How to create a restricted agent (no tools/skills) alongside a full-access agent?

[obtuse iris]

I'm building a system using OpenClaw with two separate Telegram bots as entry points:

Admin bot → should have full access (tools, skills, commands, etc.)
Public bot → should behave like a simple chatbot:
Only answer questions
No access to tools, skills, or commands
No ability to execute actions

I already have both Telegram bots working and connected to separate agents.

The problem is that the "restricted" agent still seems to have access to tools/skills, even when I try to disable them.

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[wooden fossil]

hey, @obtuse iris
this usually happens when the agent still picks up tools from the shared or global config. disabling them in settings alone usually doesn’t fully stop it.
what works better is running the public bot as a completely separate agent with no tools registered during init. basically just a clean chat agent.
admin bot can keep the full setup, but the public one should only reply to messages, nothing else.

[obtuse iris]

thanks for the reply. That is what I did. I have the main agent and a public separated one connected to another telegram bot

I could not make it work even iterating with the AI.