Agent provider plugins: why OpenClaw 2026.5.12 made installs leaner
Agent provider plugins keep self-hosted AI agents lighter by moving heavy channel and model dependencies out of the core install until operators need them.
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Provider plugins: how OpenClaw 2026.5.12 makes self-hosted agent installs leaner
Provider plugins in OpenClaw 2026.5.12 move heavy Slack, Bedrock, Anthropic Vertex, and sandbox dependency cones out of core installs so operators only pull what they use.
OpenClaw file transfer: moving files between paired nodes safely
OpenClaw v2026.5.3 added a bundled file-transfer plugin so agents can fetch and write binary files across paired nodes. Here's how file_fetch, dir_list, dir_fetch and file_write work, plus the default-deny path policy that keeps it safe.