fix: resolve workspace path from openclaw.json for cross-machine compatibility (v2.5.0)

scripts/post-install.sh

@@ -124,11 +124,7 @@ for agent in agents:
     seen.add(agent_id)
 
     name = agent.get('name', agent_id)
-    workspace = agent.get('workspace', default_ws if agent_id == 'main' else None)
-
-    # Skip agents without a resolvable workspace
-    if not workspace:
-        workspace = os.path.join(openclaw_dir, 'workspaces', agent_id)
+    workspace = agent.get('workspace', default_ws)
 
     # Expand ~ in path
     workspace = os.path.expanduser(workspace)

scripts/verify.sh

@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ header() { echo -e "\n${BOLD}$*${RESET}"; }
 # Argument parsing
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WORKSPACE="${HOME}/.openclaw/workspace/main"
+WORKSPACE_EXPLICIT=false
 SHOW_SAMPLE=false
 ALL_AGENTS=false
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case "$1" in
     --workspace)
-      WORKSPACE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+      WORKSPACE="$2"; WORKSPACE_EXPLICIT=true; shift 2 ;;
     --sample)
       SHOW_SAMPLE=true; shift ;;
     --all-agents)
@@ -225,6 +226,33 @@ if $ALL_AGENTS; then
   [[ $TOTAL_FAIL -gt 0 ]] && exit 1 || exit 0
 fi
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Resolve WORKSPACE from openclaw.json if not explicitly set via --workspace
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# If not explicitly set, try to derive from the first alive agent in openclaw.json
+if ! $WORKSPACE_EXPLICIT && [[ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]] && command -v python3 &>/dev/null; then
+  RESOLVED_WS=$(python3 - "$CONFIG_FILE" "$OPENCLAW_DIR" <<'PYEOF'
+import json, sys, os
+config_file = sys.argv[1]
+openclaw_dir = sys.argv[2]
+try:
+    with open(config_file) as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+    default_ws = data.get('agents', {}).get('defaults', {}).get('workspace', '')
+    for agent in data.get('agents', {}).get('list', []):
+        ws = agent.get('workspace', default_ws)
+        if ws:
+            print(os.path.expanduser(ws))
+            break
+except Exception:
+    pass
+PYEOF
+  )
+  if [[ -n "$RESOLVED_WS" ]]; then
+    WORKSPACE="$RESOLVED_WS"
+  fi
+fi
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Header
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------