A practical guide for adapting OpenClaw’s core bootstrap files and runtime settings to better suit GPT-5.4, with a focus on execution-first behavior, completion discipline, concise outputs, and better tool-use convergence.
This time I changed the approach to: keep OpenClaw’s original structure, then add the execution tendencies that GPT-5.4 needs, instead of rewriting everything from scratch.
The basis for this adjustment is:
OpenClaw officially defines AGENTS.md as operating instructions plus memory, SOUL.md as persona, boundaries, and tone, and TOOLS.md as tool usage instructions. These files are injected directly in the first round of a new session. MEMORY.md is for long-term memory and is recommended only for the main session. BOOT.md is a startup checklist and should remain very short. The official documentation also clearly states that at session start, it should first read SOUL.md, USER.md, and the memory files for today and yesterday, while the main session should al