feat: add manual onboarding flow alias

docs/cli/onboard.md

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Related:
 ```bash
 clawdbot onboard
 clawdbot onboard --flow quickstart
+clawdbot onboard --flow manual
 clawdbot onboard --mode remote --remote-url ws://gateway-host:18789
 ```
 
+Flow notes:
+- `quickstart`: minimal prompts, auto-generates a gateway token.
+- `manual`: full prompts for port/bind/auth (alias of `advanced`).

src/cli/program/register.onboard.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function registerOnboardCommand(program: Command) {
       "Acknowledge that agents are powerful and full system access is risky (required for --non-interactive)",
       false,
     )
-    .option("--flow <flow>", "Wizard flow: quickstart|advanced")
+    .option("--flow <flow>", "Wizard flow: quickstart|advanced|manual")
     .option("--mode <mode>", "Wizard mode: local|remote")
     .option(
       "--auth-choice <choice>",
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function registerOnboardCommand(program: Command) {
             workspace: opts.workspace as string | undefined,
             nonInteractive: Boolean(opts.nonInteractive),
             acceptRisk: Boolean(opts.acceptRisk),
-            flow: opts.flow as "quickstart" | "advanced" | undefined,
+            flow: opts.flow as "quickstart" | "advanced" | "manual" | undefined,
             mode: opts.mode as "local" | "remote" | undefined,
             authChoice: opts.authChoice as AuthChoice | undefined,
             tokenProvider: opts.tokenProvider as string | undefined,

src/commands/onboard-types.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ export type ProviderChoice = ChannelChoice;
 
 export type OnboardOptions = {
   mode?: OnboardMode;
-  flow?: "quickstart" | "advanced";
+  /** "manual" is an alias for "advanced". */
+  flow?: "quickstart" | "advanced" | "manual";
   workspace?: string;
   nonInteractive?: boolean;
   /** Required for non-interactive onboarding; skips the interactive risk prompt when true. */

src/commands/onboard.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import type { OnboardOptions } from "./onboard-types.js";
 export async function onboardCommand(opts: OnboardOptions, runtime: RuntimeEnv = defaultRuntime) {
   assertSupportedRuntime(runtime);
   const authChoice = opts.authChoice === "oauth" ? ("setup-token" as const) : opts.authChoice;
-  const normalizedOpts = authChoice === opts.authChoice ? opts : { ...opts, authChoice };
+  const flow = opts.flow === "manual" ? ("advanced" as const) : opts.flow;
+  const normalizedOpts =
+    authChoice === opts.authChoice && flow === opts.flow ? opts : { ...opts, authChoice, flow };
 
   if (normalizedOpts.nonInteractive && normalizedOpts.acceptRisk !== true) {
     runtime.error(

src/wizard/onboarding.gateway-config.ts

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export async function configureGatewayForOnboarding(
       const tokenInput = await prompter.text({
         message: "Gateway token (blank to generate)",
         placeholder: "Needed for multi-machine or non-loopback access",
-        initialValue: quickstartGateway.token ?? randomToken(),
+        initialValue: quickstartGateway.token ?? "",
       });
       gatewayToken = String(tokenInput).trim() || randomToken();
     }

src/wizard/onboarding.ts

@@ -82,10 +82,9 @@ export async function runOnboardingWizard(
   const snapshot = await readConfigFileSnapshot();
   let baseConfig: ClawdbotConfig = snapshot.valid ? snapshot.config : {};
 
-  if (snapshot.exists) {
-    const title = snapshot.valid ? "Existing config detected" : "Invalid config";
-    await prompter.note(summarizeExistingConfig(baseConfig), title);
-    if (!snapshot.valid && snapshot.issues.length > 0) {
+  if (snapshot.exists && !snapshot.valid) {
+    await prompter.note(summarizeExistingConfig(baseConfig), "Invalid config");
+    if (snapshot.issues.length > 0) {
       await prompter.note(
         [
           ...snapshot.issues.map((iss) => `- ${iss.path}: ${iss.message}`),
@@ -95,14 +94,51 @@ export async function runOnboardingWizard(
         "Config issues",
       );
     }
+    await prompter.outro(
+      `Config invalid. Run \`${formatCliCommand("clawdbot doctor")}\` to repair it, then re-run onboarding.`,
+    );
+    runtime.exit(1);
+    return;
+  }
 
