# acpx - Doramagic AI Context Pack

> Purpose: pre-work context for the user's host AI. This pack does not prove that the project has been installed, run, or validated.

## Project

- canonical_name: `openclaw/acpx`
- capability: Headless CLI client for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) — talk to coding agents from the command line
- expected_user_outcome: Headless CLI client for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) — talk to coding agents from the command line

## Operating Boundaries

- Do not claim that the project has been installed, run, called through an API, or used on local files unless separate evidence proves it.
- Project facts must come from repo evidence, Claim Graph, or explicit source references.
- When a capability is not verified, mark it as unverified instead of completing it as fact.
- publish_status: `publishable`
- blocking_gaps: none

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## Doramagic Context Augmentation

The following sections strengthen the repository context for a host AI. Human Manual data is a reading route, and pitfall notes become operating constraints.

## Human Manual Outline

Usage rule: this is only a reading route and salience signal, not factual authority. Concrete claims must still return to repo evidence or Claim Graph.

Host AI hard rules:
- Do not treat page titles, section order, summaries, or importance values as factual project evidence.
- When explaining the Human Manual outline, state that it is only a reading route or salience signal.
- Capability, installation, compatibility, runtime state, and risk claims must cite repo evidence, source paths, or Claim Graph.

- **acpx Overview & System Architecture**: importance `high`
  - source_paths: README.md, docs/2026-03-25-acpx-flows-architecture.md, docs/2026-02-17-architecture.md, src/cli.ts, src/cli-public.ts
- **Agent Registry & Built-in Adapters**: importance `high`
  - source_paths: src/agent-registry.ts, agents/README.md, agents/Claude.md, agents/Codex.md, agents/OpenCode.md
- **Session Management, Queues & Lifecycle**: importance `high`
  - source_paths: src/cli/session/session-management.ts, src/cli/session/runtime.ts, src/cli/session/queue-owner-runtime.ts, src/cli/session/queue-owner-process.ts, src/cli/session/contracts.ts
- **Flows, CLI Surface, Permissions & Runtime**: importance `high`
  - source_paths: docs/CLI.md, docs/quickstart.md, docs/install.md, docs/config.md, docs/permissions.md

## Repo Inspection Evidence

- repo_clone_verified: true
- repo_inspection_verified: true
- repo_commit: `a6907746b5bdfec477158748f43506cc3917ca6c`
- inspected_files: `README.md`, `package.json`, `pnpm-lock.yaml`, `docs/2026-02-17-agent-registry.md`, `docs/2026-02-17-architecture.md`, `docs/2026-02-17-session-management.md`, `docs/2026-02-19-acp-coverage-roadmap.md`, `docs/2026-02-19-mock-agent-testing.md`, `docs/2026-02-22-openclaw-integration-plan.md`, `docs/2026-02-23-session-identity-spec.md`, `docs/2026-02-25-warm-session-owner-architecture.md`, `docs/2026-02-27-acpx-session-model.md`, `docs/2026-02-27-zed-thread-schema.md`, `docs/2026-03-25-acpx-flows-architecture.md`, `docs/2026-03-26-acpx-flow-trace-replay.md`, `docs/2026-03-27-flow-replay-viewer.md`, `docs/2026-03-28-acpx-flow-permission-requirements.md`, `docs/2026-03-31-flow-replay-live-transport.md`, `docs/2026-04-06-built-in-agent-launch-ownership.md`, `docs/ACPX_ERROR_STRATEGY.md`

Host AI hard rules:
- Without repo_clone_verified=true, do not claim that the source code has been read.
- Without repo_inspection_verified=true, do not write README, docs, or package-file conclusions as facts.
- Without quick_start_verified=true, do not claim that the Quick Start path has run successfully.

## Doramagic Pitfall Constraints

These rules come from Doramagic discovery, validation, or compilation findings. The host AI must treat them as operating constraints, not background notes.

### Constraint 1: Security or permission risk requires verification

- Trigger: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/openclaw/acpx/issues/406
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 2: Configuration risk requires verification

- Trigger: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.host_targets | https://www.npmjs.com/package/acpx
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 3: Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Trigger: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | https://www.npmjs.com/package/acpx
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 4: Maintenance risk requires verification

- Trigger: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://www.npmjs.com/package/acpx
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 5: Security or permission risk requires verification

- Trigger: no_demo
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | https://www.npmjs.com/package/acpx
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 6: Security or permission risk requires verification

- Trigger: no_demo
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | https://www.npmjs.com/package/acpx
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 7: Security or permission risk requires verification

- Trigger: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/openclaw/acpx/issues/385
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 8: Security or permission risk requires verification

- Trigger: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/openclaw/acpx/issues/387
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 9: Maintenance risk requires verification

- Trigger: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://www.npmjs.com/package/acpx
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.

### Constraint 10: Maintenance risk requires verification

- Trigger: release_recency=unknown。
- Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://www.npmjs.com/package/acpx
- Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.
