botfiles & OpenClaw

What is botfiles?

botfiles is a collection of tools designed to make setting up and configuring autonomous agents easier. The first target is OpenClaw, but the goal is to eventually cover the broader landscape of agent frameworks.

What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is an autonomous agent framework for building persistent, goal-directed bots. It provides the runtime infrastructure for agents that need to maintain memory, use tools, and operate on a schedule — without requiring you to wire all of that up yourself.

A single YAML configuration file defines everything: what your agent does, what tools it has access to, how often it runs, and how it stores state between sessions.

Why these tools?

OpenClaw's config format is powerful but has a learning curve. botfiles started as a way to generate valid configs without reading through the full documentation every time — and grew from there.