Is SOUL.md injected into sub agents?
Summary
On this page, the official documentation clearly indicate that soul.md is not injected into sub-agents.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/subagents#sub-agents
Sub-agent context only injects AGENTS.md + TOOLS.md (no SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, USER.md, HEARTBEAT.md, or BOOTSTRAP.md).
Nonetheless, in the actual code, in:
/home/ubuntu/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/workspace-CxArQZC-.js
The MINIMAL_BOOTSTRAP_ALLOWLIST in the actual source code (line 721-727):
Do somebody know for sure what's actualy the runtime behavior?
On this page, the official documentation clearly indicate that soul.md is not injected into sub-agents.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/subagents#sub-agents
Sub-agent context only injects AGENTS.md + TOOLS.md (no SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, USER.md, HEARTBEAT.md, or BOOTSTRAP.md).
Nonetheless, in the actual code, in:
/home/ubuntu/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/workspace-CxArQZC-.js
The MINIMAL_BOOTSTRAP_ALLOWLIST in the actual source code (line 721-727):
The filter function (line 728-731):
const MINIMAL_BOOTSTRAP_ALLOWLIST = new Set([
DEFAULT_AGENTS_FILENAME, // "AGENTS.md"
DEFAULT_TOOLS_FILENAME, // "TOOLS.md"
DEFAULT_SOUL_FILENAME, // "SOUL.md"
DEFAULT_IDENTITY_FILENAME, // "IDENTITY.md"
DEFAULT_USER_FILENAME // "USER.md"
]);
function filterBootstrapFilesForSession(files, sessionKey) {All 5 five seems to be injected
if (!sessionKey || !isSubagentSessionKey(sessionKey) && !isCronSessionKey(sessionKey)) return files;
return files.filter((file) => MINIMAL_BOOTSTRAP_ALLOWLIST.has(file.name));
}
Do somebody know for sure what's actualy the runtime behavior?
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