From a4d5c7f6730a4648b20163f4194c43140df35da0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?=E5=A4=A7=E7=8C=AB=E5=AD=90?= Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 23:51:44 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add missing HEARTBEAT.md and MEMORY.md to bootstrap files list (#8105) * docs: add missing HEARTBEAT.md and MEMORY.md to bootstrap files list Fixes #7928 The documentation for skipBootstrap and workspace setup was missing HEARTBEAT.md and MEMORY.md from the bootstrap files list. Changes: - docs/gateway/configuration.md: Add HEARTBEAT.md and MEMORY.md - docs/zh-CN/gateway/configuration.md: Same for Chinese version - docs/start/openclaw.md: Add HEARTBEAT.md, clarify MEMORY.md is optional - docs/zh-CN/start/openclaw.md: Same for Chinese version * fix: reference PR number instead of issue in CHANGELOG * docs(workspace): align bootstrap file docs with runtime (#8105) --------- Co-authored-by: damaozi <1811866786@qq.com> Co-authored-by: Sebastian <19554889+sebslight@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/gateway/configuration.md | 2 +- docs/start/openclaw.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/gateway/configuration.md b/docs/gateway/configuration.md index 639f84bd6..a22afea19 100644 --- a/docs/gateway/configuration.md +++ b/docs/gateway/configuration.md @@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ working directory). The path must exist to be used. ### `agents.defaults.skipBootstrap` -Disables automatic creation of the workspace bootstrap files (`AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `TOOLS.md`, `IDENTITY.md`, `USER.md`, and `BOOTSTRAP.md`). +Disables automatic creation of the workspace bootstrap files (`AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `TOOLS.md`, `IDENTITY.md`, `USER.md`, `HEARTBEAT.md`, and `BOOTSTRAP.md`). Use this for pre-seeded deployments where your workspace files come from a repo. diff --git a/docs/start/openclaw.md b/docs/start/openclaw.md index c5a419635..27b45fc87 100644 --- a/docs/start/openclaw.md +++ b/docs/start/openclaw.md @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ When onboarding finishes, we auto-open the dashboard and print a clean (non-toke OpenClaw reads operating instructions and “memory” from its workspace directory. -By default, OpenClaw uses `~/.openclaw/workspace` as the agent workspace, and will create it (plus starter `AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `TOOLS.md`, `IDENTITY.md`, `USER.md`) automatically on setup/first agent run. `BOOTSTRAP.md` is only created when the workspace is brand new (it should not come back after you delete it). +By default, OpenClaw uses `~/.openclaw/workspace` as the agent workspace, and will create it (plus starter `AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `TOOLS.md`, `IDENTITY.md`, `USER.md`, `HEARTBEAT.md`) automatically on setup/first agent run. `BOOTSTRAP.md` is only created when the workspace is brand new (it should not come back after you delete it). `MEMORY.md` is optional (not auto-created); when present, it is loaded for normal sessions. Subagent sessions only inject `AGENTS.md` and `TOOLS.md`. Tip: treat this folder like OpenClaw’s “memory” and make it a git repo (ideally private) so your `AGENTS.md` + memory files are backed up. If git is installed, brand-new workspaces are auto-initialized.