Most people install OpenClaw, connect a channel, and never touch the workspace folder.

That's like hiring an employee and never giving them a job description.

The 80/20 of a perfect setup:

1. AGENTS.md is your highest-leverage file. Core directives, hard rules, tool… https://t.co/q0otzVtSxc pic.twitter.com/JWdGPcUPLw

— Corey Ganim (@coreyganim) 6 avril 2026

Most people install OpenClaw, connect a channel, and never touch the workspace folder. That's like hiring an employee and never giving them a job description. The 80/20 of a perfect setup: 1. AGENTS.md is your highest-leverage file. Core directives, hard rules, tool instructions. Keep it under 300 lines. 2. Three identity files: IDENTITY.md (who the agent is), USER.md (who you are), SOUL.md (how it communicates). 3. Skills folder: one SKILL.md per workflow. Meeting prep, content writing, email drafts. Each one turns a 20-minute task into a single command. 4. Memory folder: daily logs at memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md. Without this, every session starts from zero. 5. .secrets folder: API tokens go here, never in AGENTS.md. Gitignore it. 6. HEARTBEAT.md: controls what your agent does on scheduled check-ins. This is how you make it proactive. Get AGENTS.md right first. Everything else is optimization. Full guide below. Corey Ganim (@coreyganim) x.com/i/article/203606620216… — https://nitter.net/coreyganim/status/2036070952987988290#m

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