feat(cli): add clawrouter update command by 0xCheetah1 · Pull Request #495 · BlockRunAI/ClawRouter

0xCheetah1 · 2026-10-20T18:43:31Z

Problem

After the initial ClawRouter installation, users still need to manually run the full update
script or repeat the installation command to update the package and OpenClaw integration.
Hermes ClawRouter already provides a simple update command.

Change

Add:

clawrouter update

The command launches the rollback-safe updater already shipped in the package:

scripts/update.sh on Unix-like systems
scripts/update.ps1 on Windows

It runs the existing updater as a child process with inherited output and environment, preserving
wallet/config/plugin backup and rollback behavior. No update logic is duplicated in the CLI.

The README now documents the update flow, including restarting the OpenClaw gateway afterward.

Validation

npm run format:check
npm run typecheck
npm run lint
npm test — 1,221 passed, 1 skipped
npm run build
Dist smoke check
node dist/cli.js --help confirms clawrouter update

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added the clawrouter update command to update the OpenClaw plugin and, when applicable, its global CLI installation.
- Updates back up wallet and integration state and can restore the previous plugin if an update fails.
- The command provides platform-specific manual update guidance if its updater is unavailable, and reports failures with a nonzero exit status.
- Added installation guidance to run the update command and restart the OpenClaw gateway.

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📝 Walkthrough

The CLI now supports clawrouter update. It runs a bundled updater for the current platform and refreshes the global npm installation under specified conditions. The README describes the update steps, state backups, and rollback behavior.

Changes: ClawRouter update command

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Command registration and dispatch `src/cli.ts`	CLI help, argument parsing, and main-command dispatch recognize `update`. The command returns before normal proxy startup.
Updater execution and documented behavior `src/cli.ts`, `README.md`	The CLI runs the platform-specific updater from a temporary copy. If the updater is missing, it reports a manual command and sets a failing exit code. Updater failures propagate. After a successful plugin update, the CLI refreshes the global npm installation only when running from that installation; failure to refresh produces a warning. The README describes state backups and rollback on failure.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant CLI as ClawRouter CLI
  participant Shell as Platform shell
  participant Updater as Bundled updater
  participant npm as npm
  User->>CLI: Run clawrouter update
  CLI->>Shell: Launch platform-specific updater
  Shell->>Updater: Execute updater
  Updater-->>Shell: Return exit status
  Shell-->>CLI: Return exit status
  opt CLI runs from global npm installation and updater succeeds
    CLI->>npm: Refresh global installation
  end
  CLI-->>User: Report update result

Suggested reviewers: killerqueen-z

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ed598

The documented update command is available to A1 users, and asking doctor about an update does not launch the updater. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

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Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 40.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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- Around line 1200-1201: Update parseArgs so the update flag is set only when
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coderabbitai · 2026-10-20T18:48:49Z

+    } else if (arg === "update") {
+      result.update = true;


🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Restrict update to the command position.

If a user runs clawrouter doctor how to update, parseArgs sets both doctor and update. The earlier update dispatch then changes the installation instead of running doctor. Recognize update only as the selected command, not as a word inside another command’s arguments.

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…mand position - 'update' is recognized only as the first argument, so 'doctor how do I update' stays a doctor question instead of reinstalling the plugin. - After the bundled updater refreshes the OpenClaw-managed plugin, also run npm install -g when this CLI is the global install, so the two copies stop drifting (best-effort: warns with the manual command on EACCES). - Run the updater from a temp copy: invoked from the plugin dir, plugins install --force rewrites the script bash is still reading. - Fix the indented 'Management Commands:' help header; Windows fallback now points at the .ps1 updater.

VickyXAI

Pushed 69c3a4c on top: update only matches as the command (so doctor how do I update stays a doctor question), the command now also refreshes the global CLI via npm install -g after the plugin update so the two copies can't drift, the updater runs from a temp copy so a plugin-dir invocation can't have its script rewritten mid-run, and the help header indent is fixed. Thanks @0xCheetah1!

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