Feishu Group Thread Reply

Force openclaw-lark bot replies into message threads in Feishu group chats, preventing main chat noise. Patches the plugin's dispatch layer and optionally th...

Security Scan

The skill's files and runtime instructions are consistent with its stated purpose (patching the openclaw-lark plugin and an optional live-card watcher to force thread replies); it modifies local plugin/skill files but does not request unrelated credentials or hidden network access.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match included artifacts: two small patch scripts that edit the openclaw-lark dispatch code and the feishu-live-card watcher to enable thread replies. No unrelated binaries, credentials, or external services are requested.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs running the provided scripts and restarting the gateway/watcher. The scripts only read/modify the expected paths under the user's ~/.openclaw tree and offer --check-only options. There is no instruction to collect or transmit secrets or to read unrelated system state.

Install Mechanism

This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec; the only artifacts are local patch scripts (shell and Python). No downloads from remote URLs or package installs are performed by the skill itself.

Credentials

The skill requires no environment variables or credentials. It optionally respects OPENCLAW_LARK_DIR to override the plugin path. No sensitive tokens are requested or used.

Persistence & Privilege

The scripts permanently modify local plugin and skill source files under ~/.openclaw, so the change persists until overwritten (e.g., by npm updates). The skill does not set always:true and does not change other skills' configs, but users should be aware these are persistent source-level edits.

Assessment

This skill appears to do exactly what it says: locally patch openclaw-lark and an optional feishu-live-card watcher so bot replies go into threads. Before running it: (1) inspect the scripts yourself (they are short and included) and back up the target files or use version control; (2) run the --check-only options first to see if a patch is needed; (3) be aware that npm updates to the openclaw-lark plugin will overwrite the patched files and you will need to reapply the patch (the README notes this); (4) these scripts make local file edits only and do not exfiltrate secrets or contact remote endpoints. If you prefer non-destructive changes, consider contributing a configurable option upstream or implementing a wrapper/monkeypatch at runtime instead of editing vendor files.

Patch openclaw-lark to reply in threads for all group chat messages.

Quick Apply

# 1. Patch plugin
bash scripts/patch-lark-thread.sh

# 2. Patch live-card (if installed)
python3 scripts/patch-live-card.py

# 3. Restart gateway
openclaw gateway restart

Check Status

bash scripts/patch-lark-thread.sh --check-only
python3 scripts/patch-live-card.py --check-only

Heartbeat Auto-Check

Add to HEARTBEAT.md to auto-detect and re-apply after plugin updates:

### openclaw-lark thread patch
Run: `bash <skill-dir>/scripts/patch-lark-thread.sh --check-only`
If exit code 1, re-apply: `bash <skill-dir>/scripts/patch-lark-thread.sh` then restart gateway.

### feishu-live-card watcher
Check running: `ps aux | grep watcher.py | grep -v grep`
If not running: `cd ~/.openclaw/skills/feishu-live-card && python3 watcher.py start &`

How It Works

The plugin hardcodes replyInThread: dc.isThread which is only true when the incoming message is already in a thread. The patch changes this to dc.isGroup || dc.isThread so all group replies use threads.

For detailed explanation, see references/how-it-works.md.

After Plugin Updates

The openclaw-lark plugin is npm-installed. Updates overwrite patched files. Re-run:

bash scripts/patch-lark-thread.sh
openclaw gateway restart