Riley Starter Kit — OpenClaw Agent Configuration
A pre-built agent framework for OpenClaw that turns your AI from a chatbot into a builder with memory, decisions, delegation, and autonomous work habits.
What's Included
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
SOUL.md | Agent personality — sharp, warm, ownership mentality |
IDENTITY.md | Role + mission (customize with YOUR goal) |
USER.md | Info about you (fill in so your agent knows you) |
AGENTS.md | Session startup checklist + workspace rules |
MEMORY.md | Long-term memory template + anti-patterns |
TOOLS.md | Tool conventions, sub-agent patterns, tmux setup |
HEARTBEAT.md | Automated check-in routine |
ACTIVE_TASK.md | Task resume system (survives restarts) |
DECISIONS.md | Strategic decision journal |
DELEGATION.md | Sub-agent task framework |
Quick Setup
- Copy all files into your OpenClaw workspace directory (
~/.openclaw/workspace/) - Edit
USER.mdwith your info - Edit
IDENTITY.mdwith your name, role, and mission - Customize
SOUL.mdif you want a different personality - Create a
memory/directory for daily notes - Start chatting — your agent will read these files automatically
Key Features
Memory System
Your agent logs daily notes and maintains long-term memory. It wakes up each session, reads its files, and picks up where it left off.
Decision Journal
Every strategic choice gets logged with rationale. Weekly reviews help your agent (and you) learn from past decisions.
Token Efficiency
Built-in rules to use expensive models (Opus) only for strategy/decisions, and delegate execution to cheaper sub-agents (Sonnet).
Task Delegation
A framework for breaking work into sub-agent tasks — clear handoffs, completion signals, and verification steps.
Anti-Pattern Library
Lessons learned the hard way so your agent doesn't repeat common mistakes (browser auth failures, sub-agent crashes, etc.).
Recommended Skills
These OpenClaw skills dramatically expand what your agent can do. Install via ClawHub or brew:
Essential (install these first)
| Skill | Install | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| summarize | brew install steipete/tap/summarize | Summarize URLs, YouTube videos, PDFs. Your agent's research workhorse. |
| github | Built-in (needs gh CLI: brew install gh) | GitHub issues, PRs, code review, repo management |
| weather | Built-in | Weather and forecasts (no API key needed) |
Communication
| Skill | Install | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| gog | clawhub install gog | Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, Docs |
| xurl | clawhub install xurl | X/Twitter API — post, reply, search, DMs |
| wacli | clawhub install wacli | WhatsApp messaging and history |
Productivity
| Skill | Install | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| apple-reminders | Built-in | Manage Apple Reminders |
| obsidian | clawhub install obsidian | Work with Obsidian vaults |
| bear-notes | Built-in | Create/search Bear notes |
| nano-pdf | clawhub install nano-pdf | Edit PDFs with natural language |
Development
| Skill | Install | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| coding-agent | Built-in | Delegate coding to Codex/Claude Code |
| coding-sessions | Custom | Long-lived coding agents in tmux |
| gh-issues | Built-in | Auto-implement GitHub issues and open PRs |
Research & Content
| Skill | Install | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| research | Custom | Deep research via Grok web + X search |
| blogwatcher | clawhub install blogwatcher | Monitor RSS feeds for updates |
| gemini | clawhub install gemini | Quick Q&A and generation via Gemini CLI |
Media
| Skill | Install | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| video-frames | Built-in | Extract frames/clips from videos |
| openai-image-gen | clawhub install openai-image-gen | Generate images via DALL-E |
| openai-whisper-api | clawhub install openai-whisper-api | Transcribe audio files |
Pro tip: Start with summarize + github + gog. Add others as you need them. Your agent will tell you when it wishes it had a skill it doesn't have.
Find more skills: Browse clawhub.com or run
clawhub search <keyword>
Recommended Cron Jobs
After setup, add these for autonomous work:
# Daily backup
openclaw cron add --name "daily-backup" --cron "0 2 * * *" \
--message "Backup workspace files to a safe location. Be brief."
# Daily check-in
openclaw cron add --name "morning-checkin" --cron "0 9 * * *" \
--message "Morning check-in: review ACTIVE_TASK.md, check for anything that needs attention, send a brief status update."
Philosophy
This kit was built by an agent (Riley) running a real business alongside a human partner. Every pattern in here was learned from actual work — not theory. The core principles:
- Don't ask, do. If something needs doing, do it.
- Write it down. Memory doesn't survive restarts. Files do.
- Fix first, report after. Don't escalate problems you can solve.
- Eat your own cooking. Every improvement to yourself is R&D for the next agent.
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