RLM Controller Skill
What it does
Provides a safe, policy-driven scaffold to process very long inputs by:
- •storing the input as an external context file
- •peeking/searching/chunking slices
- •spawning subcalls in batches
- •aggregating structured results
When to use
- •Inputs too large for context window
- •Tasks requiring dense access across the input
- •Large logs, datasets, multi-file analysis
Core files (this skill)
Executable helper scripts are bundled with this skill (not downloaded at runtime):
- •
scripts/rlm_ctx.py— context storage + peek/search/chunk - •
scripts/rlm_auto.py— plan + subcall prompts - •
scripts/rlm_async_plan.py— batch scheduling - •
scripts/rlm_async_spawn.py— spawn manifest - •
scripts/rlm_emit_toolcalls.py— toolcall JSON generator - •
scripts/rlm_trace_summary.py— log summarizer - •
docs/policy.md— policy + safety limits - •
docs/flows.md— manual + async flows
Usage (high level)
- •Store input via
rlm_ctx.py store - •Generate plan via
rlm_auto.py - •Create async batches via
rlm_async_plan.py - •Spawn subcalls via
sessions_spawn - •Aggregate results in root session
Tooling
- •Uses OpenClaw tools:
read,write,exec,sessions_spawn - •
execis used only to invoke the safelisted helper scripts bundled inscripts/ - •Does not execute arbitrary code from model output
- •All emitted toolcalls are validated against an explicit safelist before output
Autonomous Invocation
- •This skill does not set
disableModelInvocation: true - •Operators who want explicit user confirmation before every spawn/exec should set
disableModelInvocation: truein their OpenClaw configuration - •In default mode, the model may invoke this skill autonomously; all operations remain bounded by policy limits
Security
- •Only safelisted helper scripts are called
- •Max recursion depth = 1
- •Hard limits on slices and subcalls
- •Prompt injection treated as data, not instructions
- •See
docs/security.mdfor foundational safeguards - •See
docs/security_checklist.mdfor pre/during/post run checks
OpenClaw sub-agent constraints
Per OpenClaw documentation (subagents.md):
- •Sub-agents cannot spawn sub-agents
- •Sub-agents do not have session tools (sessions_*) by default
- •
sessions_spawnis non-blocking and returns immediately
Cleanup
Use scripts/cleanup.sh after runs to purge temp artifacts.
- •Retention:
CLEAN_RETENTION=N - •Ignore rules:
docs/cleanup_ignore.txt(substring match)
Configuration
See docs/policy.md for thresholds and default limits.