-    if (!snapshot.valid) {
-      await prompter.outro(
-        `Config invalid. Run \`${formatCliCommand("clawdbot doctor")}\` to repair it, then re-run onboarding.`,
-      );
-      runtime.exit(1);
-      return;
-    }
+  const quickstartHint = `Configure details later via ${formatCliCommand("clawdbot configure")}.`;
+  const manualHint = "Configure port, network, Tailscale, and auth options.";
+  const explicitFlowRaw = opts.flow?.trim();
+  const normalizedExplicitFlow = explicitFlowRaw === "manual" ? "advanced" : explicitFlowRaw;
+  if (
+    normalizedExplicitFlow &&
+    normalizedExplicitFlow !== "quickstart" &&
+    normalizedExplicitFlow !== "advanced"
+  ) {
+    runtime.error("Invalid --flow (use quickstart, manual, or advanced).");
+    runtime.exit(1);
+    return;
+  }
+  const explicitFlow: WizardFlow | undefined =
+    normalizedExplicitFlow === "quickstart" || normalizedExplicitFlow === "advanced"
+      ? normalizedExplicitFlow
+      : undefined;
+  let flow: WizardFlow =
+    explicitFlow ??
+    ((await prompter.select({
+      message: "Onboarding mode",
+      options: [
+        { value: "quickstart", label: "QuickStart", hint: quickstartHint },
+        { value: "advanced", label: "Manual", hint: manualHint },
+      ],
+      initialValue: "quickstart",
+    })) as "quickstart" | "advanced");
+
+  if (opts.mode === "remote" && flow === "quickstart") {
+    await prompter.note(
+      "QuickStart only supports local gateways. Switching to Manual mode.",
+      "QuickStart",
+    );
+    flow = "advanced";
+  }
+
+  if (snapshot.exists) {
+    await prompter.note(summarizeExistingConfig(baseConfig), "Existing config detected");
 
     const action = (await prompter.select({
       message: "Config handling",
@@ -134,37 +170,6 @@ export async function runOnboardingWizard(
     }
   }
 
-  const quickstartHint = `Configure details later via ${formatCliCommand("clawdbot configure")}.`;
-  const advancedHint = "Configure port, network, Tailscale, and auth options.";
-  const explicitFlowRaw = opts.flow?.trim();
-  if (explicitFlowRaw && explicitFlowRaw !== "quickstart" && explicitFlowRaw !== "advanced") {
-    runtime.error("Invalid --flow (use quickstart or advanced).");
-    runtime.exit(1);
-    return;
-  }
-  const explicitFlow: WizardFlow | undefined =
-    explicitFlowRaw === "quickstart" || explicitFlowRaw === "advanced"
-      ? explicitFlowRaw
-      : undefined;
-  let flow: WizardFlow =
-    explicitFlow ??
-    ((await prompter.select({
-      message: "Onboarding mode",
-      options: [
-        { value: "quickstart", label: "QuickStart", hint: quickstartHint },
-        { value: "advanced", label: "Advanced", hint: advancedHint },
-      ],
-      initialValue: "quickstart",
-    })) as "quickstart" | "advanced");
-
-  if (opts.mode === "remote" && flow === "quickstart") {
-    await prompter.note(
-      "QuickStart only supports local gateways. Switching to Advanced mode.",
-      "QuickStart",
-    );
-    flow = "advanced";
-  }
-
   const quickstartGateway: QuickstartGatewayDefaults = (() => {
     const hasExisting =
       typeof baseConfig.gateway?.port === "number" ||