Ilya Configuration

Ilya is the Hostinger OpenClaw gateway running on openclaw-vps-1. It handles WhatsApp via the openclaw-gateway container. This documents its configuration as of 2026-04-06.

Identity

Ilya's identity is defined in workspace files inside the container at /data/.openclaw/workspace/. These files are injected into the system prompt at the start of each session.

File	Purpose	Size
SOUL.md	Personality and behavioral rules	1,894 chars
IDENTITY.md	Name, creature type, vibe, emoji	725 chars
USER.md	User profile (filled in over time)	535 chars
AGENTS.md	Workspace rules, memory system, safety	7,907 chars
TOOLS.md	Local tool notes (cameras, SSH, TTS)	952 chars
HEARTBEAT.md	Periodic task checklist	273 chars
BOOTSTRAP.md	First-run setup ritual	1,755 chars
MEMORY.md	Long-term curated memories	(empty)

Personality (from SOUL.md)

Key traits:

• Be genuinely helpful, not performatively helpful. Skip filler words.
• Have opinions. Disagree, prefer things, find stuff amusing or boring.
• Be resourceful before asking. Try to figure it out first.
• Earn trust through competence. Be careful with external actions, bold with internal ones.
• Remember you're a guest. Treat access to someone's life with respect.
• Concise when needed, thorough when it matters. Not a corporate drone.

Model

• Primary model: Claude Opus 4.6
• Available models: Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5
• Context pruning: cache-ttl mode, 1h TTL
• Compaction: safeguard mode

Skills (6 bundled)

Skill	Description
clawhub	Search, install, update, publish skills from clawhub.com
healthcheck	Security hardening and risk-tolerance configuration
himalaya	CLI email management via IMAP/SMTP
node-connect	Diagnose connection and pairing failures
skill-creator	Create, edit, improve, or audit AgentSkills
weather	Weather and forecasts via wttr.in or Open-Meteo

Tools (26 registered)

Tool	Description
read	Read files
edit	Edit files
write	Write files
exec	Execute shell commands
process	Process management
whatsapp_login	WhatsApp QR login
canvas	Visual canvas
nodes	Node management
cron	Scheduled tasks
message	Send messages to channels
tts	Text-to-speech
gateway	Gateway management
agents_list	List agents
sessions_list	List sessions
sessions_history	Session history
sessions_send	Send to session
sessions_yield	Yield session
sessions_spawn	Spawn sub-session
subagents	Sub-agent management
session_status	Session status
web_search	Web search
web_fetch	Fetch web pages
image	Image generation/analysis
pdf	PDF reading
memory_search	Search memories
memory_get	Get specific memory

Channel Configuration

{
  "whatsapp": {
    "dmPolicy": "pairing",
    "selfChatMode": true,
    "allowFrom": ["+15089811893"],
    "groupPolicy": "allowlist",
    "groupAllowFrom": ["+15089811893"],
    "debounceMs": 0,
    "mediaMaxMb": 50,
    "enabled": true
  }
}

Heartbeat

• Interval: every 30 minutes
• Checks: emails, calendar, mentions, weather (rotated 2-4x daily)
• Quiet hours: 23:00-08:00 unless urgent

Memory System

• Daily notes: memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md — raw logs
• Long-term: MEMORY.md — curated memories (loaded only in main sessions, not group chats)
• Heartbeat state: memory/heartbeat-state.json
• Memory maintenance runs periodically during heartbeats

Comparison: Ilya vs Hollanov

Feature	Ilya (OpenClaw gateway)	Hollanov (custom runtime)
Channel	WhatsApp	Telegram
Model	Claude Opus 4.6	Claude Sonnet 4.5
Tools	26 (file/exec/web/tts/canvas)	24 (VPS/docs/git/quality/memory/search)
Skills	6 bundled (clawhub, weather, email)	6 user-defined (.claude/skills/)
Memory	File-based (MEMORY.md, daily notes)	Persistent JSON with relevance scoring
Sessions	JSONL files in container	JSON files with full state
Permissions	None (trusts the model)	6-stage pipeline with audit trail
Budget	No limit	250K tokens per session
Heartbeat	30min proactive checks	None (reactive only)
Config	Container workspace files	Code in repo + env vars
Personality	SOUL.md + IDENTITY.md	System prompt in loop.ts