A sophisticated fusion of terminal precision with modern luxury. The interface feels like a high-end development tool—sharp, focused, and powerful—while maintaining warmth through carefully chosen accents and refined typography.
- Monospace Soul: Primary UI elements use a distinctive monospace font (JetBrains Mono or IBM Plex Mono)
- Electric Accents: Cyan (#00D9FF) as primary accent—feels like terminal glow
- Depth Through Darkness: Rich blacks with subtle blue undertones, not flat
- Precision Spacing: 8px grid system, mathematical harmony
- Responsive Glow: Subtle hover states that feel alive
--bg-deep: #0a0e14; /* Deepest background */
--bg-primary: #0d1117; /* Main content area */
--bg-elevated: #161b22; /* Cards, sidebars */
--bg-hover: #21262d; /* Hover states */
--bg-active: #30363d; /* Active/selected */
--text-primary: #e6edf3; /* Main text */
--text-secondary: #8b949e; /* Secondary text */
--text-muted: #484f58; /* Disabled/placeholder */
--accent-cyan: #00d9ff; /* Primary accent */
--accent-cyan-dim: #00a3bf; /* Muted accent */
--accent-purple: #a855f7; /* Agent/AI indicator */
--accent-green: #22c55e; /* Success states */
--accent-amber: #f59e0b; /* Warning/thinking */
--accent-red: #ef4444; /* Error states */
--border-subtle: rgba(240, 246, 252, 0.1);
--border-default: rgba(240, 246, 252, 0.15);
--glow-cyan: 0 0 20px rgba(0, 217, 255, 0.3);
--glow-purple: 0 0 20px rgba(168, 85, 247, 0.3);--bg-deep: #ffffff;
--bg-primary: #f6f8fa;
--bg-elevated: #ffffff;
--bg-hover: #f3f4f6;
--bg-active: #e5e7eb;
--text-primary: #1f2937;
--text-secondary: #6b7280;
--text-muted: #9ca3af;
--accent-cyan: #0891b2;
--accent-purple: #7c3aed;
--border-subtle: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
--border-default: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);--font-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', 'IBM Plex Mono', 'Fira Code', monospace;
--font-display: 'Space Grotesk', 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-body: 'Inter', system-ui, sans-serif;--text-xs: 0.75rem; /* 12px - timestamps */
--text-sm: 0.875rem; /* 14px - secondary content */
--text-base: 1rem; /* 16px - body text */
--text-lg: 1.125rem; /* 18px - headings */
--text-xl: 1.25rem; /* 20px - section titles */
--text-2xl: 1.5rem; /* 24px - page titles */┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TOP BAR (48px) │
│ [≡] Session Name [Thinking: ●━━] [⚙] │
├──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬──────────────────┤
│ LEFT │ │ RIGHT PANEL │
│ SIDEBAR │ CHAT AREA │ (Collapsible) │
│ (280px) │ │ (320px) │
│ │ │ │
│ [+ New] │ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ ┌────────────┐ │
│ │ │ Agent message │ │ │ SKILLS │ │
│ ───────── │ │ with avatar & time │ │ │ │ │
│ Sessions: │ └─────────────────────────┘ │ └────────────┘ │
│ ○ Chat 1 │ │ │
│ ● Chat 2 │ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ ┌────────────┐ │
│ ○ Chat 3 │ │ User message │ │ │ CRON JOBS │ │
│ │ │ right-aligned │ │ │ │ │
│ ───────── │ └─────────────────────────┘ │ └────────────┘ │
│ Agent: │ │ │
│ [▼ Select] │ │ │
│ │ │ │
├──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ │ INPUT AREA (80px) │ │
│ │ ┌─────────────────────┐ [➤] │ │
│ │ │ Type a message... │ │ │
│ │ └─────────────────────┘ │ │
└──────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴──────────────────┘
- Height: 48px
- Background:
--bg-elevated - Border-bottom: 1px
--border-subtle - Left: Hamburger menu (mobile) / Session name with edit icon
- Center: Thinking toggle with glowing indicator
- Right: Settings gear icon
Thinking Toggle:
OFF: [○━━━━━━━━] Thinking
ON: [━━━━━━━●] Thinking (cyan glow animation)
- Width: 280px (collapsible to 64px on tablet)
- Background:
--bg-elevated - Sections:
- Logo Area (64px): ClawControl logo with subtle animation on hover
- New Chat Button: Full-width, cyan accent, icon + text
- Sessions List: Scrollable, grouped by date
- Agent Selector: Dropdown at bottom with avatar preview
Session Item:
┌────────────────────────────────┐
│ ● Session Title ✕ │
│ Last message preview... │
│ 2 hours ago │
└────────────────────────────────┘
- Background:
--bg-primary - Max-width: 900px (centered)
- Padding: 24px
Message Bubble - Agent:
┌──┐
│🤖│ Agent Name 10:42 AM
└──┘ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Message content with markdown │
│ support, code blocks, and more. │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
Message Bubble - User:
10:43 AM
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ User message aligned to the right │
│ with a different background color │ ┌──┐
└─────────────────────────────────────┘ │👤│
└──┘
- Height: 80px minimum, auto-expand
- Textarea with:
- Placeholder: "Type a message..."
