🧠 FastStart Brain

Template brain files for bootstrapping a FastStart Assistant on(https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) AI assistant on a fresh AWS account.

Distilled from real operational experience managing 17+ AWS apps — all account-specific details scrubbed, only patterns, lessons, and templates remain.

Quick Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inceptionstack/loki-template-brain/main/install.sh | bash

Custom path:

OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE=~/.openclaw/workspace curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inceptionstack/loki-template-brain/main/install.sh | bash

Or clone and copy:

git clone https://github.com/inceptionstack/loki-template-brain.git
cp faststart-brain/template/*.md ~/.openclaw/workspace/

The installer overwrites existing files — re-running resets to the template defaults.

What's Inside

File	Purpose
SOUL.md	Personality, values, boundaries — the agent's character
IDENTITY.md	Template for name, role, emoji, hard safety rules
USER.md	Template for the human's details and preferences
TOOLS.md	AWS operational playbook — VPC endpoints, ECS ARM64, CodeBuild gotchas, security baseline, 30+ battle-tested patterns
AGENTS.md	Workspace rules — memory system, safety rules, group chat behavior, heartbeat guidance
CLAUDE.md	Agent bootstrap instructions — first session setup, debugging checklist, communication style
PROJECT-GUIDELINES.md	New AWS app template — architecture, infra checklist, buildspec, cost estimates
HEARTBEAT.md	Periodic health check template for proactive monitoring
APP-REGISTRY.md	DynamoDB app catalog pattern — architecture, consumers, setup guide

After Install

1. Edit USER.md — fill in your name, timezone, context
2. Edit IDENTITY.md — give your agent a name and personality
3. Edit TOOLS.md — add your AWS Account ID, region, instance details
4. Read CLAUDE.md — full bootstrap instructions for first session

Key Patterns Included

The TOOLS.md alone covers:

• Security baseline checklist (Security Hub, Inspector, VPC Flow Logs, git-secrets)
• VPC Endpoints over NAT Gateway (cost savings)
• ECS Fargate ARM64 with distroless containers
• CodeBuild/CodePipeline patterns (including the $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR gotcha)
• CloudFront + Cognito auth with Lambda@Edge cookies
• DynamoDB pagination and type gotchas
• Brain backup to S3
• 30+ hard-won operational lessons

Philosophy

These files assume:

• You're running OpenClaw on an EC2 instance with IAM role access
• You want an opinionated but adaptable starting point
• You'll customize everything — these are templates, not gospel
• Safety first: secrets in Secrets Manager, no public S3, no console federation

License

MIT — use freely, adapt for your setup.