Agent Architecture Guide

Practical patterns for building reliable OpenClaw agents.

Every pattern here solved a real problem in a production agent. They are strong defaults, not laws of nature.

For automated diagnostics based on these patterns, see the companion skill: agent-health-optimizer.

Patterns

1. WAL Protocol (Write-Ahead Log)

Source: Adapted from proactive-agent by halthelobster

Problem: User corrects you, you acknowledge, context resets, correction is lost.

Solution: Write to file BEFORE responding.