docs: rename strict policy tier to default

[ericksoa]

Summary

• Renames the strict policy tier to default in the YAML comment block
• Follows up on feedback from @krmurph on PR docs: replace "strict baseline" with "default" for policy language #602

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated sandbox policy tier wording from "strict" to "default" across configuration and explanatory docs.
  • Revised network posture phrasing from "strict-by-default" to "deny-by-default" in network policy reference.
  • Updated descriptive text and flowchart labels to reflect the new wording in walkthroughs and overview pages.

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (4)

• docs/about/how-it-works.md
• docs/about/overview.md
• docs/reference/network-policies.md
• scripts/walkthrough.sh

✅ Files skipped from review due to trivial changes (4)

• docs/about/overview.md
• scripts/walkthrough.sh
• docs/about/how-it-works.md
• docs/reference/network-policies.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Multiple documentation and script text edits that change wording around sandbox network and policy posture (e.g., strict → default / controlled / deny-by-default) and a single YAML comment label update; no functional configuration, access, or runtime behavior was modified. (≤50 words)

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Policy file nemoclaw-blueprint/policies/openclaw-sandbox.yaml	Commented policy tier label changed from strict to default; no config or rule changes.
Docs — diagrams & descriptions docs/about/how-it-works.md, docs/about/overview.md, docs/reference/network-policies.md	Text and a Mermaid node label updated to replace “strict” wording with default / deny-by-default / removal of “strict”; diagram relationships and content otherwise unchanged.
Scripts / walkthrough scripts/walkthrough.sh	Script description wording changed from “strict network policy” to “controlled network policy”; approval-flow behavior text remains the same.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Poem

A rabbit nudges a label light,
From strict to default, soft and bright,
Words hop across the docs today,
Nothing broken — just a gentle sway,
Tiny change, big cheer — 🐰✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'docs: rename strict policy tier to default' accurately summarizes the main change across all modified files—renaming or updating references from 'strict' to 'default' in documentation and comments.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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