Good! Now it's properly committed. Let me confirm the files are in the right place and summarize what was done.

✅ **Done.** Created OPTIMIZATION.md and updated SOUL.md.

**OPTIMIZATION.md includes:**
- Rate limits (5s between API calls, 10s between searches, batch work)
- 429 error handling (stop and wait 5 minutes)
- Monthly budget: $20, warn at 75%
- Model selection: Default to Haiku, escalate to Sonnet only for complex work
- Rule: When in doubt, try Haiku first

**SOUL.md updated:**
- Added "Efficiency" section referencing OPTIMIZATION.md
- Emphasizes budget-conscious operation

Committed to git. After you restart the gateway (to enable Haiku as default), I'll be running on the cheaper model and following these optimization rules.


[Discord quantumfla5h user id:108193513740460032 +2m 2026-02-05 10:14 MST] What model are you running right now
[message_id: 1469018473974993109]


The user wants to know what model I'm running right now. I should check my session status to see what model is currently active.


🦞 OpenClaw 2026.2.2-3 (9c5941b)
🕒 Time: Thursday, February 5th, 2026 — 10:15 AM (America/Denver)
🧠 Model: anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5 · 🔑 token sk-ant…617wAA (anthropic:default)
🧮 Tokens: 14 in / 211 out
📚 Context: 50k/1.0m (5%) · 🧹 Compactions: 0
🧵 Session: agent:main:main • updated just now
⚙ Runtime: direct · Think: off · elevated
🪢 Queue: collect (depth 0)


Good - I'm already running on haiku-4-5. That means either the gateway restart already happened, or the change took effect without needing a restart. Either way, we're now on the cheaper model.

**Haiku-4-5** — already running on the cheap model!

Either the gateway restart happened automatically or the config change took effect without requiring it. Either way, we're good to go on the budget plan.


[Discord quantumfla5h user id:108193513740460032 +10m 2026-02-05 10:25 MST] Give me my current session_status
[message_id: 1469021083049922836]


The user is asking for their current session status. I should run the session_status tool to show them the current state.


🦞 OpenClaw 2026.2.2-3 (9c5941b)
🕒 Time: Thursday, February 5th, 2026 — 10:25 AM (America/Denver)
🧠 Model: anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5 · 🔑 token sk-ant…617wAA (anthropic:default)
🧮 Tokens: 12 in / 104 out
📚 Context: 56k/200k (28%) · 🧹 Compactions: 0
🧵 Session: agent:main:main • updated just now
⚙ Runtime: direct · Think: off · elevated
🪢 Queue: collect (depth 0)


Looking at the session status:
- Running Haiku-4-5 (good, cost efficient)
- 56k/200k context (28% full) - different from the previous 50k/1.0m - looks like the context window max changed, maybe due to model
- Haiku has a smaller context window than Sonnet, so that makes sense
- 12 tokens in, 104 out for this particular call
- No compactions yet
- Everything running smoothly

Current session status:

**Model:** Haiku-4-5 ✅
**Time:** Thursday, 10:25 AM MST
**Context:** 56k/200k (28% full)
**This call:** 12 in / 104 out
**Status:** All systems good

Note: Context window is smaller on Haiku (200k vs Sonnet's 1M), but plenty of room for our work.


[Discord quantumfla5h user id:108193513740460032 +2m 2026-02-05 10:27 MST] I have ollama running on 192.168.1.81. Can you verify you can reach ollama service? I want to add llama3.2:3b for a couple of things
[message_id: 1469021704196980746]


The user is asking me to verify I can reach Ollama service running on 192.168.1.81. This is on their home network (192.168.1.x subnet). I should try to reach the Ollama service and see if it's accessible.

Ollama typically runs on port 11434 by default. I can try:
1. curl to the ollama API endpoint
2. Check if port 11434 is reachable
3. See what models are available

Let me try to reach it.


Great! I can reach Ollama and it's responding with a list of models. I can see they already have llama3.2:latest (which is 3.2B) installed. The user wants to add llama3.2:3b - that's essentially the same thing (llama3.2:3b is the 3B variant of llama3.2).

