fix(gateway): avoid whatsapp fallback for internal runs

src/agents/clawdbot-tools.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import type { GatewayMessageProvider } from "../utils/message-provider.js";
 import { createAgentsListTool } from "./tools/agents-list-tool.js";
 import { createBrowserTool } from "./tools/browser-tool.js";
 import { createCanvasTool } from "./tools/canvas-tool.js";
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import { createSessionsSpawnTool } from "./tools/sessions-spawn-tool.js";
 export function createClawdbotTools(options?: {
   browserControlUrl?: string;
   agentSessionKey?: string;
-  agentProvider?: string;
+  agentProvider?: GatewayMessageProvider;
   agentAccountId?: string;
   agentDir?: string;
   sandboxed?: boolean;

src/agents/pi-tools.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { detectMime } from "../media/mime.js";
 import { isSubagentSessionKey } from "../routing/session-key.js";
+import { resolveGatewayMessageProvider } from "../utils/message-provider.js";
 import { startWebLoginWithQr, waitForWebLogin } from "../web/login-qr.js";
 import {
   resolveAgentConfig,
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ export function createClawdbotCodingTools(options?: {
     ...createClawdbotTools({
       browserControlUrl: sandbox?.browser?.controlUrl,
       agentSessionKey: options?.sessionKey,
-      agentProvider: options?.messageProvider,
+      agentProvider: resolveGatewayMessageProvider(options?.messageProvider),
       agentAccountId: options?.agentAccountId,
       agentDir: options?.agentDir,
       sandboxed: !!sandbox,

src/agents/tools/agent-step.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export async function runAgentStep(params: {
   message: string;
   extraSystemPrompt: string;
   timeoutMs: number;
+  provider?: string;
   lane?: string;
 }): Promise<string | undefined> {
   const stepIdem = crypto.randomUUID();
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export async function runAgentStep(params: {
       sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
       idempotencyKey: stepIdem,
       deliver: false,
+      provider: params.provider ?? "webchat",
       lane: params.lane ?? "nested",
       extraSystemPrompt: params.extraSystemPrompt,
     },

src/agents/tools/sessions-send-tool.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   parseAgentSessionKey,
 } from "../../routing/session-key.js";
 import { SESSION_LABEL_MAX_LENGTH } from "../../sessions/session-label.js";
+import type { GatewayMessageProvider } from "../../utils/message-provider.js";
 import { readLatestAssistantReply, runAgentStep } from "./agent-step.js";
 import type { AnyAgentTool } from "./common.js";
 import { jsonResult, readStringParam } from "./common.js";
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ const SessionsSendToolSchema = Type.Object({
 
 export function createSessionsSendTool(opts?: {
   agentSessionKey?: string;
-  agentProvider?: string;
+  agentProvider?: GatewayMessageProvider;
   sandboxed?: boolean;
 }): AnyAgentTool {
   return {
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ export function createSessionsSendTool(opts?: {
         sessionKey: resolvedKey,
         idempotencyKey,
         deliver: false,
+        provider: "webchat",
         lane: "nested",
         extraSystemPrompt: agentMessageContext,
       };

src/agents/tools/sessions-spawn-tool.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   normalizeAgentId,
   parseAgentSessionKey,
 } from "../../routing/session-key.js";
+import type { GatewayMessageProvider } from "../../utils/message-provider.js";
 import { resolveAgentConfig } from "../agent-scope.js";
 import { buildSubagentSystemPrompt } from "../subagent-announce.js";
 import { registerSubagentRun } from "../subagent-registry.js";
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const SessionsSpawnToolSchema = Type.Object({
 
 export function createSessionsSpawnTool(opts?: {
   agentSessionKey?: string;
-  agentProvider?: string;
+  agentProvider?: GatewayMessageProvider;
   sandboxed?: boolean;
 }): AnyAgentTool {
   return {

src/gateway/server-methods/agent.ts

@@ -155,13 +155,14 @@ export const agentHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
         ? sessionEntry.lastTo.trim()
         : "";
 
