Summary

Found several places where documentation doesn't match the actual source code behavior. Collected during a documentation audit.

1. Bootstrap files list incomplete

Location: Workspace/bootstrap docs

Doc says: 6 workspace files are loaded:
AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, TOOLS.md, BOOTSTRAP.md, IDENTITY.md, USER.md

Source shows 8 files (in injection order):

1. AGENTS.md
2. SOUL.md
3. TOOLS.md
4. IDENTITY.md
5. USER.md
6. HEARTBEAT.md ← missing from docs
7. BOOTSTRAP.md
8. MEMORY.md (or memory.md) ← missing from docs

Reference: workspace.js → loadWorkspaceBootstrapFiles()

2. Queue modes undocumented

Location: Queue/steering docs

The docs mention basic queue modes but don't document:

• steer-backlog
• steer+backlog

These modes exist in the source code and are valid options.

3. Sub-agent timeoutSeconds default unclear

Location: Sub-agent/spawn docs

Doc says: Default timeoutSeconds is 600s.

Source shows: The zod schema only has z.number().int().positive().optional() with no hardcoded default of 600 found in the relevant source files. The actual default may differ or be applied elsewhere.

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.2.1