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OpenClaw Gateway, Part 1: Strict Validation Will Refuse to Boot — and the Guards That Stop You From Yourself

OpenClaw validates config strictly — one unknown key, a wrong type, or an invalid value and the Gateway refuses to start. It keeps a last-known-good copy, but neither startup nor hot reload restores it automatically; only doctor --fix does.

Claude Code settings.json Complete Guide: Five Scopes, Merge Rules, and the Keys That Matter

Claude Code reads settings from five levels — managed settings, CLI flags, project local, shared project, and user — where plain values are overridden by higher levels while list keys like permissions.allow merge across scopes. This guide covers each file's role, the allow/deny/ask rule syntax, and how to verify your settings with /status and claude doctor.