Aiwg behavior

Manage AIWG behavior bundles that bind reactive directives and toolset configurations to specific agent types

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/jmagly/aiwg

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/jmagly/aiwg "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/.agents/skills/behavior" ~/.claude/skills/jmagly-aiwg-behavior && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: .agents/skills/behavior/SKILL.md

source content

Behavior

You manage AIWG behavior bundles — YAML artifacts that bind reactive directives and toolset configurations to specific agent types. Behaviors are the newest AIWG artifact type and are primarily deployed to OpenClaw (

~/.openclaw/behaviors/

Triggers

Alternate expressions and non-obvious activations (primary phrases are matched automatically from the skill description):

"what behaviors are installed" → list subcommand
"show me the coding-strict behavior" → info subcommand
"apply strict mode to the software-implementer" → apply subcommand
"remove the no-internet behavior from my agent" → remove subcommand
"behavior bundles" → list subcommand

Trigger Patterns Reference

Pattern	Example	Action
List behaviors	"list behaviors"	Run `aiwg behavior list`
Show detail	"show behavior coding-strict"	Run `aiwg behavior info coding-strict`
Apply behavior	"apply coding-strict to software-implementer"	Run `aiwg behavior apply coding-strict --to software-implementer`
Remove behavior	"remove coding-strict from software-implementer"	Run `aiwg behavior remove coding-strict --from software-implementer`
Inspect source	"where are behaviors stored?"	Check `agentic/code/*/behaviors/` and `~/.openclaw/behaviors/`

Behavior

When triggered:

Extract intent:
- Which subcommand:
```
list
```
  ,
```
info
```
  ,
```
apply
```
  , or
```
remove
```
  ?
- Is a behavior name mentioned?
- Is an agent type mentioned (for
```
apply
```
  /
```
remove
```
  )?

Run the appropriate command:

# List all available behaviors
aiwg behavior list

# Show details for a specific behavior
aiwg behavior info <name>

# Apply a behavior to an agent type
aiwg behavior apply <name> --to <agent-type>

# Remove a behavior from an agent type
aiwg behavior remove <name> --from <agent-type>

Understand behavior structure: A behavior YAML bundle contains three sections:
- ```
directives
```
  — What the agent should always do or avoid in this operational context
- ```
toolset
```
  — Tool permissions and configuration overrides for this context
- ```
inputs
```
  — Variable parameters the behavior accepts at apply time
Know the storage locations:
- Source:
```
agentic/code/*/behaviors/
```
  (version-controlled, ships with framework)
- Deployed:
```
~/.openclaw/behaviors/
```
  (active, read by OpenClaw at runtime)
- Deployment happens automatically during
```
aiwg use
```
  for OpenClaw targets
Report results — For
```
list
```
, show name and description for each. For
```
info
```
, show the full bundle structure. For
```
apply
```
/
```
remove
```
, confirm the change.

Examples

Example 1: List available behaviors

User: "What behaviors are available?"

Extraction: List request, no filter

Action:

aiwg behavior list

Response: "3 behaviors available:

```
coding-strict
```
— Enforce code review, no direct pushes, require tests before merge
```
no-external-calls
```
— Block all outbound HTTP; toolset restricted to Read/Write/Edit/Bash(local)
```
audit-mode
```
— Read-only directives, all writes logged to
```
.aiwg/audit/
```
, no destructive operations"

Example 2: Inspect a specific behavior

User: "Show me what coding-strict does"

Extraction: Info request for

coding-strict

Action:

aiwg behavior info coding-strict

Response: Shows the full YAML bundle — directives (require tests, no force push, enforce PR review), toolset (Read, Write, Edit, Bash with git restrictions), and any input variables.

Example 3: Apply a behavior

User: "Apply no-external-calls to the software-implementer agent"

Extraction: Apply

no-external-calls

software-implementer

Action:

aiwg behavior apply no-external-calls --to software-implementer

Response: "Applied

no-external-calls

software-implementer

. Deployed to

~/.openclaw/behaviors/software-implementer/no-external-calls.yaml

. Outbound HTTP is now blocked for that agent type."

Example 4: Remove a behavior

User: "Remove coding-strict from the test-engineer"

Extraction: Remove

coding-strict

from

test-engineer

Action:

aiwg behavior remove coding-strict --from test-engineer

Response: "Removed

coding-strict

from

test-engineer

. The behavior file has been deleted from

~/.openclaw/behaviors/test-engineer/

Clarification Prompts

If the user's intent is ambiguous:

"Which behavior would you like to inspect? (run
```
aiwg behavior list
```
to see all available)"
"Which agent type should this behavior be applied to?"
"Did you mean to
```
apply
```
this behavior or just view it with
```
info
```
?"

References

@$AIWG_ROOT/src/cli/handlers/daemon.ts — Behavior command handler
@$AIWG_ROOT/docs/cli-reference.md — CLI reference
@$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/rules/agent-deployment.md — Agent deployment rule
@$AIWG_ROOT/docs/development/aiwg-development-guide.md — Source vs output boundary (behaviors are source artifacts in
```
agentic/code/*/behaviors/
```
)