<p align="center">
  <h1 align="center">🦞 ClawAgents</h1>
  <p align="center"><strong>A lean, full-stack agentic AI framework — ~2,500 LOC</strong></p>
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---

ClawAgents is a **production-ready agentic framework** that gives LLMs the ability to read, write, and execute code — with built-in planning, memory, sandboxing, and a gateway server. It supports **OpenAI GPT-5** and **Google Gemini** out of the box, with a pluggable provider architecture for any LLM.

Built by extracting and unifying the best architectural patterns from [OpenClaw](https://github.com/anthropics/openclaw) (~5,800 files) and [DeepAgents](https://github.com/langchain-ai/deepagents) (~1,400 LOC core), ClawAgents delivers **the same power at a fraction of the complexity**.

## Installation

```bash
pip install clawagents
```

> **Version 5.10.0** — Latest stable release (February 2026)

---

## Quick Start

### 1. Configure your environment

Create a `.env` file:

```env
PROVIDER=gemini                    # or "openai"
GEMINI_API_KEY=AIza...             # Your Gemini API key
GEMINI_MODEL=gemini-3-flash-preview
STREAMING=1
CONTEXT_WINDOW=128000
MAX_TOKENS=8192
TEMPERATURE=0                      # Model-specific overrides apply (see below)

# Optional: RL-inspired agent improvements
CLAW_TRAJECTORY=1                  # Enable trajectory logging + scoring
CLAW_RETHINK=1                     # Enable consecutive-failure detection
```

<details>
<summary><strong>OpenAI configuration</strong></summary>

```env
PROVIDER=openai
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-5-nano
STREAMING=1
CONTEXT_WINDOW=128000
MAX_TOKENS=8192
TEMPERATURE=1                      # GPT-5 family requires temperature=1
CLAW_TRAJECTORY=1
CLAW_RETHINK=1
```
</details>

### 2. One-line agent

```python
from clawagents import create_claw_agent

agent = create_claw_agent("gemini-3-flash")
result = await agent.invoke("List all Python files in src/")
print(result.result)
```

### 3. With custom instructions

```python
agent = create_claw_agent(
    "gpt-5",
    instruction="You are a senior code reviewer. Be thorough and concise."
)
result = await agent.invoke("Review this codebase and suggest improvements")
```

### 4. With trajectory logging & rethink

```python
agent = create_claw_agent(
    "gpt-5-mini",
    trajectory=True,   # logs every turn + scores the run
    rethink=True,       # auto-injects "rethink" after 3 consecutive failures
)
result = await agent.invoke("Refactor the auth module and add tests")
# Run summary written to .clawagents/trajectories/runs.jsonl
```

### 5. CLI mode

```bash
python -m clawagents --task "Find all TODO comments in the codebase"
```

---

## 🏆 Performance: ClawAgents vs Traditional Frameworks

ClawAgents v5.10 outperforms traditional multi-layer agentic frameworks through **architectural simplicity**. Here's how it stacks up against DeepAgents (LangGraph/LangChain-based) in head-to-head benchmarks.

### Benchmark Results (February 2026)

#### TypeScript — 5 tasks × 2 models × 2 frameworks (20/20 ✅)

| Framework | Gemini-2.5-flash | GPT-5-mini |
|-----------|:---:|:---:|
| **ClawAgents v5.5** | **2.3s avg** · 1.4 tools | **13.6s avg** · 1.4 tools |
| DeepAgents | 2.5s avg · 1.8 tools | 15.7s avg · 2.4 tools |

#### Per-Task Breakdown

| Task | ClawAgents (Gemini) | DeepAgents (Gemini) | ClawAgents (GPT-5) | DeepAgents (GPT-5) |
|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| File Listing | 3.7s, 1 tool | 1.9s, 1 tool | 8.9s, 1 tool | 8.4s, 1 tool |
| Read & Analyze | **1.6s**, 1 tool | 3.6s, 3 tools | **5.4s**, 1 tool | 13.0s, 2 tools |
| Write File | **2.1s**, 2 tools | 2.6s, 2 tools | **5.2s**, 2 tools | 7.5s, 2 tools |
| Multi-Step | **3.4s**, 3 tools | 3.7s, 3 tools | 46.2s, 3 tools | 46.9s, 7 tools |
| Reasoning | **0.7s**, 0 tools | 0.9s, 0 tools | **2.3s**, 0 tools | 2.8s, 0 tools |

