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Json Format

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Why are all the example configuration json shown in docs, not quoting the object keys? This is invalid json, or is this json5?

Solution

It’s JSON5, on purpose.

OpenClaw’s config file is

~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

, but it’s parsed as JSON5, so examples can use:

- unquoted object keys (

agents: { ... }

agents: { ... }

)
- comments (

// ...

// ...

)
- trailing commas

Docs spell it out here: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/configuration (first line: “OpenClaw reads an optional JSON5 config from

~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

.”)

If you prefer strict JSON, that’s fine too — JSON is valid JSON5 — just add quotes and remove comments/trailing commas.