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docs: tighten contribution guidance and vision links

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## Quick Links ## Quick Links
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw - **GitHub:** https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- **Vision:** [`VISION.md`](VISION.md)
- **Discord:** https://discord.gg/qkhbAGHRBT - **Discord:** https://discord.gg/qkhbAGHRBT
- **X/Twitter:** [@steipete](https://x.com/steipete) / [@openclaw](https://x.com/openclaw) - **X/Twitter:** [@steipete](https://x.com/steipete) / [@openclaw](https://x.com/openclaw)
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- Test locally with your OpenClaw instance - Test locally with your OpenClaw instance
- Run tests: `pnpm build && pnpm check && pnpm test` - Run tests: `pnpm build && pnpm check && pnpm test`
- Ensure CI checks pass - Ensure CI checks pass
- Keep PRs focused (one thing per PR) - Keep PRs focused (one thing per PR; do not mix unrelated concerns)
- Describe what & why - Describe what & why
## Control UI Decorators ## Control UI Decorators

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This document explains the current state and direction of the project. This document explains the current state and direction of the project.
We are still early, so iteration is fast. We are still early, so iteration is fast.
Project overview and developer docs: [`README.md`](README.md) Project overview and developer docs: [`README.md`](README.md)
Contribution guide: [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md)
OpenClaw started as a personal playground to learn AI and build something genuinely useful: OpenClaw started as a personal playground to learn AI and build something genuinely useful:
an assistant that can run real tasks on a real computer. an assistant that can run real tasks on a real computer.
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- Ergonomics across CLI and web frontend - Ergonomics across CLI and web frontend
- Companion apps on macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux - Companion apps on macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux
Contribution rule: PRs must be single-focused and should not mix unrelated concerns in one change.
## Security ## Security
Security in OpenClaw is a deliberate tradeoff: strong defaults without killing capability. Security in OpenClaw is a deliberate tradeoff: strong defaults without killing capability.
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Preferred plugin path is npm package distribution plus local extension loading for development. Preferred plugin path is npm package distribution plus local extension loading for development.
If you build a plugin, host and maintain it in your own repository. If you build a plugin, host and maintain it in your own repository.
The bar for adding optional plugins to core is intentionally high. The bar for adding optional plugins to core is intentionally high.
Plugin docs: [`docs/tools/plugin.md`](docs/tools/plugin.md)
Community plugin listing + PR bar: https://docs.openclaw.ai/plugins/community
Memory is a special plugin slot where only one memory plugin can be active at a time. Memory is a special plugin slot where only one memory plugin can be active at a time.
Today we ship multiple memory options; over time we plan to converge on one recommended default path. Today we ship multiple memory options; over time we plan to converge on one recommended default path.
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- Commercial service integrations that do not clearly fit the model-provider category - Commercial service integrations that do not clearly fit the model-provider category
- Wrapper channels around already supported channels without a clear capability or security gap - Wrapper channels around already supported channels without a clear capability or security gap
- First-class MCP runtime in core when `mcporter` already provides the integration path - First-class MCP runtime in core when `mcporter` already provides the integration path
- Agent-hierarchy frameworks (manager-of-managers / nested planner trees) as a default architecture
- Heavy orchestration layers that duplicate existing agent and tool infrastructure - Heavy orchestration layers that duplicate existing agent and tool infrastructure
This list is a roadmap guardrail, not a law of physics. This list is a roadmap guardrail, not a law of physics.