fix: improve onboarding auth UX

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 ### Fixes
 - Chat UI: keep the chat scrolled to the latest message after switching sessions.
 - CLI onboarding: persist gateway token in config so local CLI auth works; recommend auth Off unless you need multi-machine access.
+- Control UI: accept a `?token=` URL param to auto-fill Gateway auth; onboarding now opens the dashboard with token auth when configured.
+- Agent prompt: remove hardcoded user name in system prompt example.
 - Chat UI: add extra top padding before the first message bubble in Web Chat (macOS/iOS/Android).
 - Control UI: refine Web Chat session selector styling (chevron spacing + background).
 - WebChat: stream live updates for sessions even when runs start outside the chat UI.

src/agents/system-prompt.test.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe("buildAgentSystemPromptAppend", () => {
 
     expect(prompt).toContain("## User Identity");
     expect(prompt).toContain(
-      "Owner numbers: +123, +456. Treat messages from these numbers as the user (Peter).",
+      "Owner numbers: +123, +456. Treat messages from these numbers as the user.",
     );
   });
 

src/agents/system-prompt.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function buildAgentSystemPromptAppend(params: {
     .filter(Boolean);
   const ownerLine =
     ownerNumbers.length > 0
-      ? `Owner numbers: ${ownerNumbers.join(", ")}. Treat messages from these numbers as the user (Peter).`
+      ? `Owner numbers: ${ownerNumbers.join(", ")}. Treat messages from these numbers as the user.`
       : undefined;
   const reasoningHint = params.reasoningTagHint
     ? [
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function buildAgentSystemPromptAppend(params: {
         "Only text inside <final> is shown to the user; everything else is discarded and never seen by the user.",
         "Example:",
         "<think>Short internal reasoning.</think>",
-        "<final>Hey Peter! What would you like to do next?</final>",
+        "<final>Hey there! What would you like to do next?</final>",
       ].join(" ")
     : undefined;
   const runtimeInfo = params.runtimeInfo;

src/commands/onboard-interactive.ts

@@ -495,9 +495,18 @@ export async function runInteractiveOnboarding(
   note(
     (() => {
       const links = resolveControlUiLinks({ bind, port });
-      return [`Web UI: ${links.httpUrl}`, `Gateway WS: ${links.wsUrl}`].join(
-        "\n",
-      );
+      const tokenParam =
+        authMode === "token" && gatewayToken
+          ? `?token=${encodeURIComponent(gatewayToken)}`
+          : "";
+      const authedUrl = `${links.httpUrl}${tokenParam}`;
+      return [
+        `Web UI: ${links.httpUrl}`,
+        tokenParam ? `Web UI (with token): ${authedUrl}` : undefined,
+        `Gateway WS: ${links.wsUrl}`,
+      ]
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .join("\n");
     })(),
     "Control UI",
   );
@@ -511,7 +520,11 @@ export async function runInteractiveOnboarding(
   );
   if (wantsOpen) {
     const links = resolveControlUiLinks({ bind, port });
-    await openUrl(links.httpUrl);
+    const tokenParam =
+      authMode === "token" && gatewayToken
+        ? `?token=${encodeURIComponent(gatewayToken)}`
+        : "";
+    await openUrl(`${links.httpUrl}${tokenParam}`);
   }
 
   outro("Onboarding complete.");

ui/src/ui/app.ts

@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ export class ClawdisApp extends LitElement {
     this.syncThemeWithSettings();
     this.attachThemeListener();
     window.addEventListener("popstate", this.popStateHandler);
+    this.applySettingsFromUrl();
     this.connect();
     this.startNodesPolling();
   }
@@ -334,6 +335,20 @@ export class ClawdisApp extends LitElement {
     }
   }
 
+  private applySettingsFromUrl() {
+    if (!window.location.search) return;
+    const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+    const token = params.get("token")?.trim();
+    if (!token) return;
+    if (!this.settings.token) {
+      this.applySettings({ ...this.settings, token });
+    }
+    params.delete("token");
+    const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+    url.search = params.toString();
+    window.history.replaceState({}, "", url.toString());
+  }
+
   setTab(next: Tab) {
     if (this.tab !== next) this.tab = next;
     void this.refreshActiveTab();