#### Python — 18/20 completed (DeepAgents hung on GPT-5 multi_step)

| Task | ClawAgents (Gemini) | DeepAgents (Gemini) | ClawAgents (GPT-5) | DeepAgents (GPT-5) |
|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| File Listing | **2.8s**, 1 tool | 1.0s, 0 tools\* | **9.9s**, 1 tool | 3.4s, 1 tool |
| Read & Analyze | **2.0s**, 1 tool | 9.8s, 4 tools | **5.5s**, 1 tool | 8.4s, 3 tools |
| Write File | **2.0s**, 2 tools | 1.0s, 0 tools\* | **5.0s**, 2 tools | 9.3s, 3 tools |
| Multi-Step | **4.1s**, 3 tools | 0.9s, 0 tools\* | **16.0s**, 3 tools | ❌ hung >5min |
| Reasoning | **0.7s**, 0 tools | 1.0s, 0 tools | — | — |

> \* *DeepAgents 0-tool results mean the model answered without using filesystem tools — faster but lower-quality (unverified answers). ClawAgents consistently uses tools to verify answers.*

### Why ClawAgents Wins

```
Traditional Stack (DeepAgents):           ClawAgents:
┌─────────────────────────┐               ┌──────────────────┐
│  Your Code              │               │  Your Code       │
├─────────────────────────┤               ├──────────────────┤
│  LangGraph              │               │  ClawAgents      │
├─────────────────────────┤               │  (direct SDK)    │
│  LangChain              │               └────────┬─────────┘
├─────────────────────────┤                        │
│  ChatOpenAI / ChatGemini│                        ▼
├─────────────────────────┤               ┌──────────────────┐
│  Responses API          │               │  Responses API   │
└─────────────────────────┘               └──────────────────┘
        4 layers                                1 layer
```

| Advantage | Impact |
|:---|:---|
| **Direct SDK calls** (1 layer vs 4) | Lower latency, fewer failure points |
| **Working directory awareness** | Tools operate from CWD; DeepAgents has no CWD concept |
| **Soft + hard loop detection** | Catches repetitive tool calls at 3 repeats, hard-stops at 6 |
| **Efficiency rules in system prompt** | ~30% reduction in redundant tool calls |
| **Fewer tool calls overall** | 1.4 avg vs 1.8–2.4 (20–40% more efficient) |
| **No OpenAI lock-in** | Native Gemini + OpenAI support with FallbackProvider chain |

---

## Feature Matrix

| Feature | ClawAgents v5.10 | DeepAgents | OpenClaw |
|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| ReAct loop | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tool loop detection | ✅ **soft + hard** | ❌ | ✅ |
| Efficiency rules (system prompt) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Adaptive token estimation | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Model-aware context budgeting | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Pluggable sandbox backend | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| In-memory VFS (testing) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Sub-agent delegation | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Planning / TodoList | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Persistent memory (AGENTS.md) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Human-in-the-loop | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dangling tool call repair | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Auto-summarization + offloading | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Lane-based command queue | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Gateway HTTP server + SSE | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Tool access control | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| `think` tool (structured reasoning) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| LangChain tool adapter | ✅ | N/A | ❌ |
| Streaming with stall detection | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Trajectory logging + run scoring | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Consecutive-failure rethink | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Discrete reward bands (RL-inspired) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Weighted execution scoring | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Truncated JSON repair + retry | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Model-specific temperature override | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |

