refactor: streamline outbound payload handling

src/agents/sandbox.ts

@@ -681,7 +681,9 @@ async function ensureSandboxBrowser(params: {
   if (!isToolAllowed(params.cfg.tools, "browser")) return null;
 
   const slug =
-    params.cfg.scope === "shared" ? "shared" : slugifySessionKey(params.scopeKey);
+    params.cfg.scope === "shared"
+      ? "shared"
+      : slugifySessionKey(params.scopeKey);
   const name = `${params.cfg.browser.containerPrefix}${slug}`;
   const containerName = name.slice(0, 63);
   const state = await dockerContainerState(containerName);

src/commands/agent.ts

@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ import {
   emitAgentEvent,
   registerAgentRunContext,
 } from "../infra/agent-events.js";
+import { deliverOutboundPayloads } from "../infra/outbound/deliver.js";
 import {
-  deliverOutboundPayloads,
+  formatOutboundPayloadLog,
+  type NormalizedOutboundPayload,
   normalizeOutboundPayloads,
-} from "../infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+  normalizeOutboundPayloadsForJson,
+} from "../infra/outbound/payloads.js";
 import { resolveOutboundTarget } from "../infra/outbound/targets.js";
 import { defaultRuntime, type RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
 import { resolveSendPolicy } from "../sessions/send-policy.js";
@@ -541,12 +544,8 @@ export async function agentCommand(
     }
   }
 
+  const normalizedPayloads = normalizeOutboundPayloadsForJson(payloads);
   if (opts.json) {
-    const normalizedPayloads = payloads.map((p) => ({
-      text: p.text ?? "",
-      mediaUrl: p.mediaUrl ?? null,
-      mediaUrls: p.mediaUrls ?? (p.mediaUrl ? [p.mediaUrl] : undefined),
-    }));
     runtime.log(
       JSON.stringify(
         { payloads: normalizedPayloads, meta: result.meta },
@@ -565,12 +564,10 @@ export async function agentCommand(
   }
 
   const deliveryPayloads = normalizeOutboundPayloads(payloads);
-  const logPayload = (payload: { text: string; mediaUrls: string[] }) => {
+  const logPayload = (payload: NormalizedOutboundPayload) => {
     if (opts.json) return;
-    const lines: string[] = [];
+    const output = formatOutboundPayloadLog(payload);
-    if (payload.text) lines.push(payload.text.trimEnd());
+    if (output) runtime.log(output);
-    for (const url of payload.mediaUrls) lines.push(`MEDIA:${url}`);
-    runtime.log(lines.join("\n"));
   };
   if (!deliver) {
     for (const payload of deliveryPayloads) {
@@ -607,10 +604,5 @@ export async function agentCommand(
     }
   }
 
-  const normalizedPayloads = payloads.map((p) => ({
-    text: p.text ?? "",
-    mediaUrl: p.mediaUrl ?? null,
-    mediaUrls: p.mediaUrls ?? (p.mediaUrl ? [p.mediaUrl] : undefined),
-  }));
   return { payloads: normalizedPayloads, meta: result.meta };
 }

src/commands/send.test.ts

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ describe("sendCommand", () => {
       runtime,
     );
     expect(runtime.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.stringContaining('"provider": "web"'),
+      expect.stringContaining('"provider": "whatsapp"'),
     );
   });
 });

src/commands/send.ts

@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ export async function sendCommand(
   if (opts.json) {
     runtime.log(
       JSON.stringify(
-        {
+        buildOutboundDeliveryJson({
-          provider: "web",
+          provider,
           via: "gateway",
           to: opts.to,
-          messageId: result.messageId,
+          result,
           mediaUrl: opts.media ?? null,
-        },
+        }),
         null,
         2,
       ),

src/infra/outbound/deliver.ts

@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@ import { sendMessageSlack } from "../../slack/send.js";
 import { sendMessageTelegram } from "../../telegram/send.js";
 import { resolveTelegramToken } from "../../telegram/token.js";
 import { sendMessageWhatsApp } from "../../web/outbound.js";
+import type { NormalizedOutboundPayload } from "./payloads.js";
+import { normalizeOutboundPayloads } from "./payloads.js";
 import type { OutboundProvider } from "./targets.js";
 
 const MB = 1024 * 1024;
 
+export type { NormalizedOutboundPayload } from "./payloads.js";
+export { normalizeOutboundPayloads } from "./payloads.js";
+
 export type OutboundSendDeps = {
   sendWhatsApp?: typeof sendMessageWhatsApp;
   sendTelegram?: typeof sendMessageTelegram;
@@ -33,43 +38,137 @@ export type OutboundDeliveryResult =
   | { provider: "signal"; messageId: string; timestamp?: number }
   | { provider: "imessage"; messageId: string };
 
