fix: harden parallels smoke agent invocation

.agents/skills/openclaw-parallels-smoke/SKILL.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Preferred entrypoint: `pnpm test:parallels:npm-update`
 - Flow: fresh snapshot -> install npm package baseline -> smoke -> install current main tgz on the same guest -> smoke again.
 - Same-guest update verification should set the default model explicitly to `openai/gpt-5.4` before the agent turn and use a fresh explicit `--session-id` so old session model state does not leak into the check.
+- Keep the aggregate npm-update Linux VM name aligned with the default Linux smoke VM (`Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64` on Peter's host today). Do not hardcode a different Linux guest in the wrapper unless the per-OS Linux smoke default changed too.
 - On Windows same-guest update checks, restart the gateway after the npm upgrade before `gateway status` / `agent`; in-place global npm updates can otherwise leave stale hashed `dist/*` module imports alive in the running service.
 - Linux same-guest update verification should also export `HOME=/root`, pass `OPENAI_API_KEY` via `prlctl exec ... /usr/bin/env`, and use `openclaw agent --local`; the fresh Linux baseline does not rely on persisted gateway credentials.
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Default to the snapshot closest to `macOS 26.3.1 latest`.
 - On Peter's Tahoe VM, `fresh-latest-march-2026` can hang in `prlctl snapshot-switch`; if restore times out there, rerun with `--snapshot-hint 'macOS 26.3.1 latest'` before blaming auth or the harness.
 - `prlctl exec` is fine for deterministic repo commands, but use the guest Terminal or `prlctl enter` when installer parity or shell-sensitive behavior matters.
+- Multi-word `openclaw agent --message ...` checks should go through a guest shell wrapper (`guest_current_user_sh` / `guest_current_user_cli` or `/bin/sh -lc ...`), not raw `prlctl exec ... node openclaw.mjs ...`, or the message can be split into extra argv tokens and Commander reports `too many arguments for 'agent'`.
 - On the fresh Tahoe snapshot, `brew` exists but `node` may be missing from PATH in noninteractive exec. Use `/opt/homebrew/bin/node` when needed.
 - Fresh host-served tgz installs should install as guest root with `HOME=/var/root`, then run onboarding as the desktop user via `prlctl exec --current-user`.
 - Root-installed tgz smoke can log plugin blocks for world-writable `extensions/*`; do not treat that as an onboarding or gateway failure unless plugin loading is the task.

scripts/e2e/parallels-macos-smoke.sh

@@ -438,6 +438,15 @@ guest_current_user_exec() {
     "$@"
 }
 
+guest_current_user_cli() {
+  local parts=() arg joined=""
+  for arg in "$@"; do
+    parts+=("$(shell_quote "$arg")")
+  done
+  joined="${parts[*]}"
+  guest_current_user_sh "$joined"
+}
+
 guest_script() {
   local mode script
   mode="$1"
@@ -675,9 +684,9 @@ EOF
 }
 
 run_ref_onboard() {
-  guest_current_user_exec \
+  guest_current_user_cli \
     /usr/bin/env "OPENAI_API_KEY=$OPENAI_API_KEY_VALUE" \
-    "$GUEST_NODE_BIN" "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_ENTRY" onboard \
+    "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_BIN" onboard \
     --non-interactive \
     --mode local \
     --auth-choice openai-api-key \
@@ -691,19 +700,23 @@ run_ref_onboard() {
 }
 
 verify_gateway() {
-  guest_current_user_exec "$GUEST_NODE_BIN" "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_ENTRY" gateway status --deep --require-rpc
+  guest_current_user_cli "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_BIN" gateway status --deep --require-rpc
 }
 
 show_gateway_status_compat() {
-  if guest_current_user_exec "$GUEST_NODE_BIN" "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_ENTRY" gateway status --help | grep -Fq -- "--require-rpc"; then
+  if guest_current_user_cli "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_BIN" gateway status --help | grep -Fq -- "--require-rpc"; then
-    guest_current_user_exec "$GUEST_NODE_BIN" "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_ENTRY" gateway status --deep --require-rpc
+    guest_current_user_cli "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_BIN" gateway status --deep --require-rpc
     return
   fi
-  guest_current_user_exec "$GUEST_NODE_BIN" "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_ENTRY" gateway status --deep
+  guest_current_user_cli "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_BIN" gateway status --deep
 }
 
 verify_turn() {
-  guest_current_user_exec "$GUEST_NODE_BIN" "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_ENTRY" agent --agent main --message ping --json
+  guest_current_user_cli \
+    "$GUEST_OPENCLAW_BIN" agent \
+    --agent main \
+    --message "Reply with exact ASCII text OK only." \
+    --json
 }
 
 configure_discord_smoke() {

scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
 
 MACOS_VM="macOS Tahoe"
 WINDOWS_VM="Windows 11"
-LINUX_VM="Ubuntu 25.10"
+LINUX_VM="Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64"
 OPENAI_API_KEY_ENV="OPENAI_API_KEY"
 PACKAGE_SPEC=""
 JSON_OUTPUT=0
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ case "\$version" in
     ;;
 esac
 /opt/homebrew/bin/openclaw models set openai/gpt-5.4
-/opt/homebrew/bin/node /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/openclaw.mjs gateway status --deep --require-rpc
+/opt/homebrew/bin/openclaw gateway status --deep --require-rpc
-/opt/homebrew/bin/node /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/openclaw.mjs agent --agent main --session-id parallels-npm-update-macos-$head_short --message "Reply with exact ASCII text OK only." --json
+/opt/homebrew/bin/openclaw agent --agent main --session-id parallels-npm-update-macos-$head_short --message "Reply with exact ASCII text OK only." --json
 EOF
   prlctl exec "$MACOS_VM" --current-user /bin/bash /tmp/openclaw-main-update.sh
 }