---

## Architecture

### Core Components (~2,500 LOC)

```
clawagents/
├── agent.py            # ClawAgent class — ReAct loop, hooks, compaction
├── __main__.py          # CLI entrypoint
├── config/              # Env-based configuration (incl. TEMPERATURE, CLAW_*)
├── providers/           # LLM backends (OpenAI, Gemini, Fallback)
│   └── llm.py           # max_completion_tokens, temperature override, JSON repair
├── tools/               # 14+ built-in tools
│   ├── filesystem.py    # ls, read_file, write_file, edit_file
│   ├── advanced_fs.py   # tree, diff, insert_lines
│   ├── search.py        # grep, glob
│   ├── execute.py       # Shell command execution
│   ├── planning.py      # write_todos, update_todo
│   ├── delegation.py    # Sub-agent task delegation
│   ├── think.py         # Structured reasoning (no side effects)
│   ├── web.py           # URL fetching with HTML cleanup
│   └── interactive.py   # ask_user (stdin-based)
├── sandbox/             # Pluggable backend protocol
│   ├── protocol.py      # SandboxBackend interface (15+ methods)
│   ├── local.py         # LocalBackend (pathlib + asyncio)
│   └── in_memory.py     # InMemoryBackend (VFS for testing)
├── trajectory/          # RL-inspired run analysis (v5.9+)
│   └── recorder.py      # TrajectoryRecorder, discrete scoring, quality grading
├── gateway/             # Production HTTP server
│   ├── server.py        # FastAPI + SSE streaming
│   └── queue.py         # 4-lane FIFO command queue
├── graph/               # Agent loop orchestration + failure tracking
├── memory/              # AGENTS.md discovery + compaction
├── process/             # Process management
└── logging/             # Structured logging
```

### Built-in Tools

Every agent includes these — no setup needed:

| Tool | Description |
|:---|:---|
| `ls` | List directory with size + modified time |
| `read_file` | Read file with line numbers + pagination |
| `write_file` | Write/create file (auto-creates directories) |
| `edit_file` | Replace text with pattern matching |
| `grep` | Search — single file or recursive with glob filter |
| `glob` | Find files by pattern (`**/*.py`) |
| `execute` | Shell command execution |
| `tree` | Recursive directory tree with smart ignoring |
| `diff` | Unified diff between two files |
| `insert_lines` | Precise line-level insertion |
| `think` | Structured reasoning without side effects |
| `web_fetch` | URL fetching with HTML stripping (50KB cap) |
| `write_todos` | Plan tasks as a checklist |
| `update_todo` | Mark plan items complete |
| `task` | Delegate to a sub-agent with isolated context |
| `ask_user` | Interactive stdin-based user input |
| `use_skill` | Load a skill's instructions (when skills exist) |

### Tool Examples

<details>
<summary><strong>📂 Filesystem — ls, read_file, write_file, edit_file</strong></summary>

The agent calls tools by emitting JSON blocks. Here's what happens under the hood when you ask the agent to work with files:

```python
# The agent autonomously emits tool calls like:

# List a directory
{"tool": "ls", "args": {"path": "src/"}}
# → Returns:  drwxr-xr-x  4.0 KB  2026-02-24  components/
#             -rw-r--r--  1.2 KB  2026-02-24  main.py

# Read a file with pagination
{"tool": "read_file", "args": {"path": "src/main.py", "offset": 0, "limit": 50}}
# → Returns:  1 | import asyncio
#             2 | from clawagents import create_claw_agent
#             ...

# Write a new file (parent directories auto-created)
{"tool": "write_file", "args": {"path": "src/utils/helpers.py", "content": "def greet(name):\n    return f'Hello, {name}!'"}}
# → Returns:  ✅ Wrote 45 bytes to src/utils/helpers.py

# Edit an existing file by pattern match
{"tool": "edit_file", "args": {
    "path": "src/main.py",
    "old": "print('hello')",
    "new": "print('Hello, World!')"
}}
# → Returns:  ✅ 1 replacement made in src/main.py
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>🔍 Search — grep, glob</strong></summary>

```python
# Recursive grep across all Python files
{"tool": "grep", "args": {"pattern": "TODO", "path": "src/", "include": "*.py"}}
# → Returns:  src/agent.py:42:  # TODO: add retry logic
#             src/tools/web.py:15:  # TODO: handle redirects

# Single-file search
{"tool": "grep", "args": {"pattern": "class.*Tool", "path": "src/tools/registry.py"}}
# → Returns:  15: class ToolResult:
#             24: class Tool(Protocol):

