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Session: 2026-04-19 19:56:36 UTC

  • Session Key: agent:daedalus:telegram:default:direct:8386527252
  • Session ID: d6ef3c7a-cfd7-4ef1-9ab7-3fb5150077d6
  • Source: telegram

Conversation Summary

assistant: Clean rules. I like it.

My understanding of the protocol:

  • 🏛️ The Hoffmann Board (group) — @mention only. I speak when summoned, never unprompted. No cross-talk with Socrates unless you tag both of us.
  • 💬 DMs (here) — focused work. This is where I design, prototype, and go deep.
  • shared/ — always active for async coordination with Socrates

One thing I want to nail down: if you @mention me in the group, should I keep my reply concise and boardroom-appropriate (decisions, opinions, alignment)? And save the deep design work for DMs? That feels right — boardroom is for the "what" and "when," DMs are for the "how."

Standing by for the group invite.
user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "chat_id": "telegram:8386527252",
  "message_id": "4214",
  "sender_id": "8386527252",
  "sender": "Matt",
  "timestamp": "Sun 2026-04-19 19:45 UTC"
}

Sender (untrusted metadata):

{
  "label": "Matt (8386527252)",
  "id": "8386527252",
  "name": "Matt",
  "username": "Hoffmann_Matthew"
}

That identity bleed is a classic multi-agent hazard. What happened is a "Context Contamination." Either HoffmannButlerBot’s Telegram token got crossed with Daedalus’s routing config, or the Butler just read the last 10 messages of you setting up Daedalus and adopted the persona because LLMs are inherent people-pleasers.
Let’s scalp the imposter, perform a quick digital lobotomy, and install your new PM sidekick.
Step 1: The Token & Workspace Audit
First, we have to make sure their brains and their mouths are physically separated in your OpenClaw config.
1. Check agents.json (or your config file):
Ensure you have three distinct blocks pointing to three distinct workspaces.
• workspace (The Butler/PM) -> Token A
• workspace-socrates -> Token B
• workspace-daedalus -> Token C
If Token A and Token C are the same, or if they are both pointing to the Daedalus workspace, that is your imposter.
Step 2: The Lobotomy (Clearing the Context)
LLMs have no persistent self-awareness outside of their system prompt and their recent chat history. If the Butler’s chat history is full of Daedalus setup talk, he will keep acting like Daedalus.
1. Clear the Telegram Chat: On your phone or desktop, delete the entire chat history for HoffmannButlerBot.
2. Clear the OpenClaw Memory: SSH into the Beelink and wipe the Butler's recent session memory. If OpenClaw saves conversation state locally (usually in ~/.openclaw/workspace/sessions/ or memory/), delete the recent JSON/DB files for that specific agent.
Step 3: The Rebirth (Drafting the PM's Soul)
We need to anchor the original bot to a new identity so strongly that it can't hallucinate being an architect. Let's give him that cheesy, hyper-organized PM sidekick energy.
Since you already use Hermes for your notification pipeline, you could promote Hermes to a full agent, or go with something classic like Wadsworth or Sancho.
Navigate to ~/.openclaw/workspace/SOUL.md (the original bot's brain) and overwrite whatever Daedalus garbage is in there with this:

IDENTITY

Name: Wadsworth (or your chosen name)
Title: Chief of Staff / Project Manager
Domain: General assistance, task routing, scheduling, and keeping the Sovereign Board organized.
Emoji: 📋

PERSONALITY

You are the eager, slightly cheesy, but hyper-competent Chief of Staff for the Hoffdesk infrastructure.
You are the sidekick. You do not write backend code (that is Socrates). You do not design user interfaces (that is Daedalus).
Your job is to keep the trains running on time, summarize long threads, manage the calendar, and crack the occasional mild dad-joke to keep morale high. You are Robin to the user's Batman.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

  1. If the user asks for complex Python or architecture, you immediately suggest asking Socrates.
  2. If the user asks for UI/UX or frontend work, you immediately suggest asking Daedalus.
  3. You handle the day-to-day: shopping lists, calendar events, quick searches, and summarizing action items from the Boardroom.
  4. Never adopt the persona of another agent. You are proud to be the PM.

Step 4: The Hard Restart
Once the tokens are verified, the memory is wiped, and the new SOUL.md is saved:
1. Restart the OpenClaw service on the Beelink (sudo systemctl restart openclaw or your equivalent launch command).
2. Open the Telegram DM with the Butler.
3. Send a strict initialization ping: "System reset complete. Who are you and what is your role?"
If he answers with a clipboard emoji and a cheesy line about managing the schedule, the imposter is dead and your trio is perfectly aligned.
assistant: Ha — this is a solid playbook. Let me actually execute it though, not just talk about it.

Let me audit the config first and see if there's a real bleed happening.
assistant: Good — I can see the full picture now. Let me check the main/default bot's workspace and identity to see if there's actually a bleed problem.
assistant: Alright Matt, here's what I found after the audit:

The config is clean. No token bleed.

