Set It Your Way

ClawPaw is designed to minimize configuration in daily use.

You don’t wire APIs. You don’t script workflows. You don’t manage infrastructure.

But when you do want control — it’s there.

The Settings panel lets you shape how ClawPaw behaves across four dimensions:

• How it integrates with your desktop
• How it reasons
• How it captures input
• How it respects boundaries

These layers are intentionally separated.

1. App Behavior

The App settings define how ClawPaw lives inside your operating system.

You can configure desktop notifications, UI language, and power behavior during long-running tasks. For example, enabling “Keep Screen Awake” ensures the system doesn’t sleep while Execute mode is running.

Version information and update checks are also available here. Updates are never silent or hidden — you remain aware of the running version.

These settings affect presentation and system integration, not authority.

2. AI Configuration

The AI section determines how ClawPaw reasons — not what it can access.

You can select a default model provider and tier for new sessions. Higher tiers may allow deeper reasoning or larger context windows. Lower tiers may optimize for cost or speed.

ClawPaw also includes automatic context compaction. When enabled, it summarizes earlier conversation content as the session approaches model limits. This preserves continuity without token overflow.

Model choice influences cognition. It does not expand OS-level permissions.

3. Voice Input

Voice is optional and fully permission-bound.

When enabled, you can activate ClawPaw via global shortcut and speak naturally. The selected speech-to-text model handles transcription before execution begins.

Voice data retention is configurable. You can define:

• How long audio cache is stored
• How many transcription records are kept

ClawPaw does not retain voice history indefinitely. All storage remains local.

4. Chat Behavior

Chat settings adjust how sessions behave.

You can enable global assistant triggering, configure input behavior (spell check, Enter to send), and define how long archived sessions are retained.

Archived sessions are stored locally. Automatic deletion keeps session history bounded and manageable.

These controls refine interaction. They do not affect reasoning authority.

5. Appearance

Appearance settings allow you to configure color mode, theme, and fonts for:

• App UI
• Artifact output
• Code blocks

Visual changes do not alter system behavior or execution capabilities. They exist for clarity and comfort.

6. Permissions & Boundaries

This is the structural layer.

You can define a default permission mode for new sessions and explicitly allow folders or command patterns.

ClawPaw does not assume unrestricted access to your system. It operates within:

• Approved directories
• Approved command patterns
• Session-level autonomy modes

Model intelligence and system authority remain separate.

Even with OS-level awareness, boundaries are explicit.

7. Labels & Organization

Labels allow you to categorize sessions by project, topic, or priority. They can optionally store structured values, turning simple tags into lightweight metadata.

Auto-apply rules use AI to assign labels based on session content.

Labels improve organization and retrieval. They do not influence execution permissions.

8. Personalization & Memory

You may optionally provide your name, preferred language, timezone, or region. These allow ClawPaw to respond more contextually and interpret time references accurately.

Long-term memory is stored locally in a structured file. It can be reviewed and edited manually.

Persistent memory improves continuity — not authority.