter,
+ New Session button |
|
agents-view.txt |
ui/src/ui/views/agents.ts | Create Agent panel (manual + wizard modes, 103-emoji picker); Edit agent inline form (name/emoji/workspace); Delete agent with confirmation; always-editable Overview |
|
agents-utils.txt |
ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.ts |
buildModelOptionsMulti() for multi-select fallback dropdown |
|
agents-panels-cron.txt |
ui/src/ui/views/agents-panels-status-files.ts | Cron Jobs tab Scheduler card now shows agent-specific job count and next-wake (not global gateway stats) |
Each patch is scoped to a single concern. If any patch file modifies more than the files listed above, stop — you have an outdated copy.
LLM Output Validation
Wizard model output is parsed as JSON and validated before use:
- - Must be a JSON object with
name (string), emoji (string), soul (string) - INLINECODE44 is capped at 100 characters,
emoji at 10 - INLINECODE46 must be ≥ 20 characters
- Empty or non-JSON responses are rejected with a user-visible error — nothing is auto-created
Source Code Modification
This skill applies git apply patches against ~/openclaw and requires a UI + gateway rebuild. Changes are persistent. Always backup before patching:
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What This Skill Adds
1. Agent Selector Dropdown in Chat Header
When multiple agents are configured, a dropdown appears
left of the session dropdown in the chat header. Selecting an agent switches to that agent's most recent session (or falls back to a fresh webchat key for that agent). The session dropdown automatically filters to show
only sessions belonging to the selected agent.
2. Per-Agent Session Filtering (Sorted Newest First)
Sessions are now scoped to the active agent and sorted newest-first. No more mixing other agents' cron jobs and subagent sessions into the current chat's session picker.
3. + New Session Button in Chat Header
A
+ icon button sits right of the session dropdown, allowing new sessions to be started without typing
/new.
4. Create Agent Panel (Manual + AI Wizard)
The Agents tab gains a
+ Create Agent button that expands a panel with two modes:
Manual mode:
- - Agent name
- Workspace path (auto-generated from name if left blank)
- Emoji picker (see below)
AI Wizard mode:
- - Describe the agent in plain English
- Click "Generate Agent" — AI generates name, emoji, and full SOUL.md
- Review the preview, then click "✅ Create This Agent"
After creation, the agents list and config form are both refreshed automatically — no "not found in config" error, no manual reload needed.
5. Emoji Picker Dropdown
The emoji field in Create Agent and Edit Agent forms is a
dropdown with 103 curated emojis grouped into 5 categories (Tech & AI, People & Roles, Animals, Nature & Elements, Objects & Symbols), each showing the emoji and its name. A large live preview shows the selected emoji next to the dropdown.
6. Edit Agent Inline (Agents Overview)
The Agents Overview card now shows editable inputs directly — no toggle needed:
- - Name, Emoji (dropdown, 103 emojis), Workspace are always editable
- Changes activate the bottom Save button — no separate inline Save/Cancel
- Emoji is saved as
- Emoji: in IDENTITY.md (last-wins override of creation value); identity cache is evicted after save so changes appear immediately - Edit uses the
emoji param of agents.update (not avatar) so the correct IDENTITY.md key is written
7. Delete Agent
- - 🗑️ Delete button appears in the Overview header for non-default agents
- Inline confirmation dialog before deletion; hidden for the main/default agent
8. Agent-Specific Cron Stats
The
Scheduler card on the Cron Jobs tab previously showed global gateway stats (total job count, global next wake). Now:
- - Jobs → count of cron jobs targeting this agent only
- Next wake → earliest
nextRunAtMs across this agent's jobs (n/a if no jobs) - Subtitle → "Agent cron scheduling status." (was "Gateway cron status.")
This means agents with no crons correctly show
Jobs: 0 /
Next wake: n/a.
