🦞 SharpClaw

Lightweight personal AI assistant CLI — OpenClaw fork optimized for Korean and single-user setups

What is SharpClaw?

SharpClaw is a personal fork of OpenClaw — a multi-channel AI gateway. This fork strips down the original to a single-user CLI assistant optimized for:

• Korean-first interactions (한국어 경어체)
• Claude CLI backend (reuses local claude -p session — no extra API keys)
• Minimal footprint — 40 channels/media extensions removed, build time −27%
• Faster token usage — system prompt compressed, tool schema pruned 90%, C2 cache hit 99.8%
• Session search — search past sessions by keyword (metadata + transcript content)

Key differences from OpenClaw

| Feature | OpenClaw | SharpClaw | | ----------------- | ------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | Target audience | Multi-user, multi-channel | Single user (personal assistant) | | Channels included | 60+ | Core only (Telegram kept) | | Primary language | English | Korean (한국어) | | Backend | Multiple providers | claude-cli (claude -p) | | Build time | ~112s | ~82s (−27%) | | System prompt | 25,857 chars | Compressed | | Token cache hit | Varies | 99.8% on warmup | | Session search | Metadata only | Metadata + transcript content |

Installation

Prerequisite: Claude Code CLI installed and authenticated.

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/rsb1813/SharpClaw.git
cd SharpClaw

# Install dependencies
npm install -g pnpm@11
pnpm install

# Build
pnpm build

Usage

# Single-turn (local mode, no server)
node openclaw.mjs agent \
  --message "안녕하세요" \
  --model claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6 \
  --local

# With specific agent
node openclaw.mjs agent --agent main --message "..." --local

# As JSON (for scripting)
node openclaw.mjs agent --message "..." --local --json

Architecture

SharpClaw inherits OpenClaw's core architecture:

openclaw.mjs          ← CLI entry point
src/
  agents/             ← Agent runtime, tool catalog, system prompt
  gateway/            ← MCP HTTP gateway, session management
  config/             ← Configuration, session store
  routing/            ← Session key routing
extensions/           ← Channel integrations (pruned)

Custom additions

• src/agents/tools/sessions-search-tool.ts — keyword search across past sessions (metadata → transcript 2-phase)
• Workspace files in ~/.openclaw/workspace/ — Korean persona, skills, memory

Configuration

SharpClaw reads ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "gateway": { "mode": "local", "bind": "loopback" },
  "agents": {
    "list": [
      {
        "id": "main",
        "workspace": "~/.openclaw/workspace",
        "identity": { "name": "비서", "theme": "personal assistant", "emoji": "🦞" }
      }
    ]
  },
  "memory": { "citations": "auto" }
}

Contributing

This is a personal-use fork. For contributions to the upstream project, see openclaw/openclaw.

Issues and PRs welcome for SharpClaw-specific features.

License

MIT — same as OpenClaw.

OpenClaw is developed by the OpenClaw team. SharpClaw is an independent fork and is not affiliated with the OpenClaw project.

See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md for third-party attributions.