Telegram notifications failing from orchestration loop

[dougss]

Context

The orchestration loop sends Telegram notifications via sendAlert() (openclaw CLI) after task completion or failure. Currently failing with:

[openclaw] Failed to send alert: [claw-engine/session_completed] | ✅ Task completed: ...

Investigation needed

1. Check if openclaw message send works from the daemon process context
2. The daemon runs as LaunchAgent — may not have the right env vars or socket access for openclaw
3. sendAlert() in src/integrations/openclaw/client.ts calls openclaw message send via execFile
4. The alert is fire-and-forget (non-blocking), so task execution is not affected

Steps to reproduce

1. Run claw submit "any task" --repos ~/server/apps/claw-engine
2. Wait for daemon to process
3. Check logs: tail ~/server/logs/claw-engine.log
4. Look for [openclaw] Failed to send alert line

Expected behavior

After task completion, receive a Telegram message via @MadzixClawBot with:

• Task title
• Status (completed/failed)
• PR URL (if created)
• Token usage

Files involved

• src/integrations/openclaw/client.ts — sendAlert function
• src/core/orchestration-loop.ts — calls sendAlert at end of pipeline