Summary

Add a deploy:replist npm script (and backing shell function) that re-applies the ~/.openclaw/dist/index.js plist entry without a full rebuild — for use after openclaw doctor --fix or daemon install reverts it.

Problem

deploy-local.sh correctly updates the LaunchAgent plist to run from ~/.openclaw/dist/index.js. However, openclaw doctor --fix and openclaw daemon install internally call daemon install --force, which uses process.argv[1] (the currently running CLI binary from the repo) to rewrite the plist. This silently reverts our plist update. Users need a quick way to re-apply the correct path without a full build cycle.

Acceptance criteria

• pnpm deploy:replist updates plist ProgramArguments[1] to ~/.openclaw/dist/index.js
• Script unloads gateway, updates plist, reloads gateway, verifies with openclaw gateway status --deep
• No-op if plist already points to the correct path
• Script is idempotent and safe to run while gateway is running

Implementation plan

1. Extract plist-update + restart steps from scripts/deploy-local.sh into a shared function or standalone script
2. Add deploy:replist to package.json scripts

Files affected

• scripts/deploy-local.sh (modify — extract/reuse plist+restart logic)
• package.json (modify — add deploy:replist script)

Additional notes

Follow-on: investigate npm link from the repo root as a permanent fix — it symlinks the global openclaw bin to the repo so daemon install always writes the global prefix path (stable across doctor runs). That would eliminate the need for deploy:replist entirely.

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