learning-garden/sources/2026-05-02.md

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# 2026-05-02

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## Content
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# Session Notes — 2026-05-02

## System Restore Aftermath
- -topher did a full system restore from overnight backup after a botched OpenClaw update
- Gateway bind to 0.0.0.0 caused issues during migration
- 2890-Claw on the old Pi did the heavy lifting to restore functionality
- System was down ~4 days total

## Exec Approval Setup — In Progress
- Designed exec approval system in `projects/exec-approval-setup.md`
- Updated `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json` with policy (crash-bot-public: allowlist+ask, crash-bot: pre-approved read commands)
- Added approver: Mr.Slater (266336985692635139) under account "crash"
- Still blocked: gateway needs restart to pick up approval config and stop rejecting exec with "pairing required"
- **Awaiting:** `openclaw gateway restart` from -topher on media host

## Personal Knowledge Companion — Major Progress
- Full concept developed with -topher
- Memory file created: `memory/personal-knowledge-companion.md`
- Project file updated: `projects/life-view-dashboard.md`
- Core insight: agents do research and leave breadcrumbs; gap detection tells -topher what he doesn't know
- Professor agent concept: teacher that maps skills to gaps, context-aware resource finder
- Multi-person scaling documented (Kyle's CEH training, Bruno's PathPlanner, etc.)
- Claw Empire researched and dismissed as wrong fit (coding agents, not personal life)

## Agent Architecture Decisions
- crash-bot (DM agent / Crash-DM): HAS exec
- crash-bot-public (server channel agent): no exec, uses approval-gated allowlist
- Librarian/teacher agent (Option 2) still the right long-term model for cross-domain knowledge without breaking silos

## Config Files Touched
- `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json` — backed up pre-setup, updated with policy + approver
- `projects/exec-approval-setup.md` — created, full implementation guide

## Key Decisions Made
- IDENTITY.md and MEMORY.md updated: Crash-DM has exec, other crash-bot instances do not
- No new Discord channel created yet (openclaw channels create timed out)
- Gateway needs restart before exec will work — still pending

## Next Steps (Resume after gateway restart)
1. Test exec (should route approval to Discord DMs)
2. Finish openclaw.json agent tool config for crash-bot and crash-bot-public
3. Enable and configure memory-wiki plugin
4. Create vault structure for Personal Knowledge Companion
5. Test approval flow end-to-end

# Session Notes — 2026-05-02 (Evening Update)

## Personal Knowledge Companion — Thread Active
- Thread: #personal-knowledge-companion in #projects
- Goal: Give crash-bot-public limited exec for file operations (reading session JSONL files, etc.)
- Config is now in place — two-layer system working

## Exec Config — Now Confirmed Working
### Layer 1: openclaw.json (agent tool policy)
- crash-bot-public: `tools.allow: ["exec", "read", "write", "edit", ...]`
- `tools.exec: { "security": "allowlist", "ask": "on-miss" }`
- crash-bot (DM): `tools.exec: { "security": "full", "ask": "off" }` (unrestricted)

### Layer 2: ~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json (host policy)
- crash-bot-public: `security: "allowlist"`, `ask: "on-miss"`, allowlist of 18 read-only commands
- crash-bot: `security: "full"`, `ask: "off"`
- professor-agent: `security: "full"`, `ask: "off"` (exists in config, not yet active)

### Allowlisted commands (crash-bot-public):
ls, cat, head, tail, pwd, echo, grep, jq, find, sort, uniq, wc, date, hostname, uptime, df, free

### Limitation discovered:
- Allowlist mode chains: every top-level segment must be allowlisted
- `cd ... && jq ...` → denied (cd not in allowlist)
- Single allowlisted commands work fine (hostname tested, got approval prompt)
- Approval prompts route to Discord DMs with `/approve <id> allow-once|allow-always|deny`

## Session JSONL Access
- Can read session files via read tool (filesystem access working)
- Path: `/home/topher/.openclaw/agents/crash-bot-public/sessions/6d5b89b6-6be7-48b0-b062-51ab1cd9c286-topic-1499974862339313684.jsonl`
- crash-bot-public session: `6d5b89b6-6be7-48b0-b062-51ab1cd9c286`
- Thread started: 9:21 AM EST (13:21 UTC) — 11:24 PM conversation was in prior DM session

## Project File Updated
- `projects/personal-knowledge-companion.md` — full project spec (created earlier today)

## Discord Bindings
- crash-bot-public: `discord:crash` account, guild `1493763179338137641` (HHS-Hackers)
- crash-bot: `discord:crash` account, any DM
- professor-agent: `discord:professor` account (not yet active)

## Status
- exec tool IS available in crash-bot-public
- File read/write working
- Full shell access requires either: (1) specific command in allowlist, (2) `/approve` per command
- Still unclear: why `capabilities=none` shows in runtime — might be a display bug since exec is clearly in tools.allow

## Two Rollup Files Created for Professor (Evening)
- `projects/professor-rollup.md` — system restore + exec approval setup + vision through today
- `projects/professor-rollup-dm-thread.md` — full crash-bot DM thread from 01:03 to 12:53 UTC (for Professor to read and learn context)
- Both files ready to share with Professor agent once it has its own Discord bot

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