# macOS Menu Bar Companion Foundation Checklist

**Date:** 2026-02-16  
**Scope:** Close the OpenClaw "macOS menu bar app" gap with a gateway-side companion status foundation.

## Goal

Add a practical companion-node status surface so a macOS menu bar app can report heartbeat/platform metadata and operators can inspect active companion state.

## Implemented

- Added node status protocol parser:
  - `parseNodeStatusSetParams()`
- Added node status RPC:
  - `node.status.set`
- Extended node connection state:
  - `status` payload (`platform`, `appVersion`, `deviceName`, `statusText`, `batteryPct`, `powerSource`, `reportedAt`)
- Added operator node snapshot endpoint:
  - `system.nodes`
- Wired gateway runtime callbacks for node snapshot listing and status persistence.
- Updated node method authorization scopes:
  - `companion` role can call `node.status.set`
  - observer/automation remain read-only for node scoped methods.

## Docs Updated

- `README.md` — node method list now includes `node.status.set` and `system.nodes`.
- `docs/api/PROTOCOL.md` — added request docs for `node.status.set` and `system.nodes`.

## Tests

- `src/gateway/protocol.test.ts`
  - status parser valid/invalid coverage.
- `src/gateway/handlers/node.test.ts`
  - status update persistence behavior.
- `src/gateway/handlers/handlers.test.ts`
  - `system.nodes` empty + filtered responses.
- `src/gateway/server.test.ts`
  - end-to-end `node.status.set` + `system.nodes` flow.
- `src/gateway/auth.test.ts`
  - role-scope denial for `node.status.set` where not permitted.

## Validation Run

```bash
pnpm test:run src/gateway/protocol.test.ts src/gateway/auth.test.ts src/gateway/handlers/node.test.ts src/gateway/handlers/handlers.test.ts src/gateway/server.test.ts
pnpm typecheck
pnpm build
```