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What a good Agents.md should teach an agent on day one
I hit this last week while working inside my own OpenClaw workspace: the agent had access to the right files, the right tools, and the right project context, but the useful behavior didn't come from any one magic prompt. It came from a small stack of durable instructions.
The root AGENTS.md said what to read first. SOUL.md defined the assistant's operating posture. USER.md gave personal context. TOOLS.md separated reusable tool behavior from local machine details. Skill docs explained...
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