-export type NormalizedOutboundPayload = {
-  text: string;
-  mediaUrls: string[];
-};
-
 type Chunker = (text: string, limit: number) => string[];
 
-function resolveChunker(provider: OutboundProvider): Chunker | null {
+type ProviderHandler = {
-  if (provider === "telegram") return chunkMarkdownText;
+  chunker: Chunker | null;
-  if (provider === "whatsapp") return chunkText;
+  sendText: (text: string) => Promise<OutboundDeliveryResult>;
-  if (provider === "signal") return chunkText;
+  sendMedia: (
-  if (provider === "imessage") return chunkText;
+    caption: string,
-  return null;
+    mediaUrl: string,
-}
+  ) => Promise<OutboundDeliveryResult>;
+};
 
-function resolveSignalMaxBytes(cfg: ClawdbotConfig): number | undefined {
+function resolveMediaMaxBytes(
-  if (cfg.signal?.mediaMaxMb) return cfg.signal.mediaMaxMb * MB;
+  cfg: ClawdbotConfig,
+  provider: "signal" | "imessage",
+): number | undefined {
+  const providerLimit =
+    provider === "signal" ? cfg.signal?.mediaMaxMb : cfg.imessage?.mediaMaxMb;
+  if (providerLimit) return providerLimit * MB;
   if (cfg.agent?.mediaMaxMb) return cfg.agent.mediaMaxMb * MB;
   return undefined;
 }
 
-function resolveIMessageMaxBytes(cfg: ClawdbotConfig): number | undefined {
+function createProviderHandler(params: {
-  if (cfg.imessage?.mediaMaxMb) return cfg.imessage.mediaMaxMb * MB;
+  cfg: ClawdbotConfig;
-  if (cfg.agent?.mediaMaxMb) return cfg.agent.mediaMaxMb * MB;
+  provider: Exclude<OutboundProvider, "none">;
-  return undefined;
+  to: string;
-}
+  deps: Required<OutboundSendDeps>;
+}): ProviderHandler {
+  const { cfg, to, deps } = params;
+  const telegramToken =
+    params.provider === "telegram"
+      ? resolveTelegramToken(cfg).token || undefined
+      : undefined;
+  const signalMaxBytes =
+    params.provider === "signal"
+      ? resolveMediaMaxBytes(cfg, "signal")
+      : undefined;
+  const imessageMaxBytes =
+    params.provider === "imessage"
+      ? resolveMediaMaxBytes(cfg, "imessage")
+      : undefined;
 
-export function normalizeOutboundPayloads(
+  const handlers: Record<Exclude<OutboundProvider, "none">, ProviderHandler> = {
-  payloads: ReplyPayload[],
+    whatsapp: {
-): NormalizedOutboundPayload[] {
+      chunker: chunkText,
-  return payloads
+      sendText: async (text) => ({
-    .map((payload) => ({
+        provider: "whatsapp",
-      text: payload.text ?? "",
+        ...(await deps.sendWhatsApp(to, text, { verbose: false })),
-      mediaUrls:
+      }),
-        payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : []),
+      sendMedia: async (caption, mediaUrl) => ({
-    }))
+        provider: "whatsapp",
-    .filter((payload) => payload.text || payload.mediaUrls.length > 0);
+        ...(await deps.sendWhatsApp(to, caption, {
+          verbose: false,
+          mediaUrl,
+        })),
+      }),
+    },
+    telegram: {
+      chunker: chunkMarkdownText,
+      sendText: async (text) => ({
+        provider: "telegram",
+        ...(await deps.sendTelegram(to, text, {
+          verbose: false,
+          token: telegramToken,
+        })),
+      }),
+      sendMedia: async (caption, mediaUrl) => ({
+        provider: "telegram",
+        ...(await deps.sendTelegram(to, caption, {
+          verbose: false,
+          mediaUrl,
+          token: telegramToken,
+        })),
+      }),
+    },
+    discord: {
+      chunker: null,
+      sendText: async (text) => ({
+        provider: "discord",
+        ...(await deps.sendDiscord(to, text, { verbose: false })),
+      }),
+      sendMedia: async (caption, mediaUrl) => ({
+        provider: "discord",
+        ...(await deps.sendDiscord(to, caption, {
+          verbose: false,
+          mediaUrl,
+        })),
+      }),
+    },
+    slack: {
+      chunker: null,
+      sendText: async (text) => ({
+        provider: "slack",
+        ...(await deps.sendSlack(to, text)),
+      }),
+      sendMedia: async (caption, mediaUrl) => ({
+        provider: "slack",
+        ...(await deps.sendSlack(to, caption, { mediaUrl })),
+      }),
+    },
+    signal: {
+      chunker: chunkText,
+      sendText: async (text) => ({
+        provider: "signal",
+        ...(await deps.sendSignal(to, text, { maxBytes: signalMaxBytes })),
+      }),
+      sendMedia: async (caption, mediaUrl) => ({
+        provider: "signal",
+        ...(await deps.sendSignal(to, caption, {
+          mediaUrl,
+          maxBytes: signalMaxBytes,
+        })),
+      }),
+    },
+    imessage: {
+      chunker: chunkText,
+      sendText: async (text) => ({
+        provider: "imessage",
+        ...(await deps.sendIMessage(to, text, { maxBytes: imessageMaxBytes })),
+      }),
+      sendMedia: async (caption, mediaUrl) => ({
+        provider: "imessage",
+        ...(await deps.sendIMessage(to, caption, {
+          mediaUrl,
+          maxBytes: imessageMaxBytes,
+        })),
+      }),
+    },
+  };
+
+  return handlers[params.provider];
 }
 
