openclaw-rl-training

git clone https://github.com/Gen-Verse/OpenClaw-RL
cd OpenClaw-RL
 
# Install core dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
 
# Install slime (training backend)
cd slime && pip install -e . && cd ..
 
# Optional: install SGLang for fast inference
pip install sglang

OpenClaw-RL/
├── openclaw-rl/          # Binary RL (GRPO) method
├── openclaw-opd/         # On-Policy Distillation method
├── openclaw-combine/     # Combined Binary RL + OPD
├── openclaw-test/        # Evaluation utilities
├── terminal-rl/          # Track 2: Terminal agent RL
├── gui-rl/               # Track 2: GUI agent RL
├── swe-rl/               # Track 2: SWE agent RL
├── toolcall-rl/          # Track 2: Tool-call agent RL
├── slime/                # Core training framework
└── openclaw/             # Runtime / API server

# openclaw-rl/run_qwen3_7b_openclaw_rl.sh
export MODEL_PATH=/path/to/qwen3-7b
export DATA_PATH=/path/to/conversation/data
export CKPT_SAVE_DIR=/path/to/checkpoints
 
bash openclaw-rl/run_qwen3_7b_openclaw_rl.sh

export MODEL_PATH=/path/to/qwen3-7b
export JUDGE_MODEL_PATH=/path/to/judge-model
export DATA_PATH=/path/to/conversation/data
 
bash openclaw-opd/run_qwen3_7b_openclaw_opd.sh

# Launch with combined Binary RL + OPD
bash openclaw-combine/run_qwen3_7b_openclaw_combine.sh

# Model configuration
export MODEL_PATH=/path/to/base/model
export JUDGE_MODEL_PATH=/path/to/judge/model   # For OPD
export PRM_MODEL_PATH=/path/to/prm/model       # For Binary RL
 
# Training configuration
export CKPT_SAVE_DIR=./checkpoints
export CKPT_ARGS="--save-interval 100 --save-dir $CKPT_SAVE_DIR"
 
# Rollout configuration
export ROLLOUT_ARGS="--rollout-batch-size 64 --num-rollouts-per-prompt 4"
 
# Optimizer configuration
export OPTIMIZER_ARGS="--lr 1e-6 --weight-decay 0.01 --adam-beta1 0.9 --adam-beta2 0.999"
 
# GPU partitioning (e.g., 8 GPUs: 4 for training, 4 for rollout)
export TRAIN_GPUS="0,1,2,3"
export ROLLOUT_GPUS="4,5,6,7"
 
# LoRA (optional, reduces GPU memory)
export LORA_ARGS="--lora-rank 64 --lora-alpha 128 --lora-dropout 0.05"

# Add LoRA args to any launch script
export LORA_ARGS="--use-lora --lora-rank 64 --lora-alpha 128"
 
# Example: LoRA Binary RL
bash openclaw-rl/run_qwen3_7b_lora_openclaw_rl.sh

# Custom loss function
--custom-loss-function-path ./my_method/custom_loss.py
 
# Custom rollout function  
--rollout-function-path ./my_method/custom_rollout.py
 
# Custom generation function
--custom-generate-function-path ./my_method/custom_generate.py
 
# Custom reward model
--custom-rm-path ./my_method/custom_rm.py

# my_method/custom_loss.py
import torch
from typing import Dict, Any
 
def compute_loss(
    policy_logits: torch.Tensor,
    reference_logits: torch.Tensor,
    rewards: torch.Tensor,
    advantages: torch.Tensor,
    config: Dict[str, Any]
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """
    Custom GRPO-style loss with clipped surrogate objective.
    """
    # Log-ratio between policy and reference
    log_ratio = policy_logits - reference_logits
    ratio = torch.exp(log_ratio)
    
    clip_range = config.get("clip_range", 0.2)
    
    # PPO-style clipped objective
    clipped = torch.clamp(ratio, 1 - clip_range, 1 + clip_range)
    loss = -torch.min(ratio * advantages, clipped * advantages).mean()
    
    # KL penalty
    kl_coeff = config.get("kl_coeff", 0.01)
    kl_penalty = kl_coeff * log_ratio.mean()
    
    return loss + kl_penalty

# my_method/custom_rm.py
from transformers import AutoModelForSequenceClassification, AutoTokenizer
import torch
 
class CustomPRM:
    def __init__(self, model_path: str):
        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path)
        self.model = AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained(
            model_path, torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16
        )
        self.model.eval()
 
    def score(self, prompt: str, response: str, next_state: str) -> float:
        """
        Score a turn given prompt, response, and next-state feedback.
        """
        combined = f"Prompt: {prompt}\nResponse: {response}\nOutcome: {next_state}"
        inputs = self.tokenizer(combined, return_tensors="pt", truncation=True, max_length=2048)
        
        with torch.no_grad():
            logits = self.model(**inputs).logits
        
        # Binary reward: positive class probability
        return torch.softmax(logits, dim=-1)[0, 1].item()
 
 
def get_reward_model(config):
    return CustomPRM(config["prm_model_path"])

# One-line cloud deployment — Hybrid RL, OPD, Binary RL all supported
export TINKER_API_KEY=$TINKER_API_KEY
export TINKER_ENDPOINT=$TINKER_ENDPOINT
 