- Border-radius: 12px
- Background:
--bg-elevated - Focus: cyan glow border
- Send button: Circular, cyan accent, arrow icon
- Width: 320px
- Toggle button on edge
- Tabs: Skills | Cron Jobs
- Content: Scrollable list with search
Skill Item:
┌────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🔧 skill-name │
│ Brief description of the │
│ skill functionality... │
│ ────────────────────────────── │
│ Triggers: /skill, @skill │
└────────────────────────────────┘
- Full-page view (uses
detail-viewpattern like AgentDetailView) - Accessed via Settings modal > "OpenClaw Server Settings" button
- Header: Back button + "Server Settings" title
- Tab bar: Three horizontal tabs (Agent Defaults | Tools & Memory | Channels)
- Monospace uppercase labels with cyan underline for active tab
- Settings rows: Label + hint on left, control (input/select/toggle) on right
- Section headers: Monospace uppercase with subtle bottom border
- Channel cards: Elevated background card per channel with enable toggle; body expands when enabled
- Sticky save bar: Bottom bar with Discard/Save buttons, appears only when changes are detected
- Success/error feedback text on the left
--bg-elevatedbackground with--shadow-mdelevation
Tab Layout:
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ← Back Server Settings │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ AGENT DEFAULTS │ TOOLS & MEMORY │ CHANNELS│
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ MODEL & BEHAVIOR │
│ ────────────────────────────────────── │
│ Primary Model [text input ] │
│ Thinking Level [select ▾ ] │
│ │
│ LIMITS │
│ ────────────────────────────────────── │
│ Context Tokens [number input ] │
│ Timeout (seconds) [number input ] │
│ │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [Discard] [Save] │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
@keyframes messageSlideIn {
from {
opacity: 0;
transform: translateY(10px);
}
to {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateY(0);
}
}
/* Duration: 200ms, ease-out */@keyframes typingPulse {
0%, 60%, 100% { opacity: 0.3; }
30% { opacity: 1; }
}
/* Three dots with staggered animation-delay */@keyframes thinkingGlow {
0%, 100% { box-shadow: var(--glow-cyan); }
50% { box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(0, 217, 255, 0.5); }
}.session-item:hover {
background: var(--bg-hover);
transform: translateX(4px);
transition: all 150ms ease;
}/* Desktop */
@media (min-width: 1200px) {
/* Full layout with all panels */
}
/* Tablet */
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199px) {
/* Sidebar: 64px icons only */
/* Right panel: hidden by default */
}
/* Mobile */
@media (max-width: 767px) {
/* Full-screen chat */
/* Sidebar: overlay drawer */
/* Right panel: overlay drawer */
}Centered illustration with:
- ClawControl logo (large, subtle)
- "Start a conversation" text
- Quick action buttons: "New Chat", "Load Session"
- Skeleton pulse animation for loading
- Cursor blink at end of streaming text
- Progress indicator for long operations
- Red accent border
- Error icon with message
- Retry button
- Minimum contrast ratio: 4.5:1 for text
- Focus indicators: 2px cyan outline
src/
├── components/ # React components
│ ├── ChatArea.tsx
│ ├── InputArea.tsx
│ ├── RightPanel.tsx
│ ├── Sidebar.tsx
│ ├── TopBar.tsx
│ ├── SettingsModal.tsx
│ ├── CertErrorModal.tsx
│ ├── SkillDetailView.tsx
│ ├── CronJobDetailView.tsx
│ ├── AgentDetailView.tsx
│ ├── ServerSettingsView.tsx
│ └── index.ts
├── lib/
│ ├── openclaw/ # Modular WebSocket client
│ │ ├── client.ts # Core connection, event routing, per-session stream state
│ │ ├── types.ts # Protocol frame types, domain interfaces
│ │ ├── chat.ts # chat.send, chat.history, chat.abort
│ │ ├── sessions.ts # Session CRUD and sessions.spawn
│ │ ├── agents.ts # Agent listing, identity, files, create/delete
│ │ ├── config.ts # Server config read/write (config.get, config.patch)
│ │ ├── skills.ts # Skill listing, toggle, install
│ │ ├── cron-jobs.ts # Cron job listing, toggle, details
│ │ ├── utils.ts # ANSI stripping, content extraction, helpers
│ │ └── index.ts # Public re-exports
│ ├── openclaw-client.test.ts # Integration tests (Vitest)
│ └── platform.ts # Platform abstraction (Electron/Capacitor/web)
├── store/
│ └── index.ts # Zustand state management
├── styles/
│ └── index.css # Main stylesheet (variables, themes, components)
├── test/
│ └── setup.ts # Vitest test setup
├── App.tsx # Main app component
├── main.tsx # Vite entry point
└── vite-env.d.ts # Vite type declarations
electron/
├── main.ts # Electron main process
└── preload.ts # Preload script (IPC bridge)
build/
└── icon.png # App icon
scripts/
└── test-connection.js # Connection testing utility