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devout monolith Apr 27, 2026, 5:03 AM

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Morning, not sure if this is correct or not, when i create an Agent, it doesn't create the the workspace for example workspace-mybot, instead i get .openclaw/agents/mybot and .openclaw/workspace/mybot, is this the way now or is something going wrong or not configured correctly, asking for a friend 😉

gaunt basinBOT Apr 27, 2026, 5:03 AM

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vale cedarBOT Apr 27, 2026, 5:05 AM

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Yep — your friend is probably fine 😉

That layout is expected now:

~/.openclaw/agents/mybot/agent = agent state/config/auth
~/.openclaw/agents/mybot/sessions = that agent’s sessions
~/.openclaw/workspace/mybot = that agent’s workspace, if agents.defaults.workspace is set to ~/.openclaw/workspace

Older/docs examples may show ~/.openclaw/workspace-mybot; that’s the fallback when there isn’t a shared default workspace root.

To sanity-check, run:

openclaw --version
openclaw agents list --bindings
openclaw config get agents.defaults.workspace

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Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/multi-agent and https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/agent-workspace

devout monolith Apr 27, 2026, 5:10 AM

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agents default workspace set to .openclaw/workspace why not their own workspace like .openclaw/workspace/mybot, or how do i set it

vale cedarBOT Apr 27, 2026, 5:11 AM

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If agents.defaults.workspace is set to:

"~/.openclaw/workspace"

then OpenClaw treats that as the workspace root.

So usually:

default agent → ~/.openclaw/workspace
non-default agent mybot → ~/.openclaw/workspace/mybot

If you want to force a specific path, set it per-agent:

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{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      workspace: "~/.openclaw/workspace",
    },
    list: [
      {
        id: "mybot",
        workspace: "~/.openclaw/workspace/mybot",
      },
    ],
  },
}

Or if you prefer the older-looking style:

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{
  id: "mybot",
  workspace: "~/.openclaw/workspace-mybot",
}

One gotcha: if mybot is marked default: true, then it may use agents.defaults.workspace directly instead of appending /mybot.

Worth checking:

openclaw --version
openclaw agents list --bindings
openclaw config get agents

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