Clawdbot Documentation Expert

Clawdbot Documentation Expert

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