Dirigent/README.md

Dirigent

Rule-based no-reply gate + turn manager for OpenClaw (Discord).

Formerly known as WhisperGate. Renamed to Dirigent in v0.2.0.

What it does

Dirigent adds deterministic logic before model selection and turn-based speaking for multi-agent Discord channels:

• Rule gate (before_model_resolve)

  1. Non-Discord → skip
  2. Sender in bypass list / human list → skip
  3. Message ends with configured end symbol → skip
  4. Otherwise → route to no-reply model/provider

• End-symbol enforcement

  • Injects instruction: Your response MUST end with 🔚…
  • In group chats, also injects: "If not relevant, reply NO_REPLY"

• Scheduling identifier (moderator handoff)

  • Configurable identifier (default: ➡️) used by the moderator bot
  • Handoff format: <@TARGET_USER_ID>➡️ (non-semantic, just a scheduling signal)
  • Agent receives instruction explaining the identifier is meaningless — check chat history and decide

• Turn-based speaking (multi-bot)

  • Only the current speaker is allowed to respond
  • Others are forced to no-reply
  • Turn advances on end-symbol or NO_REPLY
  • If all bots NO_REPLY, channel becomes dormant until a new human message

• Agent identity injection

  • Injects agent name, Discord accountId, and Discord userId into group chat prompts

• Human @mention override

  • When a humanList user @mentions agents, temporarily overrides turn order
  • Only mentioned agents cycle; original order restores when cycle completes

• Per-channel policy runtime

  • Policies stored in a standalone JSON file
  • Update at runtime via dirigent_policy_set / dirigent_policy_delete tools

• Discord control actions (optional)

  • Private channel create/update + member list
  • Via dirigent_channel_create, dirigent_channel_update, dirigent_member_list tools

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Repo layout

• plugin/ — OpenClaw plugin (gate + turn manager + moderator presence)
• no-reply-api/ — OpenAI-compatible API that always returns NO_REPLY
• Discord admin actions are now handled in-plugin via direct Discord REST API calls (no sidecar service)
• docs/ — rollout, integration, run-mode notes, turn-wakeup analysis
• scripts/ — smoke/dev/helper checks
• Makefile — common dev commands (make check, make check-rules, make test-api, make smoke-discord-control, make up)
• CHANGELOG.md — milestone summary

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Quick start (no Docker)

cd no-reply-api
node server.mjs

Then render config snippet:

node scripts/render-openclaw-config.mjs

See docs/RUN_MODES.md for Docker mode. Discord extension capabilities: docs/DISCORD_CONTROL.md.

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Runtime tools & commands

Tools (6 individual tools)

Discord control:

• dirigent_discord_channel_create — Create private channel
• dirigent_discord_channel_update — Update channel permissions
• dirigent_discord_member_list — List guild members

Policy management:

• dirigent_policy_get — Get all policies
• dirigent_policy_set — Set/update channel policy
• dirigent_policy_delete — Delete channel policy

Turn management is internal to the plugin (not exposed as tools).

See FEAT.md for full feature documentation.

Slash command (Discord)

/dirigent status
/dirigent turn-status
/dirigent turn-advance
/dirigent turn-reset

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Config highlights

Common options (see docs/INTEGRATION.md):

• listMode: human-list or agent-list
• humanList, agentList
• endSymbols
• schedulingIdentifier (default ➡️)
• waitIdentifier (default 👤) — agent ends with this to pause all agents until human replies
• channelPoliciesFile (per-channel overrides)
• moderatorBotToken (handoff messages)
• enableDebugLogs, debugLogChannelIds

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Development plan (incremental commits)

• Task 1: project docs + structure
• Task 2: no-reply API MVP
• Task 3: plugin MVP with rule chain
• Task 4: sample config + quick verification scripts
• Task 5: plugin rule extraction + hardening
• Task 6: containerization + compose
• Task 7: plugin usage notes
• Task 8: sender normalization + TTL + one-shot decision
• Task 9: auth-aware no-reply API
• Task 10: smoke test helpers
• Task 11: plugin structure checker
• Task 12: rollout checklist