#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* Patch OpenClaw's BROWSER_TOOL_MODEL_HINT to allow retries on transient errors.
*
* The original hint ("Do NOT retry the browser tool — it will keep failing")
* causes models to permanently refuse browser usage after a single transient error.
*
* This runs as postinstall to patch node_modules for dev mode.
* Production builds are separately patched in bundle-openclaw.mjs.
*/
import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, readdirSync } from 'fs';
import { join } from 'path';
const REPLACEMENTS = [
[
'Do NOT retry the browser tool \u2014 it will keep failing. Use an alternative approach or inform the user that the browser is currently unavailable.',
'If this was a transient error (timeout, network), you may retry once. If the same error persists after retry, try an alternative approach and let the user know.',
],
[
'Do NOT retry the browser tool.',
'You may retry once if this was a transient error.',
],
];
const distDir = join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', 'openclaw', 'dist');
let patchedCount = 0;
try {
for (const file of readdirSync(distDir)) {
if (!file.endsWith('.js')) continue;
const filePath = join(distDir, file);
let content = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
let changed = false;
for (const [search, replace] of REPLACEMENTS) {
if (content.includes(search)) {
content = content.replaceAll(search, replace);
changed = true;
}
}
if (changed) {
writeFileSync(filePath, content, 'utf-8');
console.log(`[patch-browser-hint] Patched: ${file}`);
patchedCount++;
}
}
} catch {
// openclaw not installed yet or dist not found — skip silently
}
if (patchedCount > 0) {
console.log(`[patch-browser-hint] Done. Patched ${patchedCount} file(s).`);
}