openclaw config set browser.executablePath "/usr/bin/google-chrome"

openclaw config set browser.profiles.work.executablePath "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"

openclaw config set agents.defaults.heartbeat.every "2h"

openclaw config set agents.list[0].tools.exec.node "node-id-or-name"

openclaw config set 'agents.list[0].tools.exec.node' "node-id-or-name"

openclaw config set agents.defaults.models '{"openai/gpt-5.4":{}}' --strict-json --merge

openclaw config set channels.discord.token --ref-provider default --ref-source env --ref-id DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN

openclaw config set secrets.providers.vaultfile --provider-source file --provider-path /etc/openclaw/secrets.json --provider-mode json

### Paths

Paths use dot or bracket notation:

Paths use dot or bracket notation. Quote bracket-notation paths in shell examples so shells such as zsh do not expand `[0]` as a glob before OpenClaw receives the path:

```bash

openclaw config get agents.defaults.workspace

openclaw config get agents.list[0].id

openclaw config get 'agents.list[0].id'

```

Use the agent list index to target a specific agent:

```bash

openclaw config get agents.list

openclaw config set agents.list[1].tools.exec.node "node-id-or-name"

openclaw config set 'agents.list[1].tools.exec.node' "node-id-or-name"

```

## Values

```bash

openclaw config get agents.list

openclaw config set agents.list[0].tools.exec.node "node-id-or-name"

openclaw config set 'agents.list[0].tools.exec.node' "node-id-or-name"

```

Unset to allow any node:

```bash

openclaw config unset tools.exec.node

openclaw config unset agents.list[0].tools.exec.node

openclaw config unset 'agents.list[0].tools.exec.node'

```

## Permissions map

```bash

openclaw config get agents.list

openclaw config set agents.list[0].tools.exec.node "node-id-or-name"

openclaw config set 'agents.list[0].tools.exec.node' "node-id-or-name"

```

Control UI: the Nodes tab includes a small "Exec node binding" panel for the same settings.

import fs from "node:fs/promises";

import path from "node:path";

import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";

const DOCS_WITH_CONFIG_PATH_EXAMPLES = [

"docs/cli/config.md",

"docs/tools/exec.md",

"docs/nodes/index.md",

];

function findUnquotedBracketPathExamples(markdown: string, docPath: string): string[] {

const failures: string[] = [];

for (const [index, line] of markdown.split(/\r?\n/).entries()) {

const match = line.match(/\bopenclaw\s+config\s+(?:get|set|unset)\s+(\S+)/);

if (!match) {

continue;

}

const pathArg = match[1];

if (pathArg.includes("[") && !pathArg.startsWith("'") && !pathArg.startsWith('"')) {

failures.push(`${docPath}:${index + 1}: ${pathArg}`);

}

}

return failures;

}

describe("config path docs", () => {

it("quotes bracket-notation config paths in shell examples", async () => {

const failures: string[] = [];

for (const docPath of DOCS_WITH_CONFIG_PATH_EXAMPLES) {

const markdown = await fs.readFile(path.join(process.cwd(), docPath), "utf8");

failures.push(...findUnquotedBracketPathExamples(markdown, docPath));

}

expect(failures).toEqual([]);

});

});