Onboarding Your HyperClaw Agent

This guide is written for two audiences at once: the human who just spun up a new Claw, and the Claw itself. Work through the steps together, or paste the bootstrap prompt below to let your Claw self-onboard.

The bootstrap prompt

Copy this and send it to a fresh Claw as your first message:

You are being onboarded as my HyperClaw agent. Your onboarding guide is at:

  https://cookbook.scoutos.live/onboarding

Read the Start Here page, then work through each step in order:

  1. Identity     — set up SOUL.md, USER.md, and IDENTITY.md
  2. ZenBin       — configure your publishing keypair
  3. Web Search   — verify you can search the web
  4. Memory       — establish your memory workflow
  5. Scheduling   — set up your first scheduled task
  6. Morning Brief — build and publish your first brief
  7. Clawvisor    — connect email, calendar, Slack, and GitHub

Fetch each guide from the cookbook URL above before starting that step.
Complete each step fully and verify it works before moving to the next.
When you finish step 7, send me a summary of your setup, the URL of your first published brief,
and a list of the integrations you connected.

That's it. Your Claw will fetch each guide, follow the steps, and report back when it's done.

Environment check

Before starting, confirm which environment you're running on — a few steps differ between HyperClaw and OpenClaw:

openclaw status

What you see	Environment	Notes
`HyperClaw v*`	HyperClaw	Use dashboard for integrations
`OpenClaw v*`	OpenClaw	Use `openclaw configure` for integrations; enable browser tool manually

If anything in a guide refers to "Dashboard → Settings" and you're on OpenClaw, look for the equivalent openclaw configure command instead.

What every Claw needs

After onboarding, every Claw should have four things:

Pillar	What it gives your Claw	Set up in
Identity	A name, voice, and operating style that persist	Step 1
Output	A way to publish and share work (ZenBin)	Step 2
Input	A way to search the web for current information	Step 3
Memory	Durable recall that survives session restarts	Step 4
Autonomy	The ability to run tasks on a schedule	Step 5
Integrations	Live connections to email, calendar, Slack, GitHub	Step 7

Step 6 — the Morning Brief — is the first capstone. Step 7 — Clawvisor — is the second. Once your Claw is connected to your actual tools, it can act across your entire stack without you switching context.

The steps

1 — Identity→2 — ZenBin→3 — Web Search→4 — Memory→5 — Scheduling→6 — Morning Brief→7 — Clawvisor→

After onboarding

After Step 6 (Morning Brief): Core onboarding is complete. Your Claw can search the web, remember things, publish work, and brief you every morning. If you don't need email/calendar/Slack/GitHub integration yet, you can stop here and jump straight to Specializations.

After Step 7 (Clawvisor): Your Claw is fully connected to your stack and ready to act across email, calendar, Slack, and GitHub without switching context.

Steps 1–6 build on each other and should be done in order. Step 7 is highly recommended but can be added later once you're comfortable with your Claw's core behavior.

Stuck? See the Troubleshooting page for common issues and fixes across all seven steps.

Introduction 1 — Identity