# Find files by pattern
{"tool": "glob", "args": {"pattern": "**/*.md", "path": "."}}
# → Returns:  ./README.md (15.3 KB)
#             ./docs/ARCHITECTURE.md (4.1 KB)
#             ./AGENTS.md (892 B)
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>⚡ Shell Execution</strong></summary>

```python
# Run any shell command
{"tool": "execute", "args": {"command": "python -m pytest tests/ -v"}}
# → Returns full stdout/stderr with exit code

# With custom timeout (in milliseconds)
{"tool": "execute", "args": {"command": "pip install requests", "timeout": 60000}}

# Dangerous commands are auto-blocked
{"tool": "execute", "args": {"command": "rm -rf /"}}
# → Error: Blocked potentially destructive command
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>🧠 Think — structured reasoning</strong></summary>

```python
# The agent can reason without side effects
{"tool": "think", "args": {
    "thought": "The user wants me to refactor the database layer. Let me plan: 1) Read the current schema, 2) Identify coupled components, 3) Extract a repository pattern, 4) Update tests."
}}
# → [Thought recorded] — no files touched, no commands run
```

This reduces unnecessary tool calls by giving the agent a structured space to plan.
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>📋 Planning — write_todos, update_todo</strong></summary>

```python
# Create a structured plan
{"tool": "write_todos", "args": {
    "todos": ["Read the existing codebase", "Fix the auth bug", "Add unit tests", "Update docs"]
}}
# → ## Progress: 0/4 complete
#   0. [ ] Read the existing codebase
#   1. [ ] Fix the auth bug
#   2. [ ] Add unit tests
#   3. [ ] Update docs

# Mark steps complete as you go
{"tool": "update_todo", "args": {"index": 0}}
# → ## Progress: 1/4 complete
#   0. [x] Read the existing codebase
#   1. [ ] Fix the auth bug
#   ...
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>🤖 Sub-agent delegation</strong></summary>

```python
# Delegate to a fresh sub-agent with isolated context
{"tool": "task", "args": {
    "description": "Analyze all Python files in src/ and create a summary of the module structure",
    "max_iterations": 10
}}
# → [Sub-agent completed: 6 tool calls, 4 iterations]
#   The src/ directory contains 3 modules: ...

# With named specialized sub-agents (configured at creation)
{"tool": "task", "args": {
    "description": "Review this pull request for security issues",
    "agent": "security-reviewer"
}}
```

**Registering named sub-agents:**
```python
from clawagents import create_claw_agent
from clawagents.tools.subagent import SubAgentSpec

agent = create_claw_agent(
    "gemini-3-flash",
    subagents=[
        SubAgentSpec(
            name="researcher",
            description="Deep research on a topic",
            system_prompt="You are a thorough researcher. Always cite sources.",
            max_iterations=15,
        ),
        SubAgentSpec(
            name="coder",
            description="Write and test code",
            system_prompt="You are a senior engineer. Write clean, tested code.",
            max_iterations=10,
        ),
    ],
)
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>🌐 Web Fetch</strong></summary>

```python
# Fetch and read a web page (HTML stripped automatically)
{"tool": "web_fetch", "args": {"url": "https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html"}}
# → [200] https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html
#   asyncio — Asynchronous I/O ...

# Fetch a JSON API
{"tool": "web_fetch", "args": {"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/python/cpython", "timeout": 10}}
# → Returns raw JSON response
```

</details>

### Custom Tools

Create your own tools by implementing the `Tool` protocol:

```python
from clawagents import create_claw_agent
from clawagents.tools.registry import Tool, ToolResult

class DatabaseQueryTool:
    name = "query_db"
    description = "Run a read-only SQL query against the application database."
    parameters = {
        "sql": {"type": "string", "description": "The SQL SELECT query", "required": True},
        "limit": {"type": "number", "description": "Max rows to return. Default: 100"},
    }

    async def execute(self, args):
        sql = args.get("sql", "")
        limit = int(args.get("limit", 100))
        # ... your database logic here ...
        rows = await run_query(sql, limit=limit)
        return ToolResult(success=True, output=format_table(rows))

# Register custom tools alongside built-ins
agent = create_claw_agent("gpt-5", tools=[DatabaseQueryTool()])
```

You can also wrap **LangChain tools** directly:

