fix docker in docker

Author: OnTheThirdDay

crates/example-eventage-claw/Dockerfile

@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates chromium docker-cli
 
 COPY --from=builder /build/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/claw /usr/local/bin/claw
 
-# Persistent data directory: config, skills, memory, tasks, event log.
-VOLUME ["/root/.claw"]
+# Data directory — overridden at runtime via CLAW_DATA_DIR env var.
+# The default path must match the bind-mount in docker-compose.yml.
+ENV CLAW_DATA_DIR=/opt/claw/data
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/claw/data
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 

crates/example-eventage-claw/docker-compose.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
     volumes:
-      # Persistent data: skills/, memory/, tasks.json, events.jsonl
-      - claw-data:/root/.claw
+      # Bind-mount at the SAME path on host and container so that when
+      # run_in_docker passes this path to the host Docker daemon the bind
+      # mount resolves correctly (named volumes don't work for DinD).
+      - ${CLAW_DATA_DIR:-/opt/claw/data}:${CLAW_DATA_DIR:-/opt/claw/data}
       # Docker socket — required for run_in_docker tool (docker_enabled in config)
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
     environment:
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ services:
       - LLM_URL
       - LLM_MODEL
       - CLAW_GROUPS   # e.g. "personal,alice,bob"
+      # Must match the bind-mount path above so claw uses the correct data dir.
+      - CLAW_DATA_DIR=${CLAW_DATA_DIR:-/opt/claw/data}
 
   # ── WhatsApp bridge (Node.js, Baileys) ────────────────────────────────────
   whatsapp-bridge:
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ services:
       - "3001:3001"
     volumes:
       - ${BRIDGE_AUTH_DIR:-/opt/claw/bridge-auth}:/app/auth
-      - claw-data:/root/.claw   # shared with claw so bridge-downloaded media is accessible to agent
+      - ${CLAW_DATA_DIR:-/opt/claw/data}:/root/.claw   # shared with claw so bridge-downloaded media is accessible to agent
     environment:
       CLAW_HTTP_URL:  http://claw:3000
       CLAW_GROUP:     ${CLAW_GROUP:-personal}
@@ -47,5 +51,3 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - claw
 
-volumes:
-  claw-data:   # named volume — survives container restarts, no host path needed

crates/example-eventage-claw/src/config.rs

@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ fn default_model() -> String {
     std::env::var("LLM_MODEL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "qwen3:4b".into())
 }
 fn default_data_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    if let Ok(dir) = std::env::var("CLAW_DATA_DIR") {
+        return PathBuf::from(dir);
+    }
     dirs::home_dir()
         .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("."))
         .join(".claw")