9. Agents Tab — Model Selector Cleanup
- - Removed the redundant read-only "Primary Model" row from the Overview grid (it's already editable in the Model Selection section below)
- Fallback models converted from a free-text comma-separated input to a proper
<select multiple> using the same full model catalog as the primary selector - Added spacing and clear labels between primary and fallback fields
- Small hint "(hold Ctrl/⌘ to select multiple)" on the fallback selector
10. Backend — agents.create / agents.update / agents.delete / agents.wizard
New RPC handlers wired into the gateway:
| Method | Description |
|---|
| INLINECODE64 | Provisions a new agent entry in config + scaffolds workspace (SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, USER.md) |
| INLINECODE65 |
Patches agent config (name, workspace, model, identity, etc.) |
|
agents.delete | Removes agent from config |
|
agents.wizard | Calls the configured LLM to generate name, emoji, and SOUL.md from a plain-text description |
Auth fix in agents.wizard: Raw HTTP calls to the model API require an api_key token, not an OAuth/bearer token. The wizard now falls back to an explicit api_key profile (or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var) when the default resolved auth mode is oauth or token.
11. Session History Viewer (v1.4.0)
A modal overlay accessible from the
Sessions tab that displays full conversation history for any session:
- - Agent dropdown filter — scope sessions by agent
- Session dropdown — pick a session to view (filtered by agent)
- Search bar — debounced full-text search across message content (case-insensitive)
- Role filter chips — All / User / Assistant / System / Tool
- Message timeline — role icons (👤/🤖/⚙️/🔧), timestamps, and message text
- Pagination — "Load More" with count display (100 messages per page)
- Click "History" button on any row in the Sessions tab to open
12. Sessions Tab Overhaul (v1.4.0)
The Sessions tab now provides a unified multi-agent experience:
- - Agent filter dropdown — filter sessions by agent (populated from
agents.list) - Friendly session names — "Main Session", "Cron: pipedream-token-refresh", "discord:#bot-chat" instead of raw keys like INLINECODE75
- Agent identity column — shows agent emoji + identity name (e.g. "🤖 Assistant") using
identity.name → name → id fallback chain - Raw key shown as subtitle — full technical key displayed in smaller muted monospace text below the friendly name
- Label column removed — redundant since the friendly name already incorporates label/displayName
- CSS grid layout — proper column alignment using
grid-template-columns with proportional widths; headers align precisely with data - Empty state — clear message when an agent has no sessions
- Session count — total/filtered count shown in the store info line
- History button pre-selects — clicking History on a row opens the modal with agent and session already selected, loading history immediately
13. Backend — sessions.history RPC (v1.4.0)
New RPC handler that reads full JSONL transcript files:
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|
| INLINECODE81 | string | Session key |
| INLINECODE82 |
number | Max messages (default 200, max 500) |
|
offset | number | Pagination offset |
|
search | string | Full-text search filter |
|
rolesFilter | string[] | Filter by role(s) |
Returns {key, sessionId, agentId, total, offset, items[{role, text, timestamp}]}.
14. Auth Mode Badge on Every Assistant Message (v1.5.0 / v1.5.1)
A small pill badge appears on every assistant message group showing which auth method was used:
| Badge | Color | Meaning |
|---|
| OAuth | Green | Claude Max OAuth setup token (sk-ant-oat01-*) |
| API |
Indigo | Direct Anthropic API key |
|
Fallback | Orange | OpenAI or other fallback provider |
How it works:
- 1. After each final chat event, the UI calls
auth.status RPC - The RPC reads
lastGood from auth-profiles.json and returns INLINECODE91 - INLINECODE92 state is updated and passed as
fallbackAuthMode to all message groups - Messages with a specific
_authProfileId (from the run pipeline) use that; all others fall back to INLINECODE95 - INLINECODE96 handles both
profileId strings (e.g. anthropic:manual) and __mode:oauth shorthand
This ensures every assistant message shows a badge, including tool-use messages and messages from autonomous loops.
"Up to Date" pill: The gateway version header now shows "Up to Date" in a styled pill matching the Version and Health pills (green dot + rounded backdrop).
15. Pipedream Tab Refreshes on Agent Switch (v1.5.0)
Previously, switching agents while on the Pipedream sub-tab kept showing the previous agent's data. Now
onSelectAgent reloads Pipedream (and Zapier) state when their respective sub-tabs are active. Same fix applied to Zapier tab.
