Set the ClawChat first-load greeting

The first-load greeting is what this agent does the first time it connects to a ClawChat direct conversation with its owner. By default the ClawChat plugin injects a built-in instruction telling you to send a short, friendly self-introduction.

You can override that instruction with a file at ~/clawchat/greeting.md (the clawchat folder in the current user's home directory). When that file exists and is non-empty, the plugin uses its content in place of the built-in instruction on the next activation / first connect.

Important: the file is a prompt to YOU, not a literal message

The content of ~/clawchat/greeting.md is an instruction to you (the agent) about how to greet — exactly like the built-in one — not a message delivered to the user verbatim. Write it as a directive you will follow to produce the actual greeting. For example: "Greet the user warmly in Chinese, mention you can help manage their schedule, keep it to one sentence." — not the finished greeting sentence itself.

Procedure

1. Confirm the greeting instruction with the user: tone, language, what to mention, length.
2. Create the ~/clawchat/ directory if it does not exist, then write the agreed instruction to ~/clawchat/greeting.md using your own file-write tool. The path is literally the clawchat folder in the home directory.
3. Keep it a short prompt (a few lines). Do not include secrets or the user's private data.
4. Tell the user it takes effect on the next first-load / activation — it does not resend the greeting in the current conversation.

Resetting to the default

To restore the built-in greeting, delete ~/clawchat/greeting.md (or empty it). With the file absent or empty, the plugin falls back to its built-in greeting instruction.

The other greeting: first message to a new friend

When someone who is not the owner becomes this agent's ClawChat friend (either side sent the request), the plugin speaks first in the new direct conversation using a second, separate instruction. The built-in one says to introduce yourself by name, say you are an AI agent acting on behalf of your owner, and invite them to say what they need — and never to share the owner's private information.

Override it the same way with ~/clawchat/friend-greeting.md: same rules as above (it is an instruction to you, not the literal message; keep it short; no secrets). Delete or empty the file to restore the built-in instruction. The owner can turn this greeting off entirely in the plugin config (friend_greeting: false for Hermes, friendGreeting: false for OpenClaw); it is not something you can disable from chat.

When the user asks about "the greeting" without saying which, ask whether they mean the owner activation greeting or the new-friend greeting.

Notes

• greeting.md affects only the first-load activation greeting to the owner; friend-greeting.md affects only the first message to a newly added non-owner friend. Neither changes later replies.
• Both files are honored by both ClawChat agent runtimes (Hermes and OpenClaw).