Agents

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openclaw agents

Manage isolated agents (workspaces + auth + routing).

Related:

• Multi-agent routing
• Agent workspace
• Skills config: skill visibility configuration.

Examples

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openclaw agents list
openclaw agents list --bindings
openclaw agents add work --workspace ~/.openclaw/workspace-work
openclaw agents add ops --workspace ~/.openclaw/workspace-ops --bind telegram:ops --non-interactive
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.

If you also want different visible skills per agent, configure

and in . See Skills config and Configuration reference.

List bindings:

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

Add bindings:

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

If you omit

(), OpenClaw resolves it from channel defaults and plugin setup hooks when available.

If you omit

for or , OpenClaw targets the current default agent.

Binding scope behavior

• A binding without
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  accountId
  matches the channel default account only.
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  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
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  accountId
  , and you later bind with an explicit or resolved
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  accountId
  , OpenClaw upgrades that existing binding in place instead of adding a duplicate.

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# 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

. If you also want default-account routing, add it explicitly (for example ).

Remove bindings:

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

accepts either or one or more values, not both.

Command surface

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agents

Running

with no subcommand is equivalent to .

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agents list

Options:

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  --json
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  --bindings
  : include full routing rules, not only per-agent counts/summaries

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agents add [name]

Options:

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  --workspace <dir>
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  --model <id>
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  --agent-dir <dir>
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  --bind <channel[:accountId]>
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  --non-interactive
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  --json

Notes:

• Passing any explicit add flags switches the command into the non-interactive path.
• Non-interactive mode requires both an agent name and
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  --workspace
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  main
  is reserved and cannot be used as the new agent id.
• In interactive mode, auth seeding copies only portable static profiles (
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  api_key
  and static
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  token
  by default). OAuth refresh-token profiles remain available only by read-through inheritance from the real
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  main
  agent store. If the configured default agent is not
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  main
  , sign in separately for OAuth profiles on the new agent.

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agents bindings

Options:

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  --agent <id>
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  --json

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agents bind

Options:

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  --agent <id>
  (defaults to the current default agent)
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  --bind <channel[:accountId]>
  (repeatable)
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  --json

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agents unbind

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  --agent <id>
  (defaults to the current default agent)
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  --bind <channel[:accountId]>
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  --all
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  --json

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agents delete <id>

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  --force
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  --json

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  main
  cannot be deleted.
• Without
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  --force
  , interactive confirmation is required.
• Workspace, agent state, and session transcript directories are moved to Trash, not hard-deleted.
• If another agent's workspace is the same path, inside this workspace, or contains this workspace, the workspace is retained and
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  --json
  reports
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  workspaceRetained
  ,
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  workspaceRetainedReason
  , and
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  workspaceSharedWith
  .

Identity files

Each agent workspace can include an

at the workspace root:

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

Avatar paths resolve relative to the workspace root.

Set identity

writes fields into :

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

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  --agent <id>
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  --workspace <dir>
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  --identity-file <path>
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  --from-identity
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  --name <name>
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  --theme <theme>
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  --emoji <emoji>
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  --avatar <value>
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  --json

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  --agent
  or
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  --workspace
  can be used to select the target agent.
• If you rely on
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  --workspace
  and multiple agents share that workspace, the command fails and asks you to pass
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  --agent
  .
• When no explicit identity fields are provided, the command reads identity data from
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  IDENTITY.md
  .

Load from

:

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

Override fields explicitly:

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

Config sample:

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

Related

• CLI reference
• Multi-agent routing
• Agent workspace