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OpenClaw Reference: Pi Has Been Absorbed — the Built-In Runtime Is Just Called openclaw Now

"OpenClaw is a Gateway shell around Pi" is obsolete. The docs now say the built-in runtime id is openclaw, that pi is a legacy alias which normalizes to it, and that no external agent framework packages remain. The only Pi-related third-party dependency left is a terminal component toolkit.

The OpenClaw Plugin System: Treat Installs Like Running Code, and a Cold Check Proves Nothing About Runtime

The official framing is to treat plugin installs like running code — ClawHub and the bundled catalog are trusted sources, while arbitrary npm, git, and local paths require --force in noninteractive installs. And verification means inspect --runtime, because a bare inspect is only a cold manifest check.