agents

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",
        },
      },
    ],
  },
}