`openclaw agents`

Manage isolated agents (workspaces + auth + routing). Related:

Multi-agent routing: Multi-Agent Routing
Agent workspace: Agent workspace

Examples

openclaw agents list
openclaw agents add work --workspace ~/.openclaw/workspace-work
openclaw agents bindings
openclaw agents bind --agent work --bind telegram:ops
openclaw agents unbind --agent work --bind telegram:ops
openclaw agents set-identity --workspace ~/.openclaw/workspace --from-identity
openclaw agents set-identity --agent main --avatar avatars/openclaw.png
openclaw agents delete work

Routing bindings

Use routing bindings to pin inbound channel traffic to a specific agent. List bindings:

openclaw agents bindings
openclaw agents bindings --agent work
openclaw agents bindings --json

Add bindings:

openclaw agents bind --agent work --bind telegram:ops --bind discord:guild-a

If you omit accountId (--bind <channel>), OpenClaw resolves it from channel defaults and plugin setup hooks when available.

Binding scope behavior

A binding without accountId matches the channel default account only.
accountId: "*" is the channel-wide fallback (all accounts) and is less specific than an explicit account binding.
If the same agent already has a matching channel binding without accountId, and you later bind with an explicit or resolved accountId, OpenClaw upgrades that existing binding in place instead of adding a duplicate.

Example:

# initial channel-only binding
openclaw agents bind --agent work --bind telegram

# later upgrade to account-scoped binding
openclaw agents bind --agent work --bind telegram:ops

After the upgrade, routing for that binding is scoped to telegram:ops. If you also want default-account routing, add it explicitly (for example --bind telegram:default). Remove bindings:

openclaw agents unbind --agent work --bind telegram:ops
openclaw agents unbind --agent work --all

Identity files

Each agent workspace can include an IDENTITY.md at the workspace root:

Example path: ~/.openclaw/workspace/IDENTITY.md
set-identity --from-identity reads from the workspace root (or an explicit --identity-file)

Avatar paths resolve relative to the workspace root.

Set identity

set-identity writes fields into agents.list[].identity:

name
theme
emoji
avatar (workspace-relative path, http(s) URL, or data URI)

Load from IDENTITY.md:

openclaw agents set-identity --workspace ~/.openclaw/workspace --from-identity

Override fields explicitly:

openclaw agents set-identity --agent main --name "OpenClaw" --emoji "🦞" --avatar avatars/openclaw.png

Config sample:

{
  agents: {
    list: [
      {
        id: "main",
        identity: {
          name: "OpenClaw",
          theme: "space lobster",
          emoji: "🦞",
          avatar: "avatars/openclaw.png",
        },
      },
    ],
  },
}

Session Journal

Agents can write a reflective LLM journal entry each time a session resets via /new or /reset. Opt in per agent with sessionJournal.enabled: true.

{
  agents: {
    list: [
      {
        id: "claire",
        sessionJournal: {
          enabled: true,
          // optional — include {transcript} where session text should be injected
          prompt: "Write structured patient notes in SOAP format.\n\nSession transcript:\n{transcript}",
        },
      },
    ],
  },
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
`enabled`	`boolean`	`false`	Enable journal generation for this agent
`prompt`	`string`	built-in	LLM prompt. Include `{transcript}` where the session text should be injected; if absent, the transcript is appended after the prompt.

Journal files are written to <effectiveWorkspaceDir>/journal/YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMss-<slug>.md. In multi-user mode (workspace lanes), each lane gets its own journal/ folder — journals are isolated per user, not shared with other lanes on the same agent. The bundled session-journal hook must be enabled for this config to take effect:

wednesdayai hooks enable session-journal

See Hooks: session-journal for full details.

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`openclaw agents`

Examples

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​openclaw agents

​Examples

​Routing bindings

​Binding scope behavior

​Identity files

​Set identity

​Session Journal

`openclaw agents`

Examples

Routing bindings

Binding scope behavior

Identity files

Set identity

Session Journal