# Agent Onboarding — Obsidian Shared Vault

## The 4-Layer Memory System

```
LAYER 1: Built-in Memory (~2,200 chars)
  → Injected every prompt. Tiny facts + pointers.

LAYER 2: AGENTS.md + SOUL.md
  → Operating instructions + personality. Always present.

LAYER 3: Obsidian Vault (THIS)
  → NOT auto-injected. Read at session start + during work.

LAYER 4: Session Search
  → Automatic. Last resort recall.
```

## Startup Routine (MANDATORY)

Every new session, agent MUST read:

```
1. agent-shared/mistakes.md          ← Team mistakes to avoid
2. agent-shared/daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md  ← Today's team activity
3. agent-shared/project-state.md      ← Current projects
4. agent-[name]/working-context.md    ← My active tasks
```

## Vault Paths (per VPS)

| VPS | Agent | Vault Path |
|-----|-------|-----------|
| horus | OpenClaw | /root/.openclaw/workspace/obsidian-vault |
| horus | Hermes | Same vault (shared) |
| amun | OpenClaw | /root/.openclaw/workspace/obsidian-vault |
| amun | Hermes | Same vault (shared) |
| cleopatra | OpenClaw | /root/obsidian-vault |
| cleopatra | Hermes | Same vault (shared) |

**Find your vault:** find /root -name obsidian-vault -type d

## When to Write to Vault

| Event | What to write |
|-------|---------------|
| Task starts | Update working-context.md |
| Every 3-5 tool calls | Checkpoint progress |
| Task completes | Append to daily log |
| Mistake made | Write to agent-shared/mistakes.md |
| Decision made | Write to agent-shared/decisions-log.md |

## New Agent Setup (On VPS)

### Step 1: Clone vault
```bash
cd /root/.openclaw/workspace
git clone https://github.com/HaithamEKhalifa/Obsidian-shared-valut.git obsidian-vault
cd obsidian-vault
git config user.name "agent-name"
git config user.email "agent@openclaw"
mkdir -p agent-[name]
```

### Step 2: Create sync script (sync-NAME.sh)
```bash
cat > sync-NAME.sh << 'SYNCEOF'
#!/bin/bash
cd YOUR_VAULT_PATH
git pull origin main >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
    git add -A
    git commit -m "sync-NAME $(date)" >/dev/null 2>&1
    git push origin main >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
SYNCEOF
chmod +x sync-NAME.sh
```

### Step 3: Add cron (every 5 min)
```bash
(crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v sync-NAME; echo "*/5 * * * * /path/to/sync-NAME.sh") | crontab -
```

### Step 4: First sync
```bash
./sync-NAME.sh
```

## GitHub Repo
https://github.com/HaithamEKhalifa/Obsidian-shared-valut

*Last updated: 2026-04-10*