Config Manager Skill

Dynamic configuration management for AI agents. Update settings without restarts, validate changes, and rollback safely.

When to Use This Skill

Use when you need to:

• Update agent configuration without restarting
• Hot-reload settings during operation
• Validate configuration changes before applying
• Rollback to previous working configurations
• Manage environment-specific configs
• Monitor configuration drift
• Batch update multiple config files

Triggers

• "update config", "change settings", "modify configuration"
• "hot reload", "reload config", "refresh settings"
• "validate config", "check configuration"
• "rollback config", "revert settings"
• "config drift", "configuration management"

Usage

Basic Config Management

# Hot reload configuration
./scripts/config-manager.js --reload

# Update specific setting
./scripts/config-manager.js --set "database.host=localhost"

# Validate configuration
./scripts/config-manager.js --validate

# Show current config
./scripts/config-manager.js --show

Advanced Operations

# Create backup before changes
./scripts/config-manager.js --backup --set "api.rate_limit=1000"

# Rollback to previous version
./scripts/config-manager.js --rollback

# Compare configurations
./scripts/config-manager.js --diff

# Monitor for changes
./scripts/config-manager.js --watch

Environment Management

# Switch environments
./scripts/config-manager.js --env production

# Sync configs across environments
./scripts/config-manager.js --sync dev staging

# Generate environment templates
./scripts/config-manager.js --template

Configuration

Set these environment variables or create ~/.config/openclaw/config-manager.json:

{
  "configPath": "./config.json",
  "backupDir": "./config-backups",
  "maxBackups": 10,
  "watchMode": true,
  "validationRules": {
    "required": ["database.host", "api.key"],
    "types": {
      "database.port": "number",
      "api.enabled": "boolean"
    }
  }
}

Output

Returns structured config operations:

{
  "operation": "update",
  "success": true,
  "changes": {
    "database.host": "localhost -> 127.0.0.1",
    "api.rate_limit": "500 -> 1000"
  },
  "backup_created": "config-backup-2026-03-20-123456.json",
  "validation_passed": true,
  "restart_required": false
}

Files

• scripts/config-manager.js - Main configuration manager
• scripts/config-validator.js - Configuration validation
• scripts/config-watcher.js - File change monitoring
• references/config-examples.json - Example configurations

Requirements

• Node.js 16+
• File system write access
• JSON configuration files

Error Handling

• Creates automatic backups before changes
• Validates configuration syntax and rules
• Rolls back automatically on validation failure
• Logs all configuration changes
• Preserves original file permissions

Security

• Validates input against schema
• Sanitizes configuration values
• Prevents path traversal attacks
• Masks sensitive values in logs
• Supports encrypted configuration files