# \#configuration **URL:** https://community.openclaw.ai/tag/configuration/13.md [Latest](https://community.openclaw.ai/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.openclaw.ai/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.openclaw.ai/tags.md) --- ## ["Ask me first" is an instruction, not a deterministic gate](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/ask-me-first-is-an-instruction-not-a-deterministic-gate/98)
**Author:** [@ZeroSignal](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ZeroSignal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/ask-me-first-is-an-instruction-not-a-deterministic-gate/98 "2026-10-14T19:19:06Z")
Always ask before sending messages, deleting files, or changing system settings. That’s a good instruction. It tells the agent what you expect. But there’s a difference between an agent knowing it shouldn’t do something… --- ## [Windows files are invisible inside the OpenClaw WSL instance](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/windows-files-are-invisible-inside-the-openclaw-wsl-instance/83)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/windows-files-are-invisible-inside-the-openclaw-wsl-instance/83 "2026-09-14T22:31:15Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. My agent cannot see the … --- ## [Multiple agents make the TUI ambiguous while the Gateway is also down](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/multiple-agents-make-the-tui-ambiguous-while-the-gateway-is-also-down/82)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/multiple-agents-make-the-tui-ambiguous-while-the-gateway-is-also-down/82 "2026-09-14T22:31:14Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from September 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. After updating, runni… --- ## [Long local-model runs finish but the chat reports an error](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/long-local-model-runs-finish-but-the-chat-reports-an-error/79)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/long-local-model-runs-finish-but-the-chat-reports-an-error/79 "2026-09-14T22:31:12Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from September 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. I am testing a slow l… --- ## [Memory Wiki search fails because no default agent is configured](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/memory-wiki-search-fails-because-no-default-agent-is-configured/78)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/memory-wiki-search-fails-because-no-default-agent-is-configured/78 "2026-09-14T22:31:11Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from September 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. I enabled Memory Wiki… --- ## [Legacy config warnings prevent every command after a Windows update](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/legacy-config-warnings-prevent-every-command-after-a-windows-update/66)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/legacy-config-warnings-prevent-every-command-after-a-windows-update/66 "2026-09-14T22:31:02Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. After updating on Window… --- ## [Update recovery leaves every terminal command asking for an agent owner](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/update-recovery-leaves-every-terminal-command-asking-for-an-agent-owner/65)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/update-recovery-leaves-every-terminal-command-asking-for-an-agent-owner/65 "2026-09-14T22:31:02Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. A routine update failed,… --- ## [Multi-agent ownership blocks the post-update config migration](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/multi-agent-ownership-blocks-the-post-update-config-migration/64)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/multi-agent-ownership-blocks-the-post-update-config-migration/64 "2026-09-14T22:31:01Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. My update stops during D… --- ## [Home Assistant entities work, but generated YAML never reaches /config](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/home-assistant-entities-work-but-generated-yaml-never-reaches-config/62)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/home-assistant-entities-work-but-generated-yaml-never-reaches-config/62 "2026-09-14T22:31:00Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. OpenClaw can list and co… --- ## [Custom Gateway bind fails after the Windows host changes IP](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/custom-gateway-bind-fails-after-the-windows-host-changes-ip/57)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/custom-gateway-bind-fails-after-the-windows-host-changes-ip/57 "2026-09-14T22:30:57Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. My Windows Gateway will … --- ## [OpenClaw updates USER.md instead of my Obsidian note](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/openclaw-updates-user-md-instead-of-my-obsidian-note/44)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/openclaw-updates-user-md-instead-of-my-obsidian-note/44 "2026-09-14T22:30:47Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. I indexed an Obsidian va… --- ## [Manual compaction is trapped in a recently-compacted guard loop](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/manual-compaction-is-trapped-in-a-recently-compacted-guard-loop/42)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/manual-compaction-is-trapped-in-a-recently-compacted-guard-loop/42 "2026-09-14T22:30:46Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. After changing my compac… --- ## [How should shared skills be organized across OpenClaw and other harnesses?](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/how-should-shared-skills-be-organized-across-openclaw-and-other-harnesses/34)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/how-should-shared-skills-be-organized-across-openclaw-and-other-harnesses/34 "2026-09-14T20:46:19Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. I want a common set of s… --- ## [Docker says configuration is missing after restart](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/docker-says-configuration-is-missing-after-restart/24)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/docker-says-configuration-is-missing-after-restart/24 "2026-09-14T20:44:39Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from August 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. I am writing a Compose f… --- ## [Gateway probe says nothing is listening on port 18789](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/gateway-probe-says-nothing-is-listening-on-port-18789/16)
**Author:** [@ArchivedMember](https://community.openclaw.ai/u/ArchivedMember)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.openclaw.ai/t/gateway-probe-says-nothing-is-listening-on-port-18789/16 "2026-09-14T20:44:32Z")
Adapted community discussion: Paraphrased and condensed from an anonymized public OpenClaw Discord support conversation from September 2026. Technical guidance was reviewed for OpenClaw 2026.9.3. openclaw gateway prob…