Eli

A hook-first agent framework in Rust. CLI, Telegram, Feishu, and any OpenClaw channel plugin — one pipeline.

Quick Start

cargo install --path crates/eli

eli chat                    # interactive REPL
eli run "summarize this"    # one-shot
eli gateway                 # multi-channel listener

Gateway + Channels

# Telegram
ELI_TELEGRAM_TOKEN=xxx eli gateway

# Feishu (via OpenClaw sidecar — auto-starts)
eli gateway --enable-channel webhook

The webhook channel auto-launches a Node sidecar that loads any OpenClaw channel plugin (Feishu, DingTalk, Discord, Slack, ...). First run prompts for credentials interactively.

Architecture

                    ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
  CLI / Telegram ──▶│          eli (Rust)              │
                    │  resolve_session → build_prompt  │
  Feishu / Slack ──▶│  → run_model → save_state →     │◀── conduit (LLM)
  (via sidecar)     │  render_outbound → dispatch      │
                    └─────────────────────────────────┘

conduit — Provider-agnostic LLM toolkit. Streaming, tool calls, tape storage, OAuth.

eli — Hook-first agent. Every stage is a hook. Builtins register first, plugins override.

@anthropic-ai/eli-sidecar — Node.js bridge that loads OpenClaw plugins and exposes their channels + tools to eli over HTTP.

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
ELI_MODEL	anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-6	Model identifier
ELI_API_KEY	—	Provider API key
ELI_API_BASE	—	Custom endpoint
ELI_MAX_STEPS	50	Max tool-use iterations

License

Apache-2.0