16. OAuth-First Auth Priority Enforcement (v1.5.1)
The auth profile candidate list is now sorted so
token/
oauth type profiles always come before
api_key profiles, regardless of the order returned by
resolveAuthProfileOrder. This guarantees OAuth is tried first for Anthropic even if the profile resolution system silently skips it.
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Files Changed
| File | Change |
|---|
| INLINECODE105 | Adds emoji optional param to INLINECODE107 |
| INLINECODE108 |
agents.wizard RPC;
agents.update emoji fix (writes
- Emoji: not
- Avatar:) |
|
ui/src/ui/app-render.helpers.ts | Agent dropdown in chat (with
resolveAgentEmoji()), per-agent session filter,
+ New Session button |
|
ui/src/ui/views/agents.ts | Create Agent panel, 103-emoji picker, edit/delete agent UI, always-editable Overview |
|
ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.ts |
buildModelOptionsMulti() for multi-select fallback model dropdown |
|
ui/src/ui/views/agents-panels-status-files.ts | Cron Jobs tab Scheduler card: agent-specific job count + next wake |
|
ui/src/ui/app-render.ts | Create/wizard props wiring + edit agent save handler (emoji param, cache eviction) + session history modal wiring + agent filter for Sessions tab + agent identity name resolution (
identity.name fallback chain) + History button agent pre-selection |
|
ui/src/ui/app.ts | 19
@state() fields: create/wizard (10) + edit/delete agent (9) + session history modal (8) + sessions agent filter (1) |
|
ui/src/ui/app-view-state.ts | Session history modal + sessions agent filter type definitions |
|
ui/src/ui/views/sessions.ts | Overhauled: friendly names, agent identity column, agent filter dropdown, CSS grid layout, History button, Label column removed |
|
ui/src/ui/views/sessions-history-modal.ts |
New file: Session history modal component |
|
src/gateway/protocol/schema/sessions.ts |
SessionsHistoryParamsSchema |
|
src/gateway/protocol/schema/types.ts |
SessionsHistoryParams type export |
|
src/gateway/protocol/index.ts |
validateSessionsHistoryParams + re-exports |
|
src/gateway/server-methods/sessions.ts |
sessions.history RPC handler |
|
src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run.ts | Calls
updateAgentRunContext with
authProfileId; sorts profile candidates so token/oauth always first |
|
src/gateway/server-chat.ts | Includes
authProfileId from run context in final chat event payload |
|
src/gateway/server-methods-list.ts | Registers
auth.status as a known RPC method |
|
src/gateway/server-methods/sessions.ts |
auth.status RPC: reads
lastGood from auth-profiles store |
|
src/infra/agent-events.ts | Adds
authProfileId?: string to
AgentRunContext; exports
updateAgentRunContext() |
|
ui/src/styles/chat/grouped.css | Auth badge styles for per-message display (OAuth/API/fallback) |
|
ui/src/styles/chat/layout.css |
.chat-auth-badge styles for chat controls bar badge |
|
ui/src/ui/app-gateway.ts | Calls
auth.status after each final chat event; updates
chatAuthMode state |
|
ui/src/ui/app-render.helpers.ts | Agent dropdown, per-agent session filter,
+ New Session; auth badge in controls bar
removed in v1.5.1 (moved to per-message) |
|
ui/src/ui/app-view-state.ts | Adds
chatAuthMode field |
|
ui/src/ui/app.ts | Adds
@state() chatAuthMode |
|
ui/src/ui/chat/grouped-render.ts |
renderAuthBadge() for per-message badge; accepts
fallbackAuthMode opt; handles
__mode:oauth shorthand |
|
ui/src/ui/controllers/chat.ts | Annotates final messages with
_authProfileId from payload |
|
ui/src/ui/types/chat-types.ts | Adds
authProfileId?: string to
MessageGroup type |
|
ui/src/ui/views/chat.ts |
groupMessages() propagates
_authProfileId;
ChatProps adds
chatAuthMode; passes
fallbackAuthMode to
renderMessageGroup |
|
ui/src/ui/app-render.ts |
onSelectAgent reloads Pipedream/Zapier state when sub-tabs active; passes
chatAuthMode to chat props; "Up to Date" styled as pill |
|
ui/src/ui/app-chat.ts | Removed
CHAT_SESSIONS_ACTIVE_MINUTES time filter (was 120min, now 0 = show all sessions in chat dropdown) |
UI Design & Styling Reference
This section documents the UI design decisions for anyone installing or extending this skill.
