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Friends of the Crustacean 🦞🤝•2w ago•
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Agent cannot access file system

Running openclaw + ollama (locally), trying to get it set up and running.
Normal conversations work fine, but as soon as I try to make it read files, by for example saying it should read BOOTSTRAP.md and walk me through the onboarding it responds with
I don't have direct access to local files or the file system because of critical privacy and security considerations. My capabilities are intentionally limited to protect your data and ensure safe interactions. However, I can help you with tasks like web research, document analysis (if you share text snippets), or using tools that don't require file system access. Let me know how I can assist!

model I'm running is qwen3:8b
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## Freshbits — quick polish pass ### Fixes - [#27744](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/27744) [9425209](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/9425209) fix(mattermost): pass payload.replyToId as root_id for threaded replies - [#38999](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/38999) [c1b9140](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c1b9140) fix: add missing strip-ansi dep for pi-coding-agent Stats: +95 / -3 (files changed: 6)

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## Freshbits — macOS power-up ### Fixes - [#39516](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/39516) [d15b6af](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d15b6af77b49833cede844b88988d13a3715ee01) fix: land contributor PR #39516 from @Imhermes1 Stats: +1202 / -64 (files changed: 22)

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