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Clawdbot Documentation Expert

Expert guidance on navigating, understanding, configuring, troubleshooting, and automating Clawdbot using official documentation and config snippets.

Introduction

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

### Search & Discovery ```bash ./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) ```bash ./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 ```bash ./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: ```json { "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

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