openclaw-config-guard

To fix OpenClaw startup failures, audit your openclaw.json file to identify exact schema validation errors or JSON5 parsing failures, then apply guided safe repairs with automated backups and rollback capabilities.

OpenClaw configuration auditing works by deterministically validating your openclaw.json against official schemas and checking for startup-blocking issues, ensuring system stability before applying any guided repairs or rollback mechanisms.

JSON5 parsing failures in openclaw.json are caused by invalid configurations that violate official schema validation rules, which you can identify and safely repair using deterministic auditing and automated backup mechanisms.

You can safely repair openclaw.json without losing settings because the repair process prioritizes safety by creating automated backups of the current file and providing rollback mechanisms before applying any fixes.

The best way to validate openclaw.json against official schemas is through deterministic auditing that checks for startup-blocking issues and references official documentation and CLI tools to ensure system startup stability.

You should audit your OpenClaw configuration file whenever OpenClaw fails to start after a configuration change, or proactively to identify schema validation errors and invalid configurations before they cause startup blockers.