# Submit job via Ray
ray job submit --address $TINKER_ENDPOINT \
  --working-dir . \
  -- bash openclaw-combine/run_qwen3_7b_openclaw_combine.sh

export ENV_TYPE=terminal
export MAX_STEPS=20
export PARALLEL_ENVS=32   # Number of parallel environment instances
 
bash terminal-rl/run_terminal_rl.sh

export ENV_TYPE=gui
export SCREENSHOT_BACKEND=playwright   # or selenium
export PARALLEL_ENVS=16
 
bash gui-rl/run_gui_rl.sh

export ENV_TYPE=toolcall
export TOOLS_CONFIG=./toolcall-rl/tools_config.json
export PARALLEL_ENVS=64
 
bash toolcall-rl/run_toolcall_rl.sh

export ENV_TYPE=swe
export SWE_BENCH_PATH=/path/to/swe-bench
export PARALLEL_ENVS=8   # SWE environments are heavier
 
bash swe-rl/run_swe_rl.sh

{
  "session_id": "user_session_abc123",
  "turns": [
    {
      "type": "main",
      "prompt": "Help me refactor this function to use async/await",
      "response": "Here's the refactored version: ...",
      "next_state": "User accepted the change and said 'perfect, thanks!'",
      "trainable": true
    },
    {
      "type": "side", 
      "prompt": "What is 2+2?",
      "response": "4",
      "trainable": false
    }
  ]
}

# Start OpenClaw-compatible API server wrapping your model
export BASE_MODEL_PATH=/path/to/your/model
export OPENCLAW_PORT=8000
export OPENCLAW_HOST=0.0.0.0
 
# Using SGLang backend (recommended for speed)
python -m openclaw.server \
  --model-path $BASE_MODEL_PATH \
  --port $OPENCLAW_PORT \
  --backend sglang \
  --enable-rl-intercept          # Enable conversation capture for RL
  --rl-buffer-dir ./rl_buffer    # Where to store captured trajectories

// Using the server as OpenAI-compatible API in TypeScript
import OpenAI from "openai";
 
const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "http://localhost:8000/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.OPENCLAW_API_KEY ?? "local",
});
 
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "your-model-name",
  messages: [
    { role: "user", content: "Help me write a sorting algorithm" }
  ],
  stream: true,
});
 
for await (const chunk of response) {
  process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? "");
}

# Enable majority voting for more robust reward estimation
export MAJORITY_VOTE_N=5   # Number of judge calls per turn
export MAJORITY_VOTE_THRESHOLD=0.6
 
# Add to your launch script args:
--majority-vote-n $MAJORITY_VOTE_N \
--majority-vote-threshold $MAJORITY_VOTE_THRESHOLD

# 1. Create a new top-level folder
mkdir my-new-method
cd my-new-method
 
# 2. Required files
touch README.md                           # Document what, how, env vars
touch run_qwen3_7b_my_method.sh          # Launch script
touch custom_loss.py                      # If custom loss needed
touch custom_rollout.py                   # If custom rollout needed

# run_qwen3_7b_my_method.sh — follow existing conventions
#!/bin/bash
set -e
 
MODEL_SIZE="7b"
MODEL_PATH=${MODEL_PATH:-/path/to/qwen3-7b}
CKPT_SAVE_DIR=${CKPT_SAVE_DIR:-./checkpoints/my-method}
 
CKPT_ARGS="--save-interval 50 --save-dir $CKPT_SAVE_DIR"
ROLLOUT_ARGS="--rollout-batch-size 32 --num-rollouts-per-prompt 4"
OPTIMIZER_ARGS="--lr 1e-6 --weight-decay 0.01"
 
ray job submit --working-dir .. -- \
  python slime/train.py \
    --model-path $MODEL_PATH \
    --custom-loss-function-path my-new-method/custom_loss.py \
    $CKPT_ARGS $ROLLOUT_ARGS $OPTIMIZER_ARGS

# View Ray dashboard
ray dashboard  # Opens at http://localhost:8265
 
# Watch checkpoint saves
watch -n 10 ls -la $CKPT_SAVE_DIR
 
# Stream training logs
tail -f ./logs/training.log

export RESUME_CKPT=$CKPT_SAVE_DIR/checkpoint-500
# Add to launch script:
--resume-from-checkpoint $RESUME_CKPT

bash openclaw-test/run_eval.sh \
  --model-path $CKPT_SAVE_DIR/checkpoint-latest \
  --eval-tasks "conversation,coding,tool-use"

# Use LoRA to reduce memory footprint
export LORA_ARGS="--use-lora --lora-rank 32"
# Or reduce parallel environments
export PARALLEL_ENVS=8
# Or use offloading
--offload-optimizer-state

# Reduce rollout batch size or increase judge throughput
export ROLLOUT_ARGS="--rollout-batch-size 16"
# Or add more judge workers
--num-judge-workers 4

# Check SGLang version compatibility
pip install sglang==0.4.x  # Check slime/requirements.txt for pinned version
# Fallback to vLLM backend
--backend vllm

# Start Ray cluster first
ray start --head --num-gpus=$(nvidia-smi -L | wc -l)
# Then submit job
ray job submit --address auto -- bash run.sh