#Conversations all sound similar

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I have a guru bot. I ask it for my wins, and it gives them. If I ask for my wins again, the phraseology all sounds very similar, but I upgraded my SOUL.md between asking. Is this something to do with it all being in the same session? I am chatting with it via Telegram.

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ember oarBOT
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Yeah — it’s mostly because you’re still in the same session.

Two key bits about how OpenClaw works:

  1. Your previous answer is still in-context
    If you ask “what are my wins?” twice in the same session, the model sees its earlier wording and tends to reuse the same structure/phrases (it’s trying to be consistent, not creative).

  2. But SOUL.md changes do apply immediately
    OpenClaw injects SOUL.md (and other bootstrap files) on every turn, not just at session start. So the updated SOUL is being seen — it just doesn’t erase the inertia from the existing conversation.

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/system-prompt (see “Workspace bootstrap injection”)

What to do if you want the phrasing to noticeably change

  • Start a fresh session: send /new (or /reset) as a standalone message.
    Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#how-do-i-start-a-fresh-conversation
  • Or, keep the session but be explicit:
    “Give me my wins again, but use totally different wording/structure (no repeated phrases), and pick a different format (e.g. bullets → mini-stories / headlines / one-liners).”
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One gotcha (common with Telegram + remote gateways)

Make sure you edited the SOUL.md in the workspace on the machine running the Gateway. If your Gateway is on a VPS but you edited a local file, the bot won’t see it.

If you paste what you changed in SOUL.md (or describe the tone change you expected), I can suggest a tight instruction that forces more variation for “wins” responses.

wise heart
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If I use /new, does it forget the previous conversation? Will it still have access to daily memory and memory?

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Does it delete the conversation in telegram?

ember oarBOT
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/new gives you a fresh session context, but it does not delete anything.

What /new “forgets”

  • It stops including the earlier chat transcript in the model’s context window.
  • So practically: yes, it will act like it doesn’t remember the back-and-forth you just had (unless you paste/recap it).

Importantly: the old conversation is still on disk as a session log — it’s just not being fed back into the model automatically.

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#how-do-i-start-a-fresh-conversation

What /new still keeps access to

  • MEMORY.md / memory.md (the curated “durable memory” file): still injected every turn.
  • Your workspace files (SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, etc.): still injected every turn.
  • Daily memory notes (memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md): those are not auto-injected, but the agent can still access them via memory tools / recall when needed.

Docs:

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Practical tip

If there’s something from “today’s wins conversation” you do want carried forward, ask the bot before /new:

“Summarize the key takeaways and write anything important into MEMORY.md (or today’s daily memory).”

That way the next session starts clean and still has the important stuff.