RFC 0026: Automations terminology and configurable feature naming

[omarshahine]

Summary

RFC 0026 proposes finishing the cron → Automations rename so the word "cron" never appears in user-facing UX or model-visible text when naming the feature, and adding a ui.terminology config so tailored deployments can use a custom term (e.g. "Habits").

Key boundaries:

• Display/prompt layer only. Config key cron.*, gateway RPC cron.* methods, SQLite tables, state paths, session-key prefix, and the openclaw cron CLI token (kept as alias) are untouched — no protocol bump, no storage migration.
• "Cron" stays the syntax name (cron expressions, --cron, {kind:"cron"}), mirroring the split the UI schedule selector and docs already draw.
• Phase 1: string sweep across the agent surface (tool rename to automations with allow-list alias, system prompt, heartbeat guidance, session labels, delivery notices), UI leftovers (~8 catalog values + 1 hardcoded prefix + /cron route alias + command palette), CLI alias + prose, doctor prose, docs body copy.
• Phase 2: ui.terminology.automation.{singular,plural} injected via existing i18n param interpolation, prompt-builder templating, and CLI formatters.

Backed by a four-surface audit of the current codebase (agent-facing strings, CLI, web UI i18n catalog, config schema/docs); file references inline in the RFC.

Status: draft, per RFC lifecycle. Discussion thread in maintainer-discussion to follow.

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