[OMEGA-205] Communication channel extension API proposal

[vsbogd]

Description

I rasied this to discuss possible extension API implementation.

What is implemented:

• websearch is moved out from the channels.metta module into the skills.metta
• all communication channels are implemented as independent modules thus new module can be added without modifying the code of the OmegaClaw-Core

Communication channel should provide <name>.metta file which contains implementations of the following functions:

• (commChannelInit) - initializes communication channel, it is called once before other functions are called
• (commChannelReceiveMessage) - returns the next received message from user, if there are few messages received it returns the oldest one
• (commChannelSendMessage $msg) - sends message to the user

User should use commchannel=<name> parameter to load corresponding communication channel and pass all necessary arguments via additional command line parameters. The list of parameters is channel specific and specified by the channel itself.

Additional extension folder under OmegaClaw-Repo root can be used to keep extensions which are not part of the OmegaClaw-Core code.

Python module can be used to implement communication channel if it contains two functions:

def commChannelReceiveMessage():
    # return "<recieved message>"
    pass

def commChannelSendMessage(text):
    # send text as a message
    pass    

Then the name of the module can be used as a name of the communication channel. The module is loaded and used as a communication point.

How Has This Been Tested?

Build docker image, run using IRC and Minimax, ask "What is the distance to the Sun?" question.

Checklist

• The code generated by LLM is reviewed by the PR creator
• Self-review completed
• Test scenarios above are passed with the version of the code from PR

[blackhammer116]

Hey @vsbogd, won't extending or adding new channels still require modifications to the core by adding not only new .metta files but also their extention of comm channels?

[vsbogd]

Hey @vsbogd, won't extending or adding new channels still require modifications to the core by adding not only new .metta files but also their extention of comm channels?

No. If one need adding new communication channel integration written in Python it is enough to install the Python module (let's say mycommchannel) and then use provider=mycommchannel command line argument.

[vsbogd]

Replaced by #222