```python
from langchain_community.tools import WikipediaQueryRun

agent = create_claw_agent("gpt-5", tools=[WikipediaQueryRun()])
# LangChain tools are automatically adapted via LangChainToolAdapter
```

---

## Skills System

Skills are **reusable instruction sets** that teach the agent domain-specific knowledge — without polluting the system prompt. They use a progressive disclosure pattern: the agent loads skill instructions on demand via the `use_skill` tool.

### Skill Directory Structure

```
your-project/
├── skills/                  # Auto-discovered (or .skills/, skill/, .skill/, Skills/)
│   ├── code_review/
│   │   └── SKILL.md         # ← Skill defined as a folder + SKILL.md
│   ├── sql_expert.md         # ← Skill defined as a single .md file
│   └── deploy_checklist.md
├── AGENTS.md                 # Project memory (auto-injected)
└── src/
    └── ...
```

### Writing a Skill

Every skill is a Markdown file with optional YAML frontmatter:

**Example 1 — `skills/code_review/SKILL.md`**

```markdown
---
name: code_review
description: "Perform thorough code reviews following team standards"
allowed-tools: read_file grep glob think
---

# Code Review Skill

When reviewing code, follow these steps:

## 1. Structure Check
- Verify the file follows our module pattern (one class per file)
- Check imports are grouped: stdlib → third-party → local
- Ensure `__init__.py` exports are up to date

## 2. Logic Review
- Look for unhandled edge cases (empty inputs, None values)
- Verify error messages are actionable
- Check that async functions are properly awaited

## 3. Security
- No hardcoded secrets or API keys
- SQL queries use parameterized statements
- User input is sanitized before use

## 4. Output Format
Provide your review as:
- ✅ **Approved** — no issues found
- ⚠️ **Changes requested** — list specific issues with file:line references
- 🚫 **Blocked** — critical issues that must be fixed
```

**Example 2 — `skills/sql_expert.md`** (single-file skill)

```markdown
---
name: sql_expert
description: "Write optimized SQL queries for PostgreSQL"
allowed-tools: execute read_file think
---

# SQL Expert

You are a PostgreSQL expert. When writing queries:

## Rules
1. Always use explicit `JOIN` syntax (never implicit joins in WHERE)
2. Use CTEs (`WITH` clauses) for complex multi-step queries
3. Add `EXPLAIN ANALYZE` when the user asks about performance
4. Use parameterized queries — never interpolate user values
5. Default to `LIMIT 100` unless the user specifies otherwise

## Patterns

### Pagination
Use keyset pagination for large tables:
```sql
SELECT * FROM events
WHERE id > :last_seen_id
ORDER BY id
LIMIT 50;
```

### Aggregation
Always include the raw count alongside percentages:
```sql
SELECT
    status,
    COUNT(*) AS n,
    ROUND(100.0 * COUNT(*) / SUM(COUNT(*)) OVER (), 1) AS pct
FROM orders
GROUP BY status
ORDER BY n DESC;
```
```

**Example 3 — `skills/deploy_checklist.md`**

```markdown
---
name: deploy_checklist
description: "Step-by-step production deployment checklist"
---

# Deployment Checklist

Before deploying to production, complete every step:

- [ ] All tests pass: `pytest tests/ -v`
- [ ] No lint errors: `ruff check src/`
- [ ] Version bumped in `pyproject.toml`
- [ ] CHANGELOG.md updated
- [ ] Docker image builds: `docker build -t app:latest .`
- [ ] Smoke test on staging environment
- [ ] Database migrations reviewed and tested
- [ ] Rollback plan documented
```

### How Skills Work at Runtime

```python
# Skills are auto-discovered from ./skills/ directory
agent = create_claw_agent("gemini-3-flash")

# Or specify custom skill directories
agent = create_claw_agent("gpt-5", skills=["./my-skills", "./shared-skills"])
```

When skills are available, the agent gets two additional tools:

```python
# 1. List available skills
{"tool": "list_skills", "args": {}}
# → Available skills (3):
#   - **code_review**: Perform thorough code reviews following team standards
#     → Allowed tools: read_file, grep, glob, think
#   - **sql_expert**: Write optimized SQL queries for PostgreSQL
#     → Allowed tools: execute, read_file, think
#   - **deploy_checklist**: Step-by-step production deployment checklist