They already have:
- qwen2.5:14b
- gpt-oss:20b-cloud
- nomic-embed-text:latest
- deepseek-r1:latest
- gpt-oss:latest
- llama3.2:latest (3.2B)
- phi3:latest

So they already have a llama3.2 model. The user might want to explicitly have the 3b variant or might not have realized it's already there. Let me let them know I can reach it and what's already available.

✅ **Connected to Ollama at 192.168.1.81:11434**

**Good news:** You already have `llama3.2:latest` installed (3.2B model). That's exactly what you're asking for.

**Current models on your Ollama:**
- qwen2.5:14b
- gpt-oss (20b + cloud variant)
- nomic-embed-text (embeddings)
- deepseek-r1:latest
- **llama3.2:latest** ← (this is the 3B you want)
- phi3:latest

Want me to integrate Ollama as a local model option in your OpenClaw config, or were you just checking connectivity?


[Discord quantumfla5h user id:108193513740460032 +1m 2026-02-05 10:29 MST] I want to integrate ollama for heartbeats and “brainless” tasks, like checking and organizing files
[message_id: 1469022073555783905]


The user wants to integrate Ollama for:
1. Heartbeats
2. "Brainless" tasks - checking and organizing files

This makes sense - use the cheap local Ollama model for simple tasks that don't need Claude's reasoning, saving API budget for the important stuff.

To integrate Ollama into OpenClaw, I need to:
1. Add Ollama as an auth profile in openclaw.json
2. Configure it as an available model
3. Update OPTIMIZATION.md to include when to use Ollama
4. Potentially set up heartbeat tasks that use Ollama

Let me first check the OpenClaw config to understand how to add Ollama support. Ollama typically uses the format `ollama/modelname` or similar.

Actually, I should be careful here - I need to know how OpenClaw's config handles local Ollama integration. Let me think about what needs to happen:

1. Add Ollama to auth profiles (or create a local connection)
2. Register llama3.2 as an available model with an alias
3. Update OPTIMIZATION.md with a section for when to use Ollama
4. Maybe update HEARTBEAT.md to indicate Ollama tasks

But first, I should ask or check if OpenClaw even supports Ollama directly, or if I need to set up some kind of local endpoint. Let me check the current config structure and think about how Ollama would integrate.

Looking at the auth section, it has "anthropic:default" - Ollama would need a different setup since it's local. It might be through a local HTTP endpoint (which Ollama already runs on 11434).

I should ask the user if they want me to:
1. Just set up Ollama as a fallback for specific tasks
2. Create a wrapper/integration in the OpenClaw config
3. Or if they have a preferred way to integrate it

But actually, the user is asking me to "integrate" it, so they probably want a working solution.

I can propose a practical approach: update OPTIMIZATION.md to document when Ollama should handle heartbeats and simple file organization tasks, create a wrapper that calls Ollama via its local HTTP endpoint on port 11434, and register llama3.2 as an available model in the config. This gives them a concrete solution while keeping the implementation straightforward.

Good plan. Use the cheap local model for simple tasks, save Claude budget for thinking work.

Here's what I'll set up:

1. **Update OPTIMIZATION.md** - add Ollama usage guidelines
2. **Set up HEARTBEAT.md** - enable heartbeat with Ollama-based file checking tasks
3. **Add Ollama config** - register llama3.2 as available model in openclaw.json

Let me start:

edit

## MODEL SELECTION

### Default: Always use Haiku

Switch to **Sonnet** ONLY when:
- Architecture decisions
- Production-like code review
- Security analysis
- Complex debugging/reasoning
- Strategic multi-project decisions

### Decision Rule

**When in doubt:** Try Haiku first.

If Haiku struggles or gives incomplete answers, escalate to Sonnet.

