Snip

Name: Snip
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Author: edouard-claude

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OpenClaw plugin - reduce LLM token consumption by 60-90% by filtering CLI output through snip

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Install

openclaw plugins install openclaw-snip

README

# openclaw-snip

OpenClaw plugin that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% by filtering CLI output through [snip](https://github.com/edouard-claude/snip).

## Why

Every shell command executed by an OpenClaw agent consumes tokens. Commands like `git log`, `go test`, `docker ps`, or `npm install` produce verbose output that mostly repeats known patterns. Snip filters this output down to what matters, saving 60-90% of tokens across all models.

## Install

### 1. Install snip

```bash
brew install edouard-claude/tap/snip
```

Or from source:

```bash
go install github.com/edouard-claude/snip/cmd/snip@latest
```

### 2. Install the plugin

```bash
openclaw plugins install openclaw-snip
```

## Configuration

In your OpenClaw gateway config, under `plugins.entries.openclaw-snip`:

| Key | Type | Default | Description |
|-----|------|---------|-------------|
| `enabled` | boolean | `true` | Enable/disable snip filtering |
| `snipPath` | string | auto-detect | Path to snip binary |

## How it works

The plugin registers a `snip` tool that wraps shell command execution through the snip binary. The agent's SKILL.md instructions guide it to prefer `snip` over `exec` for CLI commands.

- 22+ built-in filters for common CLI tools
- Declarative YAML filter DSL (no compiled code)
- Graceful degradation (passthrough if no filter matches)
- Exit codes always preserved

## Supported commands

git, go, npm, yarn, pnpm, cargo, docker, kubectl, terraform, pip, conda, make, cmake, gcc, rustc, javac, gradle, maven, brew, apt, and more.

## License

MIT

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