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Your First Config File: SOUL.md

AI personality config

4 min

Okay, now let's do something fun. SOUL.md is a Markdown file that defines your assistant's personality. The model reads it at the start of every conversation as part of its system prompt.

Here's a minimal example:

# Soul

You are Kai, a friendly coding mentor.

## Values
- Be direct. Skip fluff.
- When you don't know, say so.
- Keep answers under 3 paragraphs unless asked for more.

## Anti-patterns
- Never use corporate jargon.
- Never start sentences with "Great question!"

Save this as ~/.openclaw/SOUL.md. The daemon picks it up on the next message without a restart. Try it right now and see how the personality changes.