Enables multiple agents to process the same message simultaneously,
allowing teams of specialized agents with atomic tasks to work together
in the same group using one phone number.
Key features:
- Configure multiple agents per WhatsApp group/DM via routing.broadcast
- Parallel (default) or sequential processing strategies
- Full session isolation (separate history, workspace, tools per agent)
- Minimal code changes (~50 lines in auto-reply.ts)
- Backward compatible with existing routing
Use cases:
- Specialized agent teams (code reviewer + security scanner + docs)
- Multi-language support (EN + DE + ES agents)
- Quality assurance workflows (support + QA agents)
- Task automation (tracker + logger + reporter)
Example config:
{
"routing": {
"broadcast": {
"strategy": "parallel",
"120363403215116621@g.us": ["alfred", "baerbel", "assistant3"]
}
}
}
This enables scaling to hundreds of focused micro-agents on a single
phone number, each handling specific atomic tasks.
When identity.name is configured and responsePrefix is not explicitly set,
automatically default responsePrefix to [identity.name].
This means users only need to set their identity once:
{ identity: { name: "MyBot" } }
And outbound messages will automatically be prefixed with [MyBot].
When identity.name is configured, use it for the default messagePrefix
instead of hardcoded '[clawdbot]'. Falls back to 'clawdbot' if not set.
This allows users to customize how their bot identifies itself in messages
by setting identity.name in their config or IDENTITY.md.
* cron: skip delivery for HEARTBEAT_OK responses
When an isolated cron job has deliver:true, skip message delivery if the
response is just HEARTBEAT_OK (or contains HEARTBEAT_OK at edges with
short remaining content <= 30 chars). This allows cron jobs to silently
ack when nothing to report but still deliver actual content when there
is something meaningful to say.
Media is still delivered even if text is HEARTBEAT_OK, since the
presence of media indicates there's something to share.
* fix(heartbeat): make ack padding configurable
* chore(deps): update to latest
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Co-authored-by: Josh Lehman <josh@martian.engineering>