Sessions Tab Layout
Uses
CSS grid (
display: grid) instead of the default OpenClaw
.table flex layout for precise column alignment:
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- - Headers: 12px uppercase, letter-spacing 0.5px,
var(--text-muted) color, bottom border - Rows:
display: contents for grid participation, subtle bottom border, hover highlight at 2% white opacity - Session name cell: Friendly name as bold link (
var(--accent, #6366f1)), raw key below in 11px muted monospace at 50% opacity - Agent column: 13px text, emoji + identity name (e.g. "🤖 Assistant")
- Selects:
max-width: 100px to prevent overflow
Session History Modal
Dark overlay modal with the following structure:
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Key CSS variables used:
- -
var(--bg-card, #1a1a2e) — modal background - INLINECODE189 — borders
- INLINECODE190 — user role color, active chip
- INLINECODE191 — message text
- INLINECODE192 — message separators
Role colors:
| Role | Color |
|---|
| User | INLINECODE193 (indigo) |
| Assistant |
#10b981 (emerald) |
| System |
#f59e0b (amber) |
| Tool |
#8b5cf6 (violet) |
Role icons: 👤 User, 🤖 Assistant, ⚙️ System, 🔧 Tool, 💬 Other
Session Name Resolution
The friendly name fallback chain:
- 1.
row.label (user-set label) - INLINECODE198 (server-computed, e.g. "discord:#bot-chat")
- Smart key parsing:
-
*:main → "Main Session"
-
*:cron:*:run:* → "Cron Run"
-
*:cron:* → "Cron Job"
-
*:subagent:* → "Subagent"
-
*:openai:* → "OpenAI Session"
-
*:<channel>:direct:<id> → "Channel · id"
-
*:<channel>:group:* → "Channel Group"
- 4. Raw key as fallback
Agent Identity Resolution
For the Agent column and dropdowns:
- 1.
agent.identity.name (from IDENTITY.md — e.g. "Assistant") - INLINECODE207 (from config — e.g. "main")
- INLINECODE208 (raw identifier)
Emoji: agent.identity.emoji with "🤖" as fallback.
Chat Dropdown
The session dropdown in the chat header shows
all sessions for the selected agent (no time filter). Previously limited to sessions active within 120 minutes, which hid older Discord channels and other sessions.
Installation
This skill requires patching OpenClaw source files and a UI + gateway rebuild.
Prerequisites
- - OpenClaw source at
~/openclaw (fork or local clone) - INLINECODE211 installed (
npm install -g pnpm) - Node.js 20+
Step 1: Apply patches
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If any patch fails due to upstream drift, apply manually using the patch file as a line-by-line reference.
