Function startService

Parameters

• config: {
      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 service configuration.

  • 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.

• OptionalconfigPath: string

  Optional path to config file for hot-reload.