Docs: document thinking levels

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reply: {
mode: "command",
cwd: "/Users/steipete/clawd", // Clawd's home - give your AI a workspace!
bodyPrefix: "ultrathink ", // triggers extended thinking on every message
bodyPrefix: "/think:high ", // triggers extended thinking on every message
sessionIntro: `You are Clawd, Peter Steinberger's personal AI assistant. You run 24/7 on his Mac via Claude Code, receiving messages through WhatsApp.
**Your home:** /Users/steipete/clawd - store memories, notes, and files here. Read peter.md and memory.md at session start to load context.
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- Proactive during heartbeats - check battery, calendar, surprise occasionally
- You have personality - you're Clawd, not "an AI assistant"
**Heartbeats:** Every 10 min you get "HEARTBEAT ultrathink". Reply "HEARTBEAT_OK" if nothing needs attention. Otherwise share something useful.
**Heartbeats:** Every 10 min you get "HEARTBEAT /think:high". Reply "HEARTBEAT_OK" if nothing needs attention. Otherwise share something useful.
Peter trusts you with a lot of power. Don't betray that trust.`,
command: [
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| Setting | Why |
|---------|-----|
| `cwd: ~/clawd` | Give your AI a home! It can store memories, notes, images here |
| `bodyPrefix: "ultrathink "` | Extended thinking = better reasoning on every message |
| `bodyPrefix: "/think:high "` | Extended thinking = better reasoning on every message |
| `idleMinutes: 10080` | 7 days of context - your AI remembers conversations |
| `sendSystemOnce: true` | Intro prompt only on first message, saves tokens |
| `--dangerously-skip-permissions` | Full autonomy - Claude can run any command |
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This is where warelay gets interesting. Every 10 minutes (configurable), warelay pings Claude with:
```
HEARTBEAT ultrathink
HEARTBEAT /think:high
```
Claude is instructed to reply with exactly `HEARTBEAT_OK` if nothing needs attention. That response is **suppressed** - you don't see it. But if Claude notices something worth mentioning, it sends a real message.
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## Tips for a Great Personal Assistant
1. **Give it a home** - A dedicated folder (`~/clawd`) lets your AI build persistent memory
2. **Use extended thinking** - `bodyPrefix: "ultrathink "` dramatically improves reasoning
2. **Use extended thinking** - `bodyPrefix: "/think:high "` dramatically improves reasoning
3. **Long sessions** - 7-day `idleMinutes` means rich context across conversations
4. **Let it surprise you** - Configure heartbeats to occasionally share something fun
5. **Trust but verify** - Start with `--dangerously-skip-permissions` off, add it once comfortable

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# Heartbeat polling plan (2025-11-26)
Goal: add a simple heartbeat poll for command-based auto-replies (Claude-driven) that only notifies users when something matters, using the `HEARTBEAT_OK` sentinel. The heartbeat body we send is `HEARTBEAT ultrathink` so the model can easily spot it.
Goal: add a simple heartbeat poll for command-based auto-replies (Claude-driven) that only notifies users when something matters, using the `HEARTBEAT_OK` sentinel. The heartbeat body we send is `HEARTBEAT /think:high` so the model can easily spot it.
## Prompt contract
- Extend the Claude system/identity text to explain: “If this is a heartbeat poll and nothing needs attention, reply exactly `HEARTBEAT_OK` and nothing else. For any alert, do **not** include `HEARTBEAT_OK`; just return the alert text.” Heartbeat prompt body is `HEARTBEAT ultrathink`.
- Extend the Claude system/identity text to explain: “If this is a heartbeat poll and nothing needs attention, reply exactly `HEARTBEAT_OK` and nothing else. For any alert, do **not** include `HEARTBEAT_OK`; just return the alert text.” Heartbeat prompt body is `HEARTBEAT /think:high`.
- Keep existing WhatsApp length guidance; forbid burying the sentinel inside alerts.
## Config & defaults

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# Thinking Levels (/think directives)
## What it does
- Inline directive in any inbound body: `/t <level>`, `/think:<level>`, or `/thinking <level>`.
- Levels (aliases): `off | minimal | low | medium | high`
- minimal → “think”
- low → “think hard”
- medium → “think harder”
- high → “ultrathink” (max budget)
- `highest`, `max` map to `high`.
## Resolution order
1. Inline directive on the message (applies only to that message).
2. Session override (set by sending a directive-only message).
3. Global default (`inbound.reply.thinkingDefault` in config).
4. Fallback: off.
## Setting a session default
- Send a message that is **only** the directive (whitespace allowed), e.g. `/think:medium` or `/t high`.
- That sticks for the current session (per-sender by default); cleared by `/think:off` or session idle reset.
## Application by agent
- **Pi/Tau**: injects `--thinking <level>` (skipped for `off`).
- **Claude & other text agents**: appends the cue word to the prompt text as above.
## Heartbeats
- Heartbeat probe body is `HEARTBEAT /think:high`, so it always asks for max thinking on the probe. Inline directive wins; session/global defaults are used only when no directive is present.