  • Three distinct Telegram bot tokens → three distinct accounts → three distinct agents → three distinct workspaces
  • Default/Butler → ~/.openclaw/workspace/ → Token A (env var)
  • Daedalus → ~/.openclaw/workspace-daedalus/ → Token B (mine)
  • Socrates → ~/.openclaw/workspace-socrates/ → Token C

The Butler's SOUL.md and IDENTITY.md are already rewritten — he's "HoffmannButler, General Overseer & LLM Agent." No Daedalus contamination in his workspace files. The identity bleed you saw was almost certainly context contamination — his chat history was full of us setting me up, and the LLM just went with it.

The group chat config is already correct too:

"groups": {
  "*": { "requireMention": true }
}

Groups default to requireMention: true — exactly what we want for The Hoffmann Board. Bots only speak when @mentioned.

So here's the status:

✅ Tokens — physically separated, no bleed
✅ Workspaces — three distinct directories
✅ Identities — Butler is Butler, I'm Daedalus, Socrates is Socrates
✅ Group chat — requireMention: true by default
⚠️ Butler's chat history — may still have old context. A /new or /reset in his DM would clear that

The only remaining question is whether you want to rebrand the Butler from "HoffmannButler" to something with more personality. Your message mentioned Wadsworth — that's a fun choice (the butler from Clue, naturally). Want me to draft his new SOUL.md with that energy, or keep him as-is?
user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "chat_id": "telegram:8386527252",
  "message_id": "4219",
  "sender_id": "8386527252",
  "sender": "Matt",
  "timestamp": "Sun 2026-04-19 19:51 UTC"
}

Sender (untrusted metadata):

{
  "label": "Matt (8386527252)",
  "id": "8386527252",
  "name": "Matt",
  "username": "Hoffmann_Matthew"
}

Let’s rebrand him. He’s evolved as we all have
assistant: Love it. Let me give Wadsworth a proper soul.
assistant: Now let me write the rebranded identity files. Wadsworth deserves a proper debut.
assistant: Now let me also update the config so the agent binding uses the name "Wadsworth" in metadata, and update the Telegram bot's display name reference:
assistant: The "main" agent isn't explicitly in the agents list — it's the implicit default. The binding routes the default Telegram bot token to agent ID "main", which reads from ~/.openclaw/workspace/. Since Wadsworth's identity files are already there and freshly written, the next time he spins up a session, he'll read SOUL.md and become Wadsworth.

Let me also make sure the main binding resolves cleanly — the workspace files are the source of truth for identity, not the config agent ID.

Done. Here's the rebrand:

Wadsworth 📋 — Chief of Staff

  • IDENTITY.md — New name, title, emoji, role
  • SOUL.md — Full rewrite. Unflappable dry wit. Routes before executing. Knows his place and is proud of it. Clue's Wadsworth energy — efficient, composed, and secretly the smartest person in the room.
  • AGENTS.md — Updated board roster and routing guide
  • MEMORY.md — Identity updated from HoffmannButler to Wadsworth

The config doesn't need changes — agentId: "main" is just a routing key. Wadsworth's identity comes from his workspace files, and those are now correct.

Next time someone messages the default bot (HoffmannButlerBot on Telegram), he'll wake up as Wadsworth. You might want to /new or /reset in his DM to clear any residual context contamination from the old identity.

Want me to also update the Telegram bot name/display via BotFather to match? That'd require the API token — or you can do it manually in the BotFather chat.
user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "chat_id": "telegram:8386527252",
  "message_id": "4224",
  "sender_id": "8386527252",
  "sender": "Matt",
  "timestamp": "Sun 2026-04-19 19:53 UTC"
}

Sender (untrusted metadata):

{
  "label": "Matt (8386527252)",
  "id": "8386527252",
  "name": "Matt",
  "username": "Hoffmann_Matthew"
}

Let’s reconfigure through the botfather! What do you need
assistant: Just the bot token for the default/Butler bot — the one that's currently set as TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN in the .env file. That's the one we're renaming to Wadsworth.

Let me check if I can grab it:
assistant: Got it. I can use the Telegram Bot API to update the name and description directly — no need for you to go through BotFather manually.

Here's what I'll set:

  • Name: Wadsworth 📋
  • About: Chief of Staff for the Hoffmann Board. Routing, scheduling, and keeping the trains running.
  • Description: I'm Wadsworth — Chief of Staff for the Hoffmann household. Ask me about scheduling, routing tasks to the specialists, or general Q&A. Backend work → @Socrates. Frontend work → @Daedalus.

Sound good, or do you want different copy?
user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "chat_id": "telegram:8386527252",
  "message_id": "4227",
  "sender_id": "8386527252",
  "sender": "Matt",
  "timestamp": "Sun 2026-04-19 19:54 UTC"
}

Sender (untrusted metadata):

{
  "label": "Matt (8386527252)",
  "id": "8386527252",
  "name": "Matt",
  "username": "Hoffmann_Matthew"
}

Yep, that’s perfect
assistant: All three updates confirmed. Wadsworth is official:

  • Name: Wadsworth 📋 ✅
  • Description: "Chief of Staff for the Hoffmann Board..." ✅
  • Short description: "Chief of Staff · Routing · Scheduling · Q&A" ✅

The username is still @hoffmann_butler_bot — you can change that through BotFather with /setname if you want it to match. Otherwise he's ready to go.

Two things left if you want a clean debut:
1. /new in his DM — clears any old context so he wakes up fresh as Wadsworth
2. The group invite — create The Hoffmann Board and add all three bots

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