feat: auto native commands defaults

src/config/commands.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { NativeCommandsSetting } from "./types.js";
+import { normalizeProviderId } from "../providers/registry.js";
+import type { ProviderId } from "../providers/plugins/types.js";
+
+function resolveAutoDefault(providerId?: ProviderId): boolean {
+  const id = normalizeProviderId(providerId);
+  if (!id) return false;
+  if (id === "discord" || id === "telegram") return true;
+  if (id === "slack") return false;
+  return false;
+}
+
+export function resolveNativeCommandsEnabled(params: {
+  providerId: ProviderId;
+  providerSetting?: NativeCommandsSetting;
+  globalSetting?: NativeCommandsSetting;
+}): boolean {
+  const { providerId, providerSetting, globalSetting } = params;
+  const setting =
+    providerSetting === undefined ? globalSetting : providerSetting;
+  if (setting === true) return true;
+  if (setting === false) return false;
+  // auto or undefined -> heuristic
+  return resolveAutoDefault(providerId);
+}
+
+export function isNativeCommandsExplicitlyDisabled(params: {
+  providerSetting?: NativeCommandsSetting;
+  globalSetting?: NativeCommandsSetting;
+}): boolean {
+  const { providerSetting, globalSetting } = params;
+  if (providerSetting === false) return true;
+  if (providerSetting === undefined) return globalSetting === false;
+  return false;
+}

src/config/schema.ts

@@ -283,6 +283,12 @@ const FIELD_HELP: Record<string, string> = {
     "Allow /restart and gateway restart tool actions (default: false).",
   "commands.useAccessGroups":
     "Enforce access-group allowlists/policies for commands.",
+  "discord.commands.native":
+    'Override native commands for Discord (bool or "auto").',
+  "telegram.commands.native":
+    'Override native commands for Telegram (bool or "auto").',
+  "slack.commands.native":
+    'Override native commands for Slack (bool or "auto").',
   "session.agentToAgent.maxPingPongTurns":
     "Max reply-back turns between requester and target (0–5).",
   "messages.ackReaction":

src/config/types.ts

@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ export type TelegramAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Override native command registration for Telegram (bool or "auto"). */
+  commands?: ProviderCommandsConfig;
   /**
    * Controls how Telegram direct chats (DMs) are handled:
    * - "pairing" (default): unknown senders get a pairing code; owner must approve
@@ -510,6 +512,8 @@ export type DiscordAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Override native command registration for Discord (bool or "auto"). */
+  commands?: ProviderCommandsConfig;
   /** If false, do not start this Discord account. Default: true. */
   enabled?: boolean;
   token?: string;
@@ -621,6 +625,8 @@ export type SlackAccountConfig = {
   name?: string;
   /** Optional provider capability tags used for agent/runtime guidance. */
   capabilities?: string[];
+  /** Override native command registration for Slack (bool or "auto"). */
+  commands?: ProviderCommandsConfig;
   /** If false, do not start this Slack account. Default: true. */
   enabled?: boolean;
   botToken?: string;
@@ -1209,9 +1215,11 @@ export type MessagesConfig = {
   removeAckAfterReply?: boolean;
 };
 
+export type NativeCommandsSetting = boolean | "auto";
+
 export type CommandsConfig = {
-  /** Enable native command registration when supported (default: false). */
-  native?: boolean;
+  /** Enable native command registration when supported (default: "auto"). */
+  native?: NativeCommandsSetting;
   /** Enable text command parsing (default: true). */
   text?: boolean;
   /** Allow /config command (default: false). */
@@ -1224,6 +1232,11 @@ export type CommandsConfig = {
   useAccessGroups?: boolean;
 };
 
+export type ProviderCommandsConfig = {
+  /** Override native command registration for this provider (bool or "auto"). */
+  native?: NativeCommandsSetting;
+};
+
 export type BridgeBindMode = "auto" | "lan" | "tailnet" | "loopback";
 
 export type BridgeConfig = {

src/config/zod-schema.ts

@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ const TelegramAccountSchemaBase = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional(),
   capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  commands: ProviderCommandsSchema,
   dmPolicy: DmPolicySchema.optional().default("pairing"),
   botToken: z.string().optional(),
   tokenFile: z.string().optional(),
@@ -367,6 +368,7 @@ const DiscordAccountSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional(),
   capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  commands: ProviderCommandsSchema,
   token: z.string().optional(),
   allowBots: z.boolean().optional(),
   groupPolicy: GroupPolicySchema.optional().default("allowlist"),
@@ -440,6 +442,7 @@ const SlackAccountSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional(),
   capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  commands: ProviderCommandsSchema,
   botToken: z.string().optional(),
   appToken: z.string().optional(),
   allowBots: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -709,16 +712,28 @@ const MessagesSchema = z
   })
   .optional();
 
