IMPORTANT: You need to have Kilo CLI installed and configured so OpenClaw can use it without any issue.

npm install -g @kilocode/cli

If you want to automate pull requests to Github, then you also need to authenticate Github CLI in your project: https://github.com/cli/cli#installation

Coding Agent (background-first)

Use bash background mode for non-interactive coding work. For interactive coding sessions, use the tmux skill (always, except very simple one-shot prompts).

The Pattern: workdir + background

# Create temp space for chats/scratch work
SCRATCH=$(mktemp -d)