clawline-alert-overlay

name: clawline-alert-overlay description: Explain and control the Clawline alert-instructions overlay appended to alerts. metadata: { "openclaw": { "skillKey": "clawline-alert-overlay" } }

Clawline Alert Instructions Overlay

Clawline can append a short operator note to every alert.

What It Is

• File: ~/.openclaw/clawline/alert-instructions.md (override with clawline.alertInstructionsPath).
• The provider reads this file on each alert and appends it to the alert body, separated by a blank line.
• The file is created automatically if missing, using the default alert text.

Disable or Edit

• Leave the file empty or whitespace-only to disable the overlay.
• Deleting the file recreates the default text on next startup.
• No restart is required; the file is read on every alert.

Size Limits

• The combined alert must stay under sessions.maxMessageBytes (default 65,536 bytes).
• If the overlay would exceed the limit, Clawline sends the alert without it and logs alert_instructions_skipped.