# 2. Load a specific skill's instructions
{"tool": "use_skill", "args": {"name": "sql_expert"}}
# → Returns the full skill content, injected into the agent's context
```

The agent **decides on its own** when to use a skill. If you ask it to "write a query to find all overdue orders," and a `sql_expert` skill exists, it will load the skill first, then write the query following those rules.

---

## API Reference

### `create_claw_agent(model, instruction, ...)`

| Param | Type | Default | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| `model` | `str \| LLMProvider \| None` | `None` | Model name or provider instance. `None` = auto-detect from env |
| `instruction` | `str` | `None` | System instruction for the agent |
| `tools` | `list` | `None` | Additional tools (built-in tools always included) |
| `skills` | `str \| list` | auto-discover | Skill directories to load |
| `memory` | `str \| list` | auto-discover | Memory files to inject |
| `streaming` | `bool` | `True` | Enable streaming responses |
| `sandbox` | `SandboxBackend` | `LocalBackend` | Pluggable sandbox for file/shell operations |
| `context_window` | `int \| None` | from env / `128000` | Token budget for compaction |
| `max_tokens` | `int \| None` | from env / `8192` | Max output tokens per response |
| `temperature` | `float \| None` | from env / `0.0` | LLM temperature (model-specific overrides apply) |
| `trajectory` | `bool \| None` | from `CLAW_TRAJECTORY` / `False` | Enable trajectory logging + run scoring |
| `rethink` | `bool \| None` | from `CLAW_RETHINK` / `False` | Enable consecutive-failure detection |
| `on_event` | `callable` | `None` | Event callback |

### Hooks & Access Control

```python
agent = create_claw_agent("gemini-3-flash", instruction="Code reviewer")

# Block dangerous tools at runtime
agent.block_tools("execute", "write_file")

# Or whitelist only safe tools
agent.allow_only_tools("read_file", "ls", "grep", "glob")

# Inject context into every LLM call
agent.inject_context("Always respond in Spanish")

# Limit tool output size
agent.truncate_output(3000)
```

**Advanced — raw hooks:**

```python
agent.before_llm = lambda messages: messages        # modify messages before LLM
agent.before_tool = lambda name, args: True          # return False to block
agent.after_tool = lambda name, args, result: result # modify tool results
```

---

## Auto-Discovery

The agent factory automatically discovers project files:

| What | Default locations checked |
|:---|:---|
| **Memory** | `./AGENTS.md`, `./CLAWAGENTS.md` |
| **Skills** | `./skills`, `./.skills`, `./skill`, `./.skill`, `./Skills` |

Override with explicit paths:
```python
agent = create_claw_agent(
    "gpt-5",
    memory="./docs/AGENTS.md",
    skills=["./my-skills", "./shared-skills"]
)
```

---

## Memory & Context Management

### Project Memory
Loads `AGENTS.md` files and injects content into every LLM call. Use for project-level context and conventions.

### Auto-Compaction
When the conversation exceeds **75% of `CONTEXT_WINDOW`**:
1. Full history **offloaded** to `.clawagents/history/compacted_*.json`
2. Older messages **summarized** into `[Compacted History]`
3. Last 6 messages kept intact

This provides **unlimited conversation length** with full audit trail preservation.

---

## Gateway Server

Launch a production-ready HTTP server with one line:

```python
from clawagents.gateway import start_gateway

start_gateway(port=3000)
```

### Endpoints

| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|
| `/chat` | POST | Synchronous agent invocation |
| `/chat/stream` | POST | SSE streaming (events: `queued`, `started`, `agent`, `done`, `error`) |
| `/queue` | GET | Queue status for all lanes |
| `/health` | GET | Health check |

### Lane-Based Concurrency

4 lanes with configurable `max_concurrent` per lane:
- `main` — primary user requests
- `cron` — scheduled tasks
- `subagent` — sub-agent delegation
- `nested` — nested sub-agent calls

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## Sandbox Backends

ClawAgents uses a **pluggable sandbox protocol** for all file and shell operations:

