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Docs

openclaw docs

Search the live OpenClaw docs index from the terminal.

Usage

bash
openclaw docs                       # print docs entrypoint and example searchopenclaw docs <query...>            # search the live docs index
Argument Description
[query...] Free-form search query. Multi-word queries are joined with spaces and sent as one.

With no query, openclaw docs prints the docs entrypoint URL and a sample search command instead of running a search.

Examples

bash
openclaw docs browser existing-sessionopenclaw docs sandbox allowHostControlopenclaw docs gateway token secretref

How it works

openclaw docs calls https://docs.openclaw.ai/api/search and renders the JSON results. The search request uses a fixed 30 second timeout.

Output

In a rich (TTY) terminal, results render as a heading followed by a bullet list: page title, linked docs URL, and a short snippet on the next line. Empty results print "No results.".

In non-rich output (piped, --no-color, scripts), the same data renders as Markdown:

markdown
# Docs search: <query> - [Title](https://docs.openclaw.ai/...) - snippet- [Title](https://docs.openclaw.ai/...) - snippet

Exit codes

Code Meaning
0 Search succeeded, including zero-result responses.
1 The hosted docs search API call failed; stderr prints the error message.
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