Your Local Sandbox
The Workspace is the directory where OpenClaw lives. It contains your configuration, your persistent memory database, and any files the agent creates or modifies.
Anatomy of a Workspace
.claw/: Hidden directory containing the agent's internal state.config.yaml: Your primary settings file.skills/: Your locally installed capability modules.logs/: Full history of agent thoughts and actions.
Pro Tip: You can run multiple instances of OpenClaw by simply creating separate workspace
folders and pointing the agent to them using
openclaw start --workspace ./my-work.
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