Clawdbot Documentation Expert

SKILL.md

# 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