Step 1b: Apply v1.4.0 patches (Session History + Sessions Tab Overhaul)
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Step 1c: Apply v1.5.0 patches (Auth badge + Pipedream agent switch fix)
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Step 2: Rebuild UI
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Step 3: Rebuild gateway (for backend agent methods)
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Step 4: Restart gateway
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Step 5: Verify
- 1. Open Control UI at INLINECODE213
- Chat tab — agent dropdown appears left of session dropdown (if >1 agent configured);
+ button appears right of session dropdown - Agents tab — "+ Create Agent" button with Manual and AI Wizard modes
- Agents → Overview → Model Selection — fallback is now a multi-select dropdown
- Create an agent with the AI Wizard — should generate cleanly and appear in the list with no "not found" error
- Agents → Overview — Name, Emoji, Workspace are editable directly; Save button at bottom activates on any change
- Change an agent's emoji — after Save it should persist (not revert to the original creation emoji)
- Agents → Cron Jobs — agents with no cron jobs show
Jobs: 0 / Next wake: n/a (not the global gateway count) - Sessions tab — sessions show friendly names (e.g. "Main Session") with agent emoji+name column; agent filter dropdown works
- Sessions tab → History button — opens modal with conversation history, search, and role filter chips
- History modal → Agent filter — changing agent filters the session dropdown; selecting a session loads its messages
- Chat dropdown — session dropdown shows ALL sessions for the selected agent (including older Discord channels, OpenAI sessions, etc. — not just recent ones)
Usage
Chat: Switching Agents & Sessions
- - Agent dropdown (left of session): picks the agent; session list updates to show only that agent's sessions
- Session dropdown: switches between existing conversations for the selected agent, newest first
+ button: starts a new session for the current agent (same as /new)
Agents: Create Agent
- 1. Click + Create Agent
- Manual: enter name, workspace, pick emoji → "Create Agent"
- AI Wizard: describe the agent → "Generate Agent" → review preview → "✅ Create This Agent"
Agents: Fallback Models
In Model Selection:
- - Primary model — single dropdown
- Fallback models — multi-select (
Ctrl/⌘ + click for multiple); these are retried in order when the primary model fails (rate limit, context overflow, etc.)
Sessions: Viewing History
- 1. Go to Sessions tab
- Optionally filter by agent using the Agent dropdown
- Click History on any session row
- The modal opens with the full conversation
- Search — type to search across all messages (300ms debounce)
- Role chips — click All/User/Assistant/System/Tool to filter by role
- Load More — pagination loads 100 messages at a time
Sessions: Agent-Filtered View
The Sessions tab now shows:
- - Session column — friendly name with raw key as subtitle
- Agent column — emoji + name from agent identity
- Agent filter — dropdown at top to scope the view per-agent
Architecture Notes
Session Key Format
agent:<agentId>:<rest> — the agent selector reads
parseAgentSessionKey(state.sessionKey).agentId to determine the active agent and filters the session list accordingly.
Config Refresh After Creation
After
agents.create succeeds, the UI calls both
agents.list (to update the sidebar) and
loadConfig (to refresh
configForm). Without the
loadConfig call, selecting the new agent would show "not found in config" because the config form was stale.
Wizard Auth Resolution
agents.wizard makes a direct HTTP call to the model provider API. Raw HTTP calls require an
api_key type credential — not an OAuth bearer token. The resolution order is:
- 1. Default
resolveApiKeyForProvider result (used if mode is api-key) - First
api_key-type profile in the auth store for the provider - INLINECODE233 /
OPENAI_API_KEY env var directly
This mirrors the same pattern used in enhanced-loop-hook.ts.
Model Fallbacks
Stored as
model.fallbacks[] in the agent config. The runtime tries them via
runWithModelFallback() when the primary model returns an error.