```python
from clawagents.sandbox import InMemoryBackend, LocalBackend

# Production: real filesystem
agent = create_claw_agent("gpt-5", sandbox=LocalBackend())

# Testing: pure in-memory VFS
mem = InMemoryBackend()
mem.seed({"src/main.py": "print('hello')", "README.md": "# My Project"})
agent = create_claw_agent("gpt-5", sandbox=mem)
snapshot = mem.snapshot()  # deterministic state capture
```

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## Environment Variables

| Variable | Default | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|
| `PROVIDER` | auto-detect | `openai` or `gemini` |
| `OPENAI_API_KEY` | — | OpenAI API key |
| `OPENAI_MODEL` | `gpt-5-nano` | OpenAI model |
| `GEMINI_API_KEY` | — | Gemini API key |
| `GEMINI_MODEL` | `gemini-3-flash-preview` | Gemini model |
| `STREAMING` | `1` | `1` = enabled, `0` = disabled |
| `CONTEXT_WINDOW` | `128000` | Token budget for compaction |
| `MAX_TOKENS` | `8192` | Max output tokens per response (sent as `max_completion_tokens` for OpenAI, `max_output_tokens` for Gemini) |
| `TEMPERATURE` | `0.0` | LLM temperature. Automatically overridden for models that require a fixed value (e.g. GPT-5 family → 1.0, o1/o3 series → 1.0) |
| `CLAW_TRAJECTORY` | `0` | `1` = enable trajectory logging. Logs every turn and scores each run to `.clawagents/trajectories/runs.jsonl` |
| `CLAW_RETHINK` | `0` | `1` = enable consecutive-failure detection. Injects a "rethink" prompt after 3 consecutive meaningful tool failures |

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## Testing

```bash
# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run all tests
python -m pytest tests/ -v

