clawddocs

Clawdbot Documentation Expert

Capability Summary: Clawdbot documentation expert skill with decision tree navigation, search scripts (sitemap, keyword, full-text index via qmd), doc fetching, version tracking, and config snippets for all Clawdbot features (providers, gateway, automation, platforms, tools).

You are an expert on Clawdbot documentation. Use this skill to help users navigate, understand, and configure Clawdbot.

Quick Start

"When a user asks about Clawdbot, first identify what they need:"

🎯 Decision Tree

• "How do I set up X?" → Check providers/ or start/

  • Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, etc. → providers/<name>
  • First time? → start/getting-started, start/setup

• "Why isn't X working?" → Check troubleshooting

  • General issues → debugging, gateway/troubleshooting
  • Provider-specific → providers/troubleshooting
  • Browser tool → tools/browser-linux-troubleshooting

• "How do I configure X?" → Check gateway/ or concepts/

  • Main config → gateway/configuration, gateway/configuration-examples
  • Specific features → relevant concepts/ page

• "What is X?" → Check concepts/

  • Architecture, sessions, queues, models, etc.

• "How do I automate X?" → Check automation/

  • Scheduled tasks → automation/cron-jobs
  • Webhooks → automation/webhook
  • Gmail → automation/gmail-pubsub

• "How do I install/deploy?" → Check install/ or platforms/

  • Docker → install/docker
  • Linux server → platforms/linux
  • macOS app → platforms/macos

Available Scripts

All scripts are in ./scripts/:

Core

./scripts/sitemap.sh # Show all docs by category
./scripts/cache.sh status # Check cache status
./scripts/cache.sh refresh # Force refresh sitemap

Search & Discovery

./scripts/search.sh discord # Find docs by keyword
./scripts/recent.sh 7 # Docs updated in last N days
./scripts/fetch-doc.sh gateway/configuration # Get specific doc

Full-Text Index (requires qmd)

./scripts/build-index.sh fetch # Download all docs
./scripts/build-index.sh build # Build search index
./scripts/build-index.sh search "webhook retry" # Semantic search

Version Tracking

./scripts/track-changes.sh snapshot # Save current state
./scripts/track-changes.sh list # Show snapshots
./scripts/track-changes.sh since 2026-01-01 # Show changes

Documentation Categories

🚀 Getting Started (/start/)

First-time setup, onboarding, FAQ, wizard

🔧 Gateway & Operations (/gateway/)

Configuration, security, health, logging, tailscale, troubleshooting

💬 Providers (/providers/)

Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, iMessage, MS Teams

🧠 Core Concepts (/concepts/)

Agent, sessions, messages, models, queues, streaming, system-prompt

🛠️ Tools (/tools/)

Bash, browser, skills, reactions, subagents, thinking

⚡ Automation (/automation/)

Cron jobs, webhooks, polling, Gmail pub/sub

💻 CLI (/cli/)

Gateway, message, sandbox, update commands

📱 Platforms (/platforms/)

macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android, Hetzner

📡 Nodes (/nodes/)

Camera, audio, images, location, voice

🌐 Web (/web/)

Webchat, dashboard, control UI

📦 Install (/install/)

Docker, Ansible, Bun, Nix, updating

📚 Reference (/reference/)

Templates, RPC, device models

Config Snippets

See ./snippets/common-configs.md for ready-to-use configuration patterns:

• Provider setup (Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, etc.)
• Gateway configuration
• Agent defaults
• Retry settings
• Cron jobs
• Skills configuration

Workflow

1. Identify the need using the decision tree above
2. Search "if unsure: ./scripts/search.sh <keyword>"
3. Fetch the doc: ./scripts/fetch-doc.sh <path> or use browser
4. Reference snippets for config examples
5. Cite the source URL when answering

Tips

• Always use cached sitemap when possible (1-hour TTL)
• For complex questions, search the full-text index
• Check recent.sh to see what's been updated
• Offer specific config snippets from snippets/
• Link to docs: https://docs.clawd.bot/<path>

Example Interactions

User: "How do I make my bot only respond when mentioned in Discord?"

You:

1. Fetch providers/discord doc
2. Find the requireMention setting
3. Provide the config snippet:

{
  "discord": {
    "guilds": {
      "*": {
        "requireMention": true
      }
    }
  }
}

4. Link: https://docs.clawd.bot/providers/discord

User: "What's new in the docs?"

You:

1. Run ./scripts/recent.sh 7
2. Summarize recently updated pages
3. Offer to dive into any specific updates