 export async function deliverOutboundPayloads(params: {
@@ -92,109 +191,26 @@ export async function deliverOutboundPayloads(params: {
     sendIMessage: params.deps?.sendIMessage ?? sendMessageIMessage,
   };
   const results: OutboundDeliveryResult[] = [];
-
+  const handler = createProviderHandler({
-  const chunker = resolveChunker(provider);
+    cfg,
-  const textLimit = chunker ? resolveTextChunkLimit(cfg, provider) : undefined;
+    provider,
-  const telegramToken =
+    to,
-    provider === "telegram"
+    deps,
-      ? resolveTelegramToken(cfg).token || undefined
+  });
+  const textLimit = handler.chunker
+    ? resolveTextChunkLimit(cfg, provider)
     : undefined;
-  const signalMaxBytes =
-    provider === "signal" ? resolveSignalMaxBytes(cfg) : undefined;
-  const imessageMaxBytes =
-    provider === "imessage" ? resolveIMessageMaxBytes(cfg) : undefined;
 
   const sendTextChunks = async (text: string) => {
-    if (!chunker || textLimit === undefined) {
+    if (!handler.chunker || textLimit === undefined) {
-      await sendText(text);
+      results.push(await handler.sendText(text));
       return;
     }
-    for (const chunk of chunker(text, textLimit)) {
+    for (const chunk of handler.chunker(text, textLimit)) {
-      await sendText(chunk);
+      results.push(await handler.sendText(chunk));
     }
   };
 
-  const sendText = async (text: string) => {
-    if (provider === "whatsapp") {
-      const res = await deps.sendWhatsApp(to, text, { verbose: false });
-      results.push({ provider: "whatsapp", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "telegram") {
-      const res = await deps.sendTelegram(to, text, {
-        verbose: false,
-        token: telegramToken,
-      });
-      results.push({ provider: "telegram", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "signal") {
-      const res = await deps.sendSignal(to, text, { maxBytes: signalMaxBytes });
-      results.push({ provider: "signal", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "imessage") {
-      const res = await deps.sendIMessage(to, text, {
-        maxBytes: imessageMaxBytes,
-      });
-      results.push({ provider: "imessage", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "slack") {
-      const res = await deps.sendSlack(to, text);
-      results.push({ provider: "slack", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    const res = await deps.sendDiscord(to, text, { verbose: false });
-    results.push({ provider: "discord", ...res });
-  };
-
-  const sendMedia = async (caption: string, mediaUrl: string) => {
-    if (provider === "whatsapp") {
-      const res = await deps.sendWhatsApp(to, caption, {
-        verbose: false,
-        mediaUrl,
-      });
-      results.push({ provider: "whatsapp", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "telegram") {
-      const res = await deps.sendTelegram(to, caption, {
-        verbose: false,
-        mediaUrl,
-        token: telegramToken,
-      });
-      results.push({ provider: "telegram", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "signal") {
-      const res = await deps.sendSignal(to, caption, {
-        mediaUrl,
-        maxBytes: signalMaxBytes,
-      });
-      results.push({ provider: "signal", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "imessage") {
-      const res = await deps.sendIMessage(to, caption, {
-        mediaUrl,
-        maxBytes: imessageMaxBytes,
-      });
-      results.push({ provider: "imessage", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (provider === "slack") {
-      const res = await deps.sendSlack(to, caption, { mediaUrl });
-      results.push({ provider: "slack", ...res });
-      return;
-    }
-    const res = await deps.sendDiscord(to, caption, {
-      verbose: false,
-      mediaUrl,
-    });
-    results.push({ provider: "discord", ...res });
-  };
-
   const normalizedPayloads = normalizeOutboundPayloads(payloads);
   for (const payload of normalizedPayloads) {
     try {
@@ -208,7 +224,7 @@ export async function deliverOutboundPayloads(params: {
       for (const url of payload.mediaUrls) {
         const caption = first ? payload.text : "";
         first = false;
-        await sendMedia(caption, url);
+        results.push(await handler.sendMedia(caption, url));
       }
     } catch (err) {
       if (!params.bestEffort) throw err;

