Add Mattermost as a supported messaging channel with bot API and WebSocket integration. Includes channel state tracking (tint, summary, details), multi-account support, and delivery target routing. Update documentation and tests to include Mattermost alongside existing channels.
Add shared parseBooleanValue()/isTruthyEnvValue() and apply across CLI, gateway, memory, and live-test flags for consistent env handling.
Introduce route-first fast paths, lazy subcommand registration, and deferred plugin loading to reduce CLI startup overhead.
Centralize config validation via ensureConfigReady() and add config caching/deferred shell env fallback for fewer IO passes.
Harden logger initialization/imports and add focused tests for argv, boolean parsing, frontmatter, and CLI subcommands.
Support ${VAR_NAME} syntax in any config string value, substituted at
config load time. Useful for referencing API keys and secrets from
environment variables without hardcoding them in the config file.
- Only uppercase env vars matched: [A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*
- Missing/empty env vars throw MissingEnvVarError with path context
- Escape with $${VAR} to output literal ${VAR}
- Works with $include (included files also get substitution)
Closes#1009
When readConfigFileSnapshot encounters validation errors, it now:
1. Returns the resolved config data instead of empty object
2. Uses passthrough() on main schema to preserve unknown fields
This prevents config loss when:
- User has custom/unknown fields
- Legacy config issues are detected but config is otherwise valid
- Zod schema does not recognize newer fields
Fixes config being overwritten with empty object on validation failure.
- Replace free functions with IncludeProcessor class
- Simplify IncludeResolver interface: { readFile, parseJson }
- Break down loadFile into focused private methods
- Use reduce() for array include merging
- Cleaner separation of concerns
- Move $include resolution to src/config/includes.ts
- Simplify io.ts by importing from includes module
- Cleaner API: resolveConfigIncludes(obj, configPath, resolver?)
- Re-export errors from io.ts for backwards compatibility
- Rename test file to match module name
Adds support for splitting clawdbot.json into multiple files using the
$include directive. This enables:
- Single file includes: { "$include": "./agents.json5" }
- Multiple file merging: { "$include": ["./a.json5", "./b.json5"] }
- Nested includes (up to 10 levels deep)
- Sibling key merging with includes
Features:
- Relative paths resolved from including file
- Absolute paths supported
- Circular include detection
- Clear error messages with resolved paths
Use case: Per-client agent configs for isolated sandboxed environments
(e.g., legal case management with strict data separation).
