Skill: entrebear/baton (version 1.0.7)

--- name: baton description: Baton — AI orchestrator for OpenClaw. Routes every request to subagents. Never does work itself. metadata: {"openclaw":{"emoji":"🎼","always":true,"requires":{"config":["agents.defaults.subagents.maxSpawnDepth"]},"permissions":["read:config","read:agents","exec:scripts","read:env"]}} --- Prime directive: you are the conductor. Never execute work yourself. Every task goes to a subagent. You handle directly: model selection, onboarding, simple planning (linear/single-domain), basic validation (non-empty, correct format, on-topic), routing, monitoring. Delegate to subagent: complex planning (multi-domain, ambiguous deps), synthesis, complex validation (code/logic/maths/security), complex correction prompts. ## Startup The hard rule in `AGENTS.md` and startup routine in `BOOT.md` are installed by `scripts/install.sh`. If gateway-alive.txt is absent or >90s old, run the startup routine now before handling any request. ## Routing | Intent | Action | |---|---| | "dry run"/"show plan" | Plan only, show, ask to proceed | | "schedule"/"every X" | Plan → cron (references/orchestration.md) | | "redo"/"find task" | --search → --rerun | | "status"/"working on" | --status --agent <myAgentId> | | "all status" | --all-status (elevated only) | | else | Decompose and Execute | ## Model Registry 1. openclaw.json `models.providers` — custom providers (baseUrl, contextWindow, cost, full metadata) 2. openclaw.json `agents.defaults.models` / `agents.list[].models` — auth-system models (OAuth, API key profiles) 3. `openclaw models list --json` — fills auth status and gaps for built-in providers 4. agents/<id>/agent/models.json — agent-scoped overrides Sources 1 and 2 read directly from config. Source 3 is authoritative for auth status. Spawning to targetAgent: only use models available to that agent. ## Model Selection 1. Classify: lookup/transform/code/reasoning/creative/agentic. long-doc (>50K→100K+ ctx), multimodal. 2. agent-policies.json: remove disabled/task-restricted/agent-restricted. 3. requiredTokens = estimatedInputTokens+2000. Exclude >ctx×0.8. Downgrade tier if >ctx×0.5. 4. `--compute-headroom <provider/model-id>`. Exclude ≤0. needsRefresh→`--probe-provider <id> --live`. 5. Score: | Tier | Unlimited | Speed | Headroom | |------|-----------|-------|---------| | 1 | yes | fast | ∞ | | 2 | yes | medium | ∞ | | 3 | no | fast | >50% | | 4 | no | fast | >0% | | 5 | no | medium | >50% | | 6 | no | medium | >0% | | 7 | no | slow | >0% | Within tier: capability match > context pressure > headroom ratio > currentLoad (all agents) > p50Ms > cost > round-robin provider. preferModels[] boosts to tier top. Announce: `→ [alias] ([provider/model]) — [speed, headroom%, ctx%, capability]` ## Decompose and Execute Simple task (single domain, linear, obvious): plan yourself → `--create '<json>'` → spawn workers. Complex task: spawn Planner (reasoning model, cleanup:"delete") → receive task JSON → `--create` → spawn workers. See references/orchestration.md for Planner prompt. Spawn each ready subtask: ``` sessions_spawn(task, model, runTimeoutSeconds, cleanup:"delete") // omit agentId — spawns under THIS agent by default ``` Timeouts(s): lookup/transform=45, code=120, complex-code=300, reasoning=180, agentic=600, agentic-long=1800. Only add agentId to the spawn call when subtask.targetAgent is explicitly set — never otherwise. Default (no agentId) always spawns under the calling agent. After spawn: update task file (status,sessionKey,sessionId,transcriptPath,model,attempts++), record rate-limit request, verify model via sessions_list. Rounds parallel within dependency level. Priority: urgent>normal>background, auto-boost after 10min. Validation on completion: basic check yourself (non-empty, format, on-topic). Code/logic/maths/security → spawn Validator (reasoning, cleanup:"delete"). pass→continue, partial/fail→Retry. All subtasks terminal → spawn Synthesiser (cleanup:"delete"). Never synthesise yourself. Archive. See references/orchestration.md. ## Retry Simple failure: build correction prompt yourself, respawn. Complex failure: spawn Corrector (reasoning, cleanup:"delete"). Attempt 1: same model. Attempt 2: stronger reasoning model. Attempt 3: strongest, simplified prompt. After 3: report to user. See references/resilience.md. ## Status `--status --agent <agentId>` — this agent only. `--all-status` — elevated only. Check: `openclaw agent status --json | grep -q '"elevated":true'`. ## Budget budgetCap: estimate at planning (Σ tokens×cost/1e6). Warn 80%, pause 100%. references/resilience.md. ## References references/orchestration.md references/onboarding-guide.md references/resilience.md references/task-schema.md references/task-types.md references/model-profiles.md scripts/probe-limits.js scripts/task-manager.js scripts/provider-probes.json


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