Function loadServiceConfig

Returns {
    architectEvery: number;
    architectTimeout: number;
    autoSeed: { crossRefs?: string[]; match: string; steer?: string }[];
    builderTimeout: number;
    criticTimeout: number;
    defaultArchitect?: string;
    defaultCritic?: string;
    depthWeight: number;
    gatewayApiKey?: string;
    gatewayUrl: string;
    host: string;
    logging: { file?: string; level: string };
    maxArchive: number;
    maxLines: number;
    metaArchiveProperty: Record<string, unknown>;
    metaProperty: Record<string, unknown>;
    port: number;
    reportChannel?: string;
    schedule: string;
    serverBaseUrl?: string;
    skipUnchanged: boolean;
    thinking: string;
    watcherHealthIntervalMs: number;
    watcherUrl: string;
}

Validated ServiceConfig.

• architectEvery: number

  Run architect every N cycles (per meta).

• architectTimeout: number

  Architect subprocess timeout in seconds.

• autoSeed: { crossRefs?: string[]; match: string; steer?: string }[]

  Auto-seed policy: declarative rules for auto-creating .meta/ directories. Rules are evaluated in order; last match wins for steer/crossRefs.

• builderTimeout: number

  Builder subprocess timeout in seconds.

• criticTimeout: number

  Critic subprocess timeout in seconds.

• OptionaldefaultArchitect?: string

  Resolved architect system prompt text. Falls back to built-in default.

• OptionaldefaultCritic?: string

  Resolved critic system prompt text. Falls back to built-in default.

• depthWeight: number

  Exponent for depth weighting in staleness formula.

• OptionalgatewayApiKey?: string

  Optional API key for gateway authentication.

• gatewayUrl: string

  OpenClaw gateway base URL for subprocess spawning.

• host: string

  Bind address for the HTTP server (default: 127.0.0.1).

• logging: { file?: string; level: string }

  Logging configuration.

  • Optionalfile?: string

    Optional file path for log output.

  • level: string

    Log level.

• maxArchive: number

  Maximum archive snapshots to retain per meta.

• maxLines: number

  Maximum lines of context to include in subprocess prompts.

• metaArchiveProperty: Record<string, unknown>

  Watcher metadata properties applied to archive snapshots.

• metaProperty: Record<string, unknown>

  Watcher metadata properties applied to live .meta/meta.json files.

• port: number

  HTTP port for the service (default: 1938).

• OptionalreportChannel?: string

  Optional channel identifier for reporting.

• schedule: string

  Cron schedule for synthesis cycles (default: every 30 min).

• OptionalserverBaseUrl?: string

  Optional base URL for the service, used to construct entity links in progress reports.

• skipUnchanged: boolean

  Skip unchanged candidates, bump _generatedAt.

• thinking: string

  Thinking level for spawned synthesis sessions.

• watcherHealthIntervalMs: number

  Interval in ms for periodic watcher health check. 0 = disabled. Default: 60000.

• watcherUrl: string

  Watcher service base URL.