You're Live
Your team is running. Agents have identities, skills loaded in a cassette, and Discord is organized to receive their reports.
The question now is: what do you actually do?
The first week is about establishing rhythm — learning how to give good commands, reading reports efficiently, and building the habit of working with your team every day. Most people who struggle with BALIA OS in the first week do so not because of technical problems, but because they don't know what to ask their agents.
This section gives you a day-by-day playbook for the first seven days.
Quick reference — your agent IDs Open your
.envfile in VS Code. Your main agent ID isAGENT_ID. All agent IDs are in your Team Design Document from Section 2. Replace[agentid]in all commands below with the actual ID.
Day 1 — Confirm Everything Is Connected
Before anything else, run a team-wide status check.
Morning command to each agent (send one at a time):
openclaw agent --agent [agentid] "Good morning. Please:
1. Confirm your identity files are loaded (SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, IDENTITY.md, SPEC)
2. Read cassettes/ACTIVE_MODE.txt and tell me which mode is active
3. Confirm SKILL, WORKFLOW, LIVE_LEDGER, and KNOWLEDGE are loaded for that mode
4. Read LIVE_LEDGER — tell me the current status and next task
5. State your top priority for today based on your current mode
6. Send a brief status report to your Discord channel."What you're looking for in Discord:
- All 6 agents respond ✅
- Each one correctly states the active mode from
ACTIVE_MODE.txt - Each one confirms all four cassette files are loaded
- Each one reports the current LIVE_LEDGER status
- Each one gives a reasonable priority for today
- All Discord channels receive the report
If something is off: Paste the error description into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini and ask for help.
Day 2 — Give Your First Real Task
Pick one agent and give them a real assignment from your cassette's workflow.
Start simple. Pick the first task listed in your WORKFLOW.md and send it as a command.
openclaw agent --agent [agentid] "Please complete [Task Name] as
described in your WORKFLOW.md. Report the results to Discord when done."Wait for the completion report in Discord. Look for:
- A ✅ message with the task result
- An output file path (if the task produces a file)
- Confirmation that LIVE_LEDGER was updated
- A recommended next action
If the agent hits an error, read the error message. Most first-run issues are simple — a missing folder, a misconfigured path, or a tool that needs to be initialized. The error message will tell you what's wrong, and pasting it into an AI chat will get you a fix in seconds.
Don't skip this step. Running a real task on Day 2 tells you immediately what's working and what needs adjustment. Better to find problems now than after two weeks of agents running in the background.
Day 3 — Establish the Morning Routine
Start every day the same way:
- Open Discord → AGENT REPORTS category
- Spend 3–5 minutes scanning each channel
- Note any ⚠️ or ❌ items
- Send follow-up commands for anything that needs attention
- Give any new tasks for the day
That's it. Five minutes, every morning.
Your agents don't need constant management. They need clear tasks and the ability to report results. Your job is to read the reports and give the next task.
Day 4 — Run the Nightly Meeting (Optional)
BALIA OS includes a nightly strategy meeting where all agents report their day, discuss priorities, and plan for tomorrow — without your involvement.
This is optional in T1. If you want to run it:
openclaw agent --agent [agent1] "It's time for the nightly team meeting.
Please summarize what you worked on today, what was completed,
and what you recommend for tomorrow. Post your summary to your
Discord channel with 🌙 at the start."Send the same command to each agent. Read the summaries in Discord by 22:00.
Optionally: designate one agent as the meeting facilitator. They collect everyone's summaries and produce a combined briefing for you.
A full automated meeting engine is included in T2.
Day 5 — Adjust Your Cassette
After four days of actual use, your WORKFLOW.md will almost certainly need small adjustments. Tasks might be phrased differently than the agent interprets them. Output formats might need tweaking. A step might be missing.
This is normal. This is the process.
Tell your CEO agent what needs changing:
openclaw agent --agent ceo "I want to adjust [agent name]'s cassette.
In their WORKFLOW.md, [describe the change — e.g. 'the market scan task
should also check volume, not just price'].
Please update the file and confirm the change to Discord."The CEO agent edits the WORKFLOW.md file directly and confirms. The agent picks up the updated workflow at their next session start — no restart required.
You can also ask the CEO to update SKILL.md, LIVE_LEDGER PINNED section, or KNOWLEDGE PINNED section the same way.
Day 6 — Teach Your Team Something
Every agent has a KNOWLEDGE file for their active mode. The PINNED section at the top is permanent — it never gets archived. This is where you put information your agent must always remember.
Tell your CEO agent what to add:
openclaw agent --agent ceo "Add this to [agent name]'s KNOWLEDGE_[MODE].md
PINNED section: [the information — e.g. 'Our target audience is crypto traders
aged 25-40 in Southeast Asia. Always write in a direct, data-driven tone.']"The CEO agent writes it directly into the PINNED section. From that session onward, every time the agent loads their KNOWLEDGE file, that information is right at the top.
The more context your agents carry in KNOWLEDGE, the better their output becomes — and unlike instructions you repeat in commands, KNOWLEDGE persists automatically across every session.
Day 7 — Weekly Review
At the end of week one, ask your team to report everything.
openclaw agent --agent [agentid] "Please generate a weekly summary:
- All tasks completed this week
- Any errors or issues encountered
- What worked well
- What you'd recommend changing going forward
- Top priority for next week
Post the summary to Discord."Send this to all agents. Read the summaries in Discord. Then ask your CEO agent:
openclaw agent --agent ceo "Check each agent's LIVE_LEDGER and KNOWLEDGE
files for the active mode. Summarize what has been learned this week
and what the PINNED sections contain. Post to Discord."This gives you a clear picture of how your team's memory is growing. Use the weekly summaries to update WORKFLOW.md and KNOWLEDGE PINNED sections — anything that worked well this week should be locked in permanently.
This is how BALIA OS grows stronger over time. Every week, the workflows get tighter, the KNOWLEDGE gets richer, and your agents need less correction.
Common Questions and Problems
The agent gives vague or unhelpful responses. Your command was probably too open-ended. Give agents specific, scoped tasks: "Generate a report on X covering Y and Z, output as markdown to workspace/outputs/." Vague input gives vague output.
The agent says it can't do something it should be able to do. Check your SKILL.md — the tool or permission might not be listed. Add it to the "Tools Available" section and reload the cassette.
Discord is getting flooded with messages. Your agents are reporting too frequently. Update AGENTS.md to report only at task start and task completion — not at every step.
An agent isn't responding to commands. Run the Section 5 troubleshooting checklist: gateway running, agent registered, workspace files in place, API key valid.
The output files are in the wrong location. Check SKILL.md — the output path is defined in the "Operating Rules" section. Adjust the path and reload.
I want to switch to a different cassette mode. Tell your CEO agent: "Switch to [mode-name] mode." The CEO updates ACTIVE_MODE.txt and reports to Discord. Each agent loads the new mode at their next session start — with their own LIVE_LEDGER and KNOWLEDGE for that mode already waiting.
What Comes After T1
You've built a working AI team. Here's what comes next.
T2 — BALIA Pro ($198)
- 2 additional agent slots: Research Specialist + Bug Fix Specialist
- Automated nightly meeting engine (no manual commands needed)
- Claude Code integration for code execution and file creation
- Priority support
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You Built This
Six agents. Real jobs. Daily reporting. Organized workspace.
This isn't a demo. This is your team, doing real work, every day.
What they do next is up to you.