myskill

• command (required)
• workdir (defaults to cwd)
• env (key/value overrides)
• yieldMs (default 10000): auto-background after delay
• background (bool): background immediately
• timeout (seconds, default 1800): kill on expiry
• pty (bool): run in a pseudo-terminal when available (TTY-only CLIs, coding agents, terminal UIs)
• host (sandbox | gateway | node): where to execute
• security (deny | allowlist | full): enforcement mode for gateway/node
• ask (off | on-miss | always): approval prompts for gateway/node
• node (string): node id/name for host=node
• elevated (bool): request elevated mode (gateway host); security=full is only forced when elevated resolves to full

Notes:

• host defaults to sandbox.
• elevated is ignored when sandboxing is off (exec already runs on the host).
• gateway/node approvals are controlled by ~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json.
• node requires a paired node (companion app or headless node host).
• If multiple nodes are available, set exec.node or tools.exec.node to select one.
• On non-Windows hosts, exec uses SHELL when set; if SHELL is fish, it prefers bash (or sh) from PATH to avoid fish-incompatible scripts, then falls back to SHELL if neither exists.
• On Windows hosts, exec prefers PowerShell 7 (pwsh) discovery (Program Files, ProgramW6432, then PATH), then falls back to Windows PowerShell 5.1.
• Host execution (gateway/node) rejects env.PATH and loader overrides (LD_/DYLD_) to prevent binary hijacking or injected code.
• Important: sandboxing is off by default. If sandboxing is off and host=sandbox is explicitly configured/requested, exec now fails closed instead of silently running on the gateway host. Enable sandboxing or use host=gateway with approvals.
• Script preflight checks (for common Python/Node shell-syntax mistakes) only inspect files inside the effective workdir boundary. If a script path resolves outside workdir, preflight is skipped for that file.

[](https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/exec#config)Config

• tools.exec.notifyOnExit (default: true): when true, backgrounded exec sessions enqueue a system event and request a heartbeat on exit.
• tools.exec.approvalRunningNoticeMs (default: 10000): emit a single “running” notice when an approval-gated exec runs longer than this (0 disables).
• tools.exec.host (default: sandbox)
• tools.exec.security (default: deny for sandbox, allowlist for gateway + node when unset)
• tools.exec.ask (default: on-miss)
• tools.exec.node (default: unset)
• tools.exec.pathPrepend: list of directories to prepend to PATH for exec runs (gateway + sandbox only).
• tools.exec.safeBins: stdin-only safe binaries that can run without explicit allowlist entries. For behavior details, see Safe bins.
• tools.exec.safeBinTrustedDirs: additional explicit directories trusted for safeBins path checks. PATH entries are never auto-trusted. Built-in defaults are /bin and /usr/bin.
• tools.exec.safeBinProfiles: optional custom argv policy per safe bin (minPositional, maxPositional, allowedValueFlags, deniedFlags).