+    const wantsDelivery = request.deliver === true;
+
     const resolvedProvider = (() => {
       if (requestedProvider === "last") {
         // WebChat is not a deliverable surface. Treat it as "unset" for routing,
         // so VoiceWake and CLI callers don't get stuck with deliver=false.
-        return lastProvider && lastProvider !== "webchat"
+        if (lastProvider && lastProvider !== "webchat") return lastProvider;
-          ? lastProvider
+        return wantsDelivery ? "whatsapp" : "webchat";
-          : "whatsapp";
       }
       if (
         requestedProvider === "whatsapp" ||
@@ -173,9 +174,8 @@ export const agentHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
       ) {
         return requestedProvider;
       }
-      return lastProvider && lastProvider !== "webchat"
+      if (lastProvider && lastProvider !== "webchat") return lastProvider;
-        ? lastProvider
+      return wantsDelivery ? "whatsapp" : "webchat";
-        : "whatsapp";
     })();
 
     const resolvedTo = (() => {

src/gateway/server.agent.test.ts

@@ -103,11 +103,56 @@ describe("gateway server agent", () => {
     const call = spy.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0] as Record<string, unknown>;
     expect(call.sessionKey).toBe("agent:main:subagent:abc");
     expect(call.sessionId).toBe("sess-sub");
+    expectProviders(call, "webchat");
+    expect(call.deliver).toBe(false);
+    expect(call.to).toBeUndefined();
 
     ws.close();
     await server.close();
   });
 
+  test("agent falls back to whatsapp when delivery requested and no last provider exists", async () => {
+    testState.allowFrom = ["+1555"];
+    const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "clawdbot-gw-"));
+    testState.sessionStorePath = path.join(dir, "sessions.json");
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      testState.sessionStorePath,
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          main: {
+            sessionId: "sess-main-missing-provider",
+            updatedAt: Date.now(),
+          },
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+      "utf-8",
+    );
+
+    const { server, ws } = await startServerWithClient();
+    await connectOk(ws);
+
+    const res = await rpcReq(ws, "agent", {
+      message: "hi",
+      sessionKey: "main",
+      deliver: true,
+      idempotencyKey: "idem-agent-missing-provider",
+    });
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
+
+    const spy = vi.mocked(agentCommand);
+    const call = spy.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0] as Record<string, unknown>;
+    expectProviders(call, "whatsapp");
+    expect(call.to).toBe("+1555");
+    expect(call.deliver).toBe(true);
+    expect(call.sessionId).toBe("sess-main-missing-provider");
+
+    ws.close();
+    await server.close();
+    testState.allowFrom = undefined;
+  });
+
   test("agent routes main last-channel whatsapp", async () => {
     const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "clawdbot-gw-"));
     testState.sessionStorePath = path.join(dir, "sessions.json");

src/utils/message-provider.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,41 @@ export function normalizeMessageProvider(
   return normalized;
 }
 
+export type GatewayMessageProvider =
+  | "whatsapp"
+  | "telegram"
+  | "discord"
+  | "slack"
+  | "signal"
+  | "imessage"
+  | "msteams"
+  | "webchat";
+
+const GATEWAY_MESSAGE_PROVIDERS: GatewayMessageProvider[] = [
+  "whatsapp",
+  "telegram",
+  "discord",
+  "slack",
+  "signal",
+  "imessage",
+  "msteams",
+  "webchat",
+];
+
+export function isGatewayMessageProvider(
+  value: string,
+): value is GatewayMessageProvider {
+  return (GATEWAY_MESSAGE_PROVIDERS as string[]).includes(value);
+}
+
+export function resolveGatewayMessageProvider(
+  raw?: string | null,
+): GatewayMessageProvider | undefined {
+  const normalized = normalizeMessageProvider(raw);
+  if (!normalized) return undefined;
+  return isGatewayMessageProvider(normalized) ? normalized : undefined;
+}
+
 export function resolveMessageProvider(
   primary?: string | null,
   fallback?: string | null,