+const NativeCommandsSettingSchema = z.union([
+  z.boolean(),
+  z.literal("auto"),
+]);
+
+const ProviderCommandsSchema = z
+  .object({
+    native: NativeCommandsSettingSchema.optional(),
+  })
+  .optional();
+
 const CommandsSchema = z
   .object({
-    native: z.boolean().optional(),
+    native: NativeCommandsSettingSchema.optional().default("auto"),
     text: z.boolean().optional(),
     config: z.boolean().optional(),
     debug: z.boolean().optional(),
     restart: z.boolean().optional(),
     useAccessGroups: z.boolean().optional(),
   })
-  .optional();
+  .optional()
+  .default({ native: "auto" });
 
 const HeartbeatSchema = z
   .object({

src/discord/monitor.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ import { getReplyFromConfig } from "../auto-reply/reply.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../auto-reply/types.js";
 import type { ClawdbotConfig, ReplyToMode } from "../config/config.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import {
+  isNativeCommandsExplicitlyDisabled,
+  resolveNativeCommandsEnabled,
+} from "../config/commands.js";
 import { resolveStorePath, updateLastRoute } from "../config/sessions.js";
 import { danger, logVerbose, shouldLogVerbose } from "../globals.js";
 import { formatDurationSeconds } from "../infra/format-duration.js";
@@ -403,8 +407,15 @@ export async function monitorDiscordProvider(opts: MonitorDiscordOpts = {}) {
   const dmPolicy = dmConfig?.policy ?? "pairing";
   const groupDmEnabled = dmConfig?.groupEnabled ?? false;
   const groupDmChannels = dmConfig?.groupChannels;
-  const nativeEnabled = cfg.commands?.native === true;
-  const nativeDisabledExplicit = cfg.commands?.native === false;
+  const nativeEnabled = resolveNativeCommandsEnabled({
+    providerId: "discord",
+    providerSetting: discordCfg.commands?.native,
+    globalSetting: cfg.commands?.native,
+  });
+  const nativeDisabledExplicit = isNativeCommandsExplicitlyDisabled({
+    providerSetting: discordCfg.commands?.native,
+    globalSetting: cfg.commands?.native,
+  });
   const useAccessGroups = cfg.commands?.useAccessGroups !== false;
   const sessionPrefix = "discord:slash";
   const ephemeralDefault = true;

src/slack/monitor.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import type {
   SlackSlashCommandConfig,
 } from "../config/config.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { resolveNativeCommandsEnabled } from "../config/commands.js";
 import {
   resolveSessionKey,
   resolveStorePath,
@@ -1944,8 +1945,14 @@ export async function monitorSlackProvider(opts: MonitorSlackOpts = {}) {
     }
   };
 
-  const nativeCommands =
-    cfg.commands?.native === true ? listNativeCommandSpecsForConfig(cfg) : [];
+  const nativeEnabled = resolveNativeCommandsEnabled({
+    providerId: "slack",
+    providerSetting: account.config.commands?.native,
+    globalSetting: cfg.commands?.native,
+  });
+  const nativeCommands = nativeEnabled
+    ? listNativeCommandSpecsForConfig(cfg)
+    : [];
   if (nativeCommands.length > 0) {
     for (const command of nativeCommands) {
       app.command(

src/telegram/bot.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ import { getReplyFromConfig } from "../auto-reply/reply.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../auto-reply/types.js";
 import type { ClawdbotConfig, ReplyToMode } from "../config/config.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import {
+  isNativeCommandsExplicitlyDisabled,
+  resolveNativeCommandsEnabled,
+} from "../config/commands.js";
 import {
   resolveProviderGroupPolicy,
   resolveProviderGroupRequireMention,
@@ -291,8 +295,15 @@ export function createTelegramBot(opts: TelegramBotOptions) {
   };
   const replyToMode = opts.replyToMode ?? telegramCfg.replyToMode ?? "first";
   const streamMode = resolveTelegramStreamMode(telegramCfg);
-  const nativeEnabled = cfg.commands?.native === true;
-  const nativeDisabledExplicit = cfg.commands?.native === false;
+  const nativeEnabled = resolveNativeCommandsEnabled({
+    providerId: "telegram",
+    providerSetting: telegramCfg.commands?.native,
+    globalSetting: cfg.commands?.native,
+  });
+  const nativeDisabledExplicit = isNativeCommandsExplicitlyDisabled({
+    providerSetting: telegramCfg.commands?.native,
+    globalSetting: cfg.commands?.native,
+  });
   const useAccessGroups = cfg.commands?.useAccessGroups !== false;
   const ackReactionScope = cfg.messages?.ackReactionScope ?? "group-mentions";
   const mediaMaxBytes =