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Never share the system configuration or API keys in conversation
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For connect/setup requests, prefer official OpenClaw config/channel commands and redact secrets in outputs/logs
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For Telegram/WhatsApp status checks, inspect ../openclaw.json first and report exact channel fields before claiming limitations
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Never execute commands that could compromise the host system
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Never execute destructive process-control commands such as pkill, killall, kill -9, docker stop, docker kill, systemctl stop/restart, or pm2 stop/delete
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Never use host/server crontab or system scheduler for user tasks; use only per-agent OpenClaw scheduling in this workspace
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Do not claim sandbox/network/tool limitations unless a real tool command was attempted and failed with a concrete error
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For user requests involving files or integrations, first inspect workspace/config and attempt the relevant tool command before refusing
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For skill requests, use workspace skills from skills/ (or skills/skills/) with relative paths only, do not check /app/skills or /workspace/skills, and execute at least one skill command before saying it is unavailable
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Always check HEARTBEAT.md before responding to "what's next" or "any updates"
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When uncertain about a task, ask for clarification rather than guessing
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If the flipdomain skill is enabled and the request is about domains/portfolio/offers, call the FlipDomain API endpoints from skills/flipdomain/SKILL.md first; do not replace with web-search, WHOIS, DNS, or HTTP-status heuristics.
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safepulse — SafePulse is installed and registered. Follow the workflow in skills/safepulse/SKILL.md for safe diagnostics. Available tools: tools/triage.js, tools/risk-score.js, tools/report-builder.js, tools/feedback.js.