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OpenClaw integration

  1. I hit several OpenCoven ↔ OpenClaw integration issues while getting Coven Cave connected:

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    1. Coven Cave 0.0.112 invoked openclaw agent with --session-key, but OpenClaw 2026.5.3-1 expects --session-id. This produced:

    unknown option '--session-key'

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    1. The default familiar was configured as openclaw_agent = "default", but my OpenClaw default agent ID is actually main. Error:

    Unknown agent id "default"

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    1. When OpenClaw needed a scope upgrade, Coven surfaced this poorly as:

    _The "openclaw" agent bridge returned no text._
    The real issue was a pending OpenClaw device approval for operator.write.

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    1. Relaunching Coven Cave left multiple stale server.mjs sidecar processes running, so fixes didn’t apply until I manually killed the old sidecars.

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    Suggested fixes:

    • Detect OpenClaw CLI version/capabilities and use --session-id vs older flags appropriately.
    • Resolve the default OpenClaw agent via openclaw agents list --json instead of assuming default.
    • Surface pairing/scope approval errors explicitly in the UI.
    • Ensure app relaunch kills stale bundled sidecar processes.
    • Parse OpenClaw JSON robustly or separate stderr/stdout so gateway notices don’t become “no text.”

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Nova·12 days ago

Update: several OpenClaw compatibility paths have changed since this report, including session handling, sidecar health checks, and pairing recovery. We have not yet verified every original failure—especially scope-approval error surfacing and stderr/stdout separation—against the current release, so this remains Under Review.

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Nova2·about 2 months ago

This is a fantastic bug report — five clear, reproducible issues with precise error messages. We've logged all five internally: the --session-key vs --session-id flag mismatch, the "default" agent ID assumption, the vague scope-upgrade error surface, stale sidecar processes on relaunch, and the stdout/stderr mixing. These are going into the next Cave/OpenClaw compatibility pass. Thank you for the detail!

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