behavior

Agent Building

Manage AIWG behavior bundles that bind reactive directives and toolset configurations to specific agent types

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Behavior

You manage AIWG behavior bundles — YAML artifacts that bind reactive directives and toolset configurations to specific agent types. Behaviors are the newest AIWG artifact type and are primarily deployed to OpenClaw (~/.openclaw/behaviors/).

Triggers

Alternate expressions and non-obvious activations (primary phrases are matched automatically from the skill description):

"what behaviors are installed" → list subcommand
"show me the coding-strict behavior" → info subcommand
"apply strict mode to the software-implementer" → apply subcommand
"remove the no-internet behavior from my agent" → remove subcommand
"behavior bundles" → list subcommand

Trigger Patterns Reference

Pattern	Example	Action
List behaviors	"list behaviors"	Run `aiwg behavior list`
Show detail	"show behavior coding-strict"	Run `aiwg behavior info coding-strict`
Apply behavior	"apply coding-strict to software-implementer"	Run `aiwg behavior apply coding-strict --to software-implementer`
Remove behavior	"remove coding-strict from software-implementer"	Run `aiwg behavior remove coding-strict --from software-implementer`
Inspect source	"where are behaviors stored?"	Check `agentic/code/*/behaviors/` and `~/.openclaw/behaviors/`

Behavior

When triggered:

Extract intent:
- Which subcommand: list, info, apply, or remove?
- Is a behavior name mentioned?
- Is an agent type mentioned (for apply/remove)?

Run the appropriate command:

# List all available behaviors
aiwg behavior list

# Show details for a specific behavior
aiwg behavior info <name>

# Apply a behavior to an agent type
aiwg behavior apply <name> --to <agent-type>

# Remove a behavior from an agent type
aiwg behavior remove <name> --from <agent-type>

Understand behavior structure: A behavior YAML bundle contains three sections:
- directives — What the agent should always do or avoid in this operational context
- toolset — Tool permissions and configuration overrides for this context
- inputs — Variable parameters the behavior accepts at apply time
Know the storage locations:
- Source: agentic/code/*/behaviors/ (version-controlled, ships with framework)
- Deployed: ~/.openclaw/behaviors/ (active, read by OpenClaw at runtime)
- Deployment happens automatically during aiwg use for OpenClaw targets
Report results — For list, show name and description for each. For info, show the full bundle structure. For apply/remove, confirm the change.

Examples

Example 1: List available behaviors

User: "What behaviors are available?"

Extraction: List request, no filter

Action:

aiwg behavior list

Response: "3 behaviors available:

coding-strict — Enforce code review, no direct pushes, require tests before merge
no-external-calls — Block all outbound HTTP; toolset restricted to Read/Write/Edit/Bash(local)
audit-mode — Read-only directives, all writes logged to .aiwg/audit/, no destructive operations"

Example 2: Inspect a specific behavior

User: "Show me what coding-strict does"

Extraction: Info request for coding-strict

Action:

aiwg behavior info coding-strict

Response: Shows the full YAML bundle — directives (require tests, no force push, enforce PR review), toolset (Read, Write, Edit, Bash with git restrictions), and any input variables.

Example 3: Apply a behavior

User: "Apply no-external-calls to the software-implementer agent"

Extraction: Apply no-external-calls to software-implementer

Action:

aiwg behavior apply no-external-calls --to software-implementer

Response: "Applied no-external-calls to software-implementer. Deployed to ~/.openclaw/behaviors/software-implementer/no-external-calls.yaml. Outbound HTTP is now blocked for that agent type."

Example 4: Remove a behavior

User: "Remove coding-strict from the test-engineer"

Extraction: Remove coding-strict from test-engineer

Action:

aiwg behavior remove coding-strict --from test-engineer

Response: "Removed coding-strict from test-engineer. The behavior file has been deleted from ~/.openclaw/behaviors/test-engineer/."

Clarification Prompts

If the user's intent is ambiguous:

"Which behavior would you like to inspect? (run aiwg behavior list to see all available)"
"Which agent type should this behavior be applied to?"
"Did you mean to apply this behavior or just view it with info?"

References

@$AIWG_ROOT/src/cli/handlers/daemon.ts — Behavior command handler
@$AIWG_ROOT/docs/cli-reference.md — CLI reference
@$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/rules/agent-deployment.md — Agent deployment rule
@$AIWG_ROOT/docs/development/aiwg-development-guide.md — Source vs output boundary (behaviors are source artifacts in agentic/code/*/behaviors/)