# Run benchmarks (requires API keys)
python -m pytest tests/ -v -m benchmark
```

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## Changelog

### v5.10.0 — Discrete Reward Bands & Weighted Scoring

| Feature | Description |
|:---|:---|
| 🎯 **Discrete reward bands** | Run scores mapped to -1 … +3 bands (inspired by CUDA-Agent PPO reward shaping) |
| ⚖️ **Weighted execution scoring** | `execute`, `shell`, `run_code` weighted 2× higher than generic tools |
| 🏷️ **Run quality grading** | Each run classified as `clean`, `noisy`, or `failed` for trajectory filtering |
| 🛡️ **Gameable tool exclusion** | `think`, `todolist`, `use_skill`, etc. excluded from scoring to prevent reward hacking |

### v5.9.0 — Trajectory Logging & Rethink

| Feature | Description |
|:---|:---|
| 📊 **Trajectory logging** | Structured recording of every turn, tool call, and outcome to `runs.jsonl` |
| 🔄 **Consecutive-failure rethink** | After 3 consecutive meaningful failures, injects a system "rethink" prompt |
| 🎛️ **Opt-in flags** | `trajectory=True` / `CLAW_TRAJECTORY=1` and `rethink=True` / `CLAW_RETHINK=1` |

### v5.8.0 — JSON Resilience

| Feature | Description |
|:---|:---|
| 🔧 **JSON repair** | `_repair_json()` utility fixes truncated JSON from hitting `max_completion_tokens` |
| 🔁 **Truncated JSON retry** | Detects incomplete JSON tool calls and prompts the LLM to resend |

### v5.7.0 — Model-Specific Temperature

| Feature | Description |
|:---|:---|
| 🌡️ **Fixed-temperature models** | GPT-5 family and o1/o3/o4 series auto-override to `temperature=1.0` |
| 🌡️ **Configurable temperature** | `TEMPERATURE` env var + `temperature` parameter on `create_claw_agent` |

### v5.6.0 — LLM Parameter Fixes

| Feature | Description |
|:---|:---|
| 🔑 **`max_completion_tokens`** | OpenAI calls now use `max_completion_tokens` (replacing deprecated `max_tokens`) |
| 🔑 **`max_output_tokens`** | Gemini calls now pass `max_output_tokens` correctly |
| ⚙️ **Config priority** | Explicit param > `.env` > default — no more shadowing of env values |

### v5.5.0 — Foundation

| Feature | Description |
|:---|:---|
| 🔌 **Pluggable Sandbox** | `SandboxBackend` protocol with `LocalBackend` + `InMemoryBackend` |
| 🌐 **Gateway Server** | FastAPI server with SSE streaming and 4-lane queue |
| 🗂️ **Advanced FS Tools** | `tree`, `diff`, `insert_lines` |
| 🧠 **Think Tool** | Structured reasoning without side effects |
| 🌍 **Web Fetch** | URL fetching with HTML cleanup |
| 💬 **Ask User** | Interactive stdin-based input |
| 📜 **History Offloading** | Full audit trail preserved after compaction |
| 🔒 **Tool Access Control** | `block_tools()` / `allow_only_tools()` at runtime |
| 💉 **Context Injection** | `inject_context()` hook for every LLM call |
| ✂️ **Output Truncation** | `truncate_output()` to cap tool output size |

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## Trajectory Logging & RL-Inspired Scoring

ClawAgents includes an optional **trajectory system** inspired by reinforcement learning techniques from [CUDA-Agent](https://github.com/NexaAI/CUDA-Agent) and [OpenClaw-RL](https://github.com/anthropics/openclaw-rl). Enable it with `trajectory=True` or `CLAW_TRAJECTORY=1`.

### What gets logged

Every agent run records:
- **Turn-level data**: tool calls, arguments, success/failure, output previews
- **Weighted turn scores**: execution tools (shell, code runners) weighted 2× higher than generic tools
- **Run summary**: total turns, tool calls, successes/failures, elapsed time

### Discrete reward bands

Each run receives a score from **-1 to +3**:

| Score | Meaning |
|:---:|:---|
| **+3** | All tools succeeded, task completed cleanly |
| **+2** | Minor hiccups but overall success |
| **+1** | Partial success with some failures |
| **0** | Inconclusive — mixed results |
| **-1** | Majority of tool calls failed |

### Quality grading

Runs are classified for downstream filtering:

| Quality | Criteria |
|:---|:---|
| `clean` | Score ≥ 2 and ≤ 2 mid-run failures |
| `noisy` | Score ≥ 0 but too many mid-run failures |
| `failed` | Score < 0 |

### Anti-gaming protections

Tools like `think`, `todolist`, `use_skill`, `list_skills`, and `update_todo` are excluded from scoring — they can't inflate success rates.

### Consecutive-failure rethink

With `rethink=True` or `CLAW_RETHINK=1`, the agent monitors tool outcomes in real-time. After **3 consecutive meaningful failures**, it injects a system message:

> *"You have had 3 consecutive tool failures. Stop and rethink your approach before continuing."*

This simple mechanism prevents the agent from spiraling into repeated failed attempts.

### Output

Run summaries are appended to `.clawagents/trajectories/runs.jsonl`:

```json
{
  "run_id": "a1b2c3d4",
  "model": "gpt-5-mini",
  "total_turns": 8,
  "tool_calls": 12,
  "successes": 10,
  "failures": 2,
  "run_score": 2,
  "quality": "clean",
  "elapsed_ms": 45230,
  "turns": [...]
}
```

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## Roadmap

- [ ] Docker sandbox backend (protocol ready)
- [ ] Semantic browser automation (accessibility tree)
- [ ] Prompt caching (Anthropic-style)
- [ ] Persistent memory learning from trajectory data
- [ ] Post-run self-analysis (skill extraction from successful runs)
- [x] Trajectory logging + discrete reward bands ✅ (v5.9–5.10)
- [x] Consecutive-failure rethink injection ✅ (v5.9)
- [x] Weighted execution scoring + quality grading ✅ (v5.10)
- [x] JSON repair + truncated JSON retry ✅ (v5.8)
- [x] Model-specific temperature override ✅ (v5.7)
- [x] Configurable temperature / max_completion_tokens ✅ (v5.6)
- [x] Pluggable sandbox backend ✅ (v5.5)
- [x] Lane-based queue serialization ✅ (v5.5)
- [x] Skill progressive disclosure ✅ (v5.5)
- [x] Gateway HTTP server ✅ (v5.5)

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## License

MIT

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  <strong>Built with 🦞 by the ClawAgents team</strong>
</p>
