Problem

The bundled hooks (session-memory, command-logger, boot-md) have HOOK.md documentation files in dist/hooks/bundled/, but the corresponding handler.ts implementation files are missing from the npm package.

Current state

dist/hooks/bundled/ contains only HOOK.md files:

$ ls /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/hooks/bundled/session-memory/
HOOK.md

$ ls /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/hooks/bundled/command-logger/
HOOK.md

But handler.ts exists in the source code on GitHub:

src/hooks/bundled/session-memory/handler.ts
src/hooks/bundled/command-logger/handler.ts
src/hooks/bundled/boot-md/handler.ts

Symptom

openclaw hooks list shows "No hooks found" even though hooks are configured in openclaw.json:

$ openclaw hooks list
No hooks found.

Root Cause

The package.json files field does not include src/hooks/bundled/, so the source directory is not included in the npm package:

// package.json
{
  "files": [
    "assets/",
    "dist/",
    "docs/",
    "extensions/",
    ...
  ]
}

Additionally, dist/hooks/bundled/ only contains HOOK.md - the handler.ts files are never compiled to JavaScript in the dist directory.

Expected Behavior

Bundled hooks should work out of the box after npm install. Users should see:

$ openclaw hooks list
Hooks (3/3 ready)
┌──────────┬─────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Status   │ Hook                │ Description                           │
├──────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ✓ ready  │ 🚀 boot-md           │ Run BOOT.md on gateway startup        │
│ ✓ ready  │ 📝 command-logger   │ Log all command events                │
│ ✓ ready  │ 💾 session-memory   │ Save session to memory on /new         │
└──────────┴─────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘

Suggested Fix

Option 1: Add src/hooks/bundled/ to package.json files field

Option 2: Update build script to compile handler.ts files to dist/hooks/bundled/

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.2.3-1
• Installation: Homebrew (brew install openclaw/openclaw/openclaw)
• OS: macOS