Changelog
1.5.1 (2026-02-28)
- - Fix: Auth badge now shows on ALL assistant message groups, including tool-use and autonomous loop messages —
chatAuthMode passed as fallbackAuthMode to every message group renderer - Fix:
renderAuthBadge() updated to handle __mode:<mode> shorthand in addition to raw profile IDs - Fix: OAuth-first enforcement — profile candidate list is sorted so
token/oauth profiles always precede api_key, regardless of resolution order quirks - Fix: Auth badge removed from chat controls bar (was redundant; per-message badge is more informative)
- New: "Up to Date" in gateway version header now renders as a styled pill (green dot + rounded backdrop) matching Version and Health pills
- Patches: Updated
patch-auth-badge.txt and patch-pipedream-agent-switch.txt in references/v1.5.0/ to include all v1.5.1 changes
1.5.0 (2026-02-28)
- - New: Auth mode badge in chat controls bar — shows OAuth / API / Fallback pill after each response via
auth.status RPC reading lastGood from auth-profiles store - New:
auth.status RPC — reads lastGood from loadAuthProfileStore() and returns {profileId, mode} (oauth | api | fallback | unknown) - New:
chatAuthMode UI state — updates after each final chat event; drives the badge color/label - Fix: Pipedream tab now refreshes when switching agents (was stuck showing previous agent's External User ID)
- Fix: Zapier tab also refreshes on agent switch (same fix)
- Patches: 2 patch files in INLINECODE259
1.4.0 (2026-02-23)
- - New: Session History Viewer — modal overlay with full conversation history, full-text search, role filtering (All/User/Assistant/System/Tool), and pagination (100 messages per page)
- New:
sessions.history RPC — reads full JSONL transcripts with search, role filtering, and offset/limit pagination - New: Sessions tab agent filter dropdown — scope view to a single agent
- New: Sessions tab agent identity column — shows emoji + name per row
- Overhaul: Sessions tab now shows friendly display names ("Main Session", "Cron: pipedream-token-refresh") instead of raw keys (
agent:main:main, agent:main:cron:cc63fdb3-...) - Overhaul: Raw session key shown as muted subtitle under the friendly name for technical reference
- New: Empty state for agent-filtered sessions — clear message when an agent has no sessions
- New: Session count shown in store info line
- Replaced: Verbose + Label columns removed from Sessions tab, replaced by Agent column (better multi-agent UX; label was redundant with friendly name)
- Design: CSS grid layout for Sessions tab — proper column alignment using
grid-template-columns with proportional widths - Design: Agent identity resolution uses
identity.name → config name → agent id fallback chain (shows "Assistant" not "Main Agent") - Design: History button pre-selects agent filter and session in modal, loads history immediately
- Design: Raw session key shown as muted monospace subtitle for technical reference
- Fix: Chat session dropdown now shows ALL sessions (removed
CHAT_SESSIONS_ACTIVE_MINUTES 120min time filter that was hiding older Discord channels and API sessions) - Patches: 5 patch files in INLINECODE268
1.3.0 (2026-02-19)
- - New: Edit agent inline — name, emoji, workspace always editable in Overview; single bottom Save button activates on any change; no inline Save/Cancel toggle
- New: Delete agent — 🗑️ button with inline confirmation; hidden for default agent
- New:
agents-panels-cron.txt patch — Scheduler card on Cron Jobs tab now shows agent-specific job count and next-wake (n/a when no jobs assigned) - Fix: Emoji reverting after save —
agents.update now accepts an emoji param and writes - Emoji: to IDENTITY.md; previously wrote - Avatar: which was always overridden by the creation-time - Emoji: line - Fix: Schema patch added (
schema-agents.txt) — AgentsUpdateParamsSchema now includes optional emoji field - Fix: Identity cache eviction after agent save — identity is reloaded immediately so changes are visible without refresh
- Fix: Chat dropdown emoji now uses
resolveAgentEmoji() to correctly pick up IDENTITY.md emoji (not just agent.identity.emoji) - Expanded: AGENT_EMOJIS from 60 → 103 entries across all 5 categories
1.2.1 (2026-02-19)
- - Critical fix: Removed out-of-scope props and handlers from
app-render.txt that referenced state not defined by this skill's app-main.txt patch — applying the previous patch would have caused TypeScript errors and runtime crashes - Critical fix: Removed unused import from INLINECODE283
- Fix: Replaced remaining
as any casts in agent create handlers with typed assertions ({ ok?: boolean; error?: string } | null)
1.2.0 (2026-02-19)
- - Security: Added Security & Transparency section to SKILL.md documenting credential access, external calls, patch scope, and LLM output validation
- Security:
.metadata.json now explicitly declares ANTHROPIC_API_KEY/OPENAI_API_KEY as optional env vars with auth resolution order documented - Fix: Stripped out-of-scope state fields from
app-main.txt that belonged to an unrelated feature - Hardening:
agents.wizard JSON parsing now performs structural validation before accepting model output — rejects non-object, missing fields, empty strings, truncated content - Hardening:
name capped to 100 chars, emoji to 10 chars on output to prevent oversized values - Metadata: Added
capabilities block documenting authprofileread, externalapicalls, and sourcecodepatch with mitigations
1.1.0 (2026-02-18)
- - Fix: AI Wizard 401 error — OAuth token was being passed as
x-api-key; now falls back to api_key profile or env var - Fix: "Agent not found in config" after creation —
loadConfig now called after agents.create in both Manual and Wizard paths - New: Emoji picker dropdown (60 emojis, 5 categories, live preview) replaces free-text emoji input
- Patches refreshed with all fixes included
⚠️ Known Gotchas
Model Dropdown Shows Only 1–3 Models
This manifests in two distinct failure modes that often alternate. Both are fixed permanently in v1.5.2 source patches. Understanding both helps if you're on an unpatched install.
