Function writeBaseConfig

services/kiloclaw/controller/src/config-writer.ts:864–929

(
  env: EnvLike,
  configPath = DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
  deps: ConfigWriterDeps = defaultDeps
)

    // Only seed allowFrom on first boot so user edits are preserved.
    if (!('allowFrom' in config.channels.discord.dm)) {
      config.channels.discord.dm.allowFrom = dmPolicy === 'open' ? ['*'] : [];
    }

    config.plugins = config.plugins ?? {};
    config.plugins.entries = config.plugins.entries ?? {};
    config.plugins.entries.discord = config.plugins.entries.discord ?? {};
    config.plugins.entries.discord.enabled = true;
  }

  // Slack
  if (env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN && env.SLACK_APP_TOKEN) {
    config.channels.slack = config.channels.slack ?? {};
    config.channels.slack.botToken = env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN;
    config.channels.slack.appToken = env.SLACK_APP_TOKEN;
    config.channels.slack.enabled = true;

    config.plugins = config.plugins ?? {};
    config.plugins.entries = config.plugins.entries ?? {};
    config.plugins.entries.slack = config.plugins.entries.slack ?? {};
    config.plugins.entries.slack.enabled = true;
  }

  // Composio Connect — a remote MCP server operated by Composio. Nothing is
  // installed in the container: OpenClaw dials the URL over streamable HTTP
  // and forwards the consumer key as a header, so the whole integration is
  // this config block. Toolkit connections (Gmail, Calendar, ...) are made by
  // the user in the Composio dashboard and never touch KiloClaw.
  applyComposioConnectConfig(config, env.COMPOSIO_CONSUMER_KEY);

  // Session — default DM scope to per-channel-peer so each channel+peer
  // combination gets its own session. OpenClaw's onboard sets this for new
  // instances, but legacy instances may not have it.
  config.session = config.session ?? {};
  config.session.dmScope = config.session.dmScope ?? 'per-channel-peer';

  // Kilo Chat — always enabled. The plugin's outbound path reaches
  // kilo-chat via controller proxy → kilo-chat Worker directly.
  config.channels['kilo-chat'] = config.channels['kilo-chat'] ?? {};
  config.channels['kilo-chat'].enabled = true;
  // Load-bearing: _configured is the marker key for OpenClaw's
  // hasMeaningfulChannelConfig gate — without a non-`enabled` key the
  // plugin loads in setup-runtime mode instead of full.
  config.channels['kilo-chat']._configured = true;

  config.plugins = config.plugins ?? {};
  config.plugins.load = config.plugins.load ?? {};
  config.plugins.load.paths = Array.isArray(config.plugins.load.paths)
    ? config.plugins.load.paths
    : [];
  if (!(config.plugins.load.paths as string[]).includes(KILO_CHAT_PLUGIN_PATH)) {
    (config.plugins.load.paths as string[]).push(KILO_CHAT_PLUGIN_PATH);
  }
  if (Array.isArray(config.plugins.allow) && !config.plugins.allow.includes(KILO_CHAT_PLUGIN_ID)) {
    config.plugins.allow.push(KILO_CHAT_PLUGIN_ID);
  }

  config.plugins.entries = config.plugins.entries ?? {};
  config.plugins.entries[KILO_CHAT_PLUGIN_ID] = config.plugins.entries[KILO_CHAT_PLUGIN_ID] ?? {};