src/infra/outbound/payloads.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  formatOutboundPayloadLog,
+  normalizeOutboundPayloadsForJson,
+} from "./payloads.js";
+
+describe("normalizeOutboundPayloadsForJson", () => {
+  it("normalizes payloads with mediaUrl and mediaUrls", () => {
+    expect(
+      normalizeOutboundPayloadsForJson([
+        { text: "hi" },
+        { text: "photo", mediaUrl: "https://x.test/a.jpg" },
+        { text: "multi", mediaUrls: ["https://x.test/1.png"] },
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual([
+      { text: "hi", mediaUrl: null, mediaUrls: undefined },
+      {
+        text: "photo",
+        mediaUrl: "https://x.test/a.jpg",
+        mediaUrls: ["https://x.test/a.jpg"],
+      },
+      {
+        text: "multi",
+        mediaUrl: null,
+        mediaUrls: ["https://x.test/1.png"],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("formatOutboundPayloadLog", () => {
+  it("trims trailing text and appends media lines", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatOutboundPayloadLog({
+        text: "hello  ",
+        mediaUrls: ["https://x.test/a.png", "https://x.test/b.png"],
+      }),
+    ).toBe("hello\nMEDIA:https://x.test/a.png\nMEDIA:https://x.test/b.png");
+  });
+
+  it("logs media-only payloads", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatOutboundPayloadLog({
+        text: "",
+        mediaUrls: ["https://x.test/a.png"],
+      }),
+    ).toBe("MEDIA:https://x.test/a.png");
+  });
+});

src/infra/outbound/payloads.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
+
+export type NormalizedOutboundPayload = {
+  text: string;
+  mediaUrls: string[];
+};
+
+export type OutboundPayloadJson = {
+  text: string;
+  mediaUrl: string | null;
+  mediaUrls?: string[];
+};
+
+export function normalizeOutboundPayloads(
+  payloads: ReplyPayload[],
+): NormalizedOutboundPayload[] {
+  return payloads
+    .map((payload) => ({
+      text: payload.text ?? "",
+      mediaUrls:
+        payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : []),
+    }))
+    .filter((payload) => payload.text || payload.mediaUrls.length > 0);
+}
+
+export function normalizeOutboundPayloadsForJson(
+  payloads: ReplyPayload[],
+): OutboundPayloadJson[] {
+  return payloads.map((payload) => ({
+    text: payload.text ?? "",
+    mediaUrl: payload.mediaUrl ?? null,
+    mediaUrls:
+      payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : undefined),
+  }));
+}
+
+export function formatOutboundPayloadLog(
+  payload: NormalizedOutboundPayload,
+): string {
+  const lines: string[] = [];
+  if (payload.text) lines.push(payload.text.trimEnd());
+  for (const url of payload.mediaUrls) lines.push(`MEDIA:${url}`);
+  return lines.join("\n");
+}

src/telegram/bot.ts

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ import {
   listNativeCommandSpecs,
 } from "../auto-reply/commands-registry.js";
 import { formatAgentEnvelope } from "../auto-reply/envelope.js";
-import { getReplyFromConfig } from "../auto-reply/reply.js";
 import { dispatchReplyFromConfig } from "../auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.js";
 import {
   buildMentionRegexes,
   matchesMentionPatterns,
 } from "../auto-reply/reply/mentions.js";
 import { createReplyDispatcherWithTyping } from "../auto-reply/reply/reply-dispatcher.js";
+import { getReplyFromConfig } from "../auto-reply/reply.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../auto-reply/types.js";
 import type { ReplyToMode } from "../config/config.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";