Mode A — Allowlist Trap (agents.defaults.models non-empty)
Symptom: Dropdown shows a handful of models from one provider (e.g. 2 Claude variants) even though many providers have API keys configured. openclaw models list --all shows 750+ models fine.
Root cause: agents.defaults.models in openclaw.json acts as a strict allowlist inside buildAllowedModelSet() in the models.list RPC handler. Any wizard, openclaw models set <model>, or onboarding command writes a single entry there — after that, only that one provider's model is shown. The key is never auto-cleared.
Temporary fix (unpatched installs):
CODEBLOCK10
Permanent fix (source patch — v1.5.2):
Remove buildAllowedModelSet from the models.list handler entirely. agents.defaults.models controls routing/defaults, not what appears in the UI dropdown. File: src/gateway/server-methods/models.ts.
CODEBLOCK11
Mode B — Empty Catalog on First Gateway Boot
Symptom: Dropdown shows nothing (or only the currently-selected model as a static fallback). Happens right after a fresh systemctl restart. After a second restart it usually works. The models.list RPC takes 1000+ ms and returns { models: [] }.
Root cause: Three interacting issues:
- 1.
loadModelCatalog() is lazy — not called until the first models.list RPC. If the gateway was busy at startup (e.g. rebuilding the Control UI, which happens on first install), the dynamic import() of the Pi SDK module may contend with other startup I/O and resolve to an empty registry. - When
models.length === 0, modelCatalogPromise is reset to null — so every subsequent call retries, but the error is only logged once (then hasLoggedModelCatalogError suppresses all future failures). This makes the root cause invisible in logs. - The
loadGatewayModelCatalog() wrapper had no retry — it returned [] as-is.
Permanent fix (source patches — v1.5.2):
src/gateway/server-model-catalog.ts — retry once on empty + pre-warm at startup:
CODEBLOCK12
src/agents/model-catalog.ts — reset error-log gate on each new attempt so failures stay visible:
CODEBLOCK13
src/gateway/server.impl.ts — call warmModelCatalogInBackground() at gateway startup (after sidecars):
import { loadGatewayModelCatalog, warmModelCatalogInBackground } from "./server-model-catalog.js";
// ...inside startGateway(), after startGatewaySidecars():
warmModelCatalogInBackground();
Diagnostic Commands
CODEBLOCK15
1.5.2 (2026-03-08)
- - Permanent model dropdown fix (Mode A + Mode B): Removes
buildAllowedModelSet from models.list handler — the dropdown now always shows the full Pi SDK catalog regardless of agents.defaults.models. Adds warmModelCatalogInBackground() called at gateway startup to pre-warm the catalog and prevent the empty-on-first-boot race. Adds retry in loadGatewayModelCatalog() when the first load returns empty. Resets hasLoggedModelCatalogError on each fresh attempt so failures are always logged. - Known Gotchas section: Full root-cause writeup for both failure modes with source-level diffs and diagnostic commands.
1.0.0 (2026-02-18)
- - Initial release
- Agent selector dropdown in chat header
- Per-agent session filtering (newest-first)
- New session button (
+) in chat header - Create Agent panel — Manual + AI Wizard modes
- Fallback model multi-select dropdown
- Removed duplicate "Primary Model" display from Agents overview
- INLINECODE332 /
agents.update / agents.delete / agents.wizard backend methods
