Agents/Subagents: honor subagent alsoAllow grants

src/agents/pi-tools.policy.e2e.test.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,63 @@ describe("resolveSubagentToolPolicy depth awareness", () => {
     agents: { defaults: { subagents: { maxSpawnDepth: 1 } } },
   } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
 
+  it("applies subagent tools.alsoAllow to re-enable default-denied tools", () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: { defaults: { subagents: { maxSpawnDepth: 2 } } },
+      tools: { subagents: { tools: { alsoAllow: ["sessions_send"] } } },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const policy = resolveSubagentToolPolicy(cfg, 1);
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("sessions_send", policy)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("cron", policy)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("applies subagent tools.allow to re-enable default-denied tools", () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: { defaults: { subagents: { maxSpawnDepth: 2 } } },
+      tools: { subagents: { tools: { allow: ["sessions_send"] } } },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const policy = resolveSubagentToolPolicy(cfg, 1);
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("sessions_send", policy)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("merges subagent tools.alsoAllow into tools.allow when both are set", () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: { defaults: { subagents: { maxSpawnDepth: 2 } } },
+      tools: {
+        subagents: { tools: { allow: ["sessions_spawn"], alsoAllow: ["sessions_send"] } },
+      },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const policy = resolveSubagentToolPolicy(cfg, 1);
+    expect(policy.allow).toEqual(["sessions_spawn", "sessions_send"]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps configured deny precedence over allow and alsoAllow", () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: { defaults: { subagents: { maxSpawnDepth: 2 } } },
+      tools: {
+        subagents: {
+          tools: {
+            allow: ["sessions_send"],
+            alsoAllow: ["sessions_send"],
+            deny: ["sessions_send"],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const policy = resolveSubagentToolPolicy(cfg, 1);
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("sessions_send", policy)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not create a restrictive allowlist when only alsoAllow is configured", () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: { defaults: { subagents: { maxSpawnDepth: 2 } } },
+      tools: { subagents: { tools: { alsoAllow: ["sessions_send"] } } },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const policy = resolveSubagentToolPolicy(cfg, 1);
+    expect(policy.allow).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("subagents", policy)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("depth-1 orchestrator (maxSpawnDepth=2) allows sessions_spawn", () => {
     const policy = resolveSubagentToolPolicy(baseCfg, 1);
     expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("sessions_spawn", policy)).toBe(true);

src/agents/pi-tools.policy.ts

@@ -88,9 +88,17 @@ export function resolveSubagentToolPolicy(cfg?: OpenClawConfig, depth?: number):
     cfg?.agents?.defaults?.subagents?.maxSpawnDepth ?? DEFAULT_SUBAGENT_MAX_SPAWN_DEPTH;
   const effectiveDepth = typeof depth === "number" && depth >= 0 ? depth : 1;
   const baseDeny = resolveSubagentDenyList(effectiveDepth, maxSpawnDepth);
-  const deny = [...baseDeny, ...(Array.isArray(configured?.deny) ? configured.deny : [])];
   const allow = Array.isArray(configured?.allow) ? configured.allow : undefined;
-  return { allow, deny };
+  const alsoAllow = Array.isArray(configured?.alsoAllow) ? configured.alsoAllow : undefined;
+  const explicitAllow = new Set(
+    [...(allow ?? []), ...(alsoAllow ?? [])].map((toolName) => normalizeToolName(toolName)),
+  );
+  const deny = [
+    ...baseDeny.filter((toolName) => !explicitAllow.has(normalizeToolName(toolName))),
+    ...(Array.isArray(configured?.deny) ? configured.deny : []),
+  ];
+  const mergedAllow = allow && alsoAllow ? Array.from(new Set([...allow, ...alsoAllow])) : allow;
+  return { allow: mergedAllow, deny };
 }
 
 export function isToolAllowedByPolicyName(name: string, policy?: SandboxToolPolicy): boolean {

src/config/types.tools.ts

@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ export type ToolsConfig = {
     model?: string | { primary?: string; fallbacks?: string[] };
     tools?: {
       allow?: string[];
+      /** Additional allowlist entries merged into allow and/or default sub-agent denylist. */
+      alsoAllow?: string[];
       deny?: string[];
     };
   };