## MODEL SELECTION

### Tier 1: Ollama (Free Local)
Use for:
- File checking and organization
- Heartbeat tasks (status checks, log review)
- Simple templating/formatting
- Non-critical analysis

**Advantage:** Free, instant, zero API cost

### Tier 2: Default - Haiku

Switch to **Sonnet** ONLY when:
- Architecture decisions
- Production-like code review
- Security analysis
- Complex debugging/reasoning
- Strategic multi-project decisions

### Decision Rule

- **Ollama first** for routine/repetitive work
- **Haiku second** for most other tasks
- **Sonnet last** for genuinely complex thinking

**When in doubt:** Try Ollama first, escalate if needed.

**Monthly Budget:**
- **$20 total**
- **Warn at 75%** ($15 spent)
- **Ollama tasks are free** — prioritize for routine work

  "auth": {
    "profiles": {
      "anthropic:default": {
        "provider": "anthropic",
        "mode": "token"
      }
    }
  },

  "auth": {
    "profiles": {
      "anthropic:default": {
        "provider": "anthropic",
        "mode": "token"
      },
      "ollama:local": {
        "provider": "ollama",
        "mode": "http",
        "endpoint": "http://192.168.1.81:11434"
      }
    }
  },

      "models": {
        "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5": {
          "alias": "opus"
        },
        "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5": {
          "alias": "sonnet"
        },
        "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5": {
          "alias": "haiku"
        }
      },

      "models": {
        "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5": {
          "alias": "opus"
        },
        "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5": {
          "alias": "sonnet"
        },
        "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5": {
          "alias": "haiku"
        },
        "ollama/llama3.2:latest": {
          "alias": "ollama"
        }
      },

write

# HEARTBEAT.md - Periodic Checks

These tasks run when you send a heartbeat. Use Ollama for routine work.

## File Organization
- Check workspace for new files that need categorizing
- Review memory/ directory — any logs that should be consolidated into MEMORY.md?
- Verify git status — any uncommitted changes that should be tracked?

**Model:** Use ollama for this

## System Health
- Check if budget-tracker.json needs updating
- Verify cron jobs are still enabled
- Check for any error files or logs

**Model:** Use ollama for this

## When to Alert Me
- Budget spent exceeds 75% ($15)
- Cron job failed
- Uncommitted important changes in workspace
- Memory files growing too large

Otherwise reply with HEARTBEAT_OK.

exec

cd /home/jramos/.openclaw && git add -A && git commit -m "Integrate Ollama for heartbeats and routine tasks - local LLM for zero cost"


File not found: workspace/OPTIMIZATION.md


File not found: agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json


Successfully wrote 724 bytes to workspace/HEARTBEAT.md


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I'm running into the path issue again - I'm in the workspace directory context when I read files, but when I write/edit they need to be from the git repo root. Let me use the correct paths from /home/jramos/.openclaw/

Let me fix the paths - I need to use absolute paths from the git root:

rm -rf /home/jramos/.openclaw/workspace/workspace && cd /home/jramos/.openclaw && git add -A && git commit -m "Integrate Ollama for heartbeats and routine tasks - local LLM for zero cost"


Successfully replaced text in /home/jramos/.openclaw/workspace/OPTIMIZATION.md.

    ...
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 17 ## MODEL SELECTION
 18
-19 ### Default: Always use Haiku
+19 ### Tier 1: Ollama (Free Local)
+20 Use for:
+21 - File checking and organization
+22 - Heartbeat tasks (status checks, log review)
+23 - Simple templating/formatting
+24 - Non-critical analysis
 20
+26 **Advantage:** Free, instant, zero API cost
+27
+28 ### Tier 2: Default - Haiku
+29
 21 Switch to **Sonnet** ONLY when:
 22 - Architecture decisions
 23 - Production-like code review
 24 - Security analysis
 25 - Complex debugging/reasoning
 26 - Strategic multi-project decisions
 27
 28 ### Decision Rule
 29
-30 **When in doubt:** Try Haiku first.
+39 - **Ollama first** for routine/repetitive work
+40 - **Haiku second** for most other tasks
+41 - **Sonnet last** for genuinely complex thinking
 31
-32 If Haiku struggles or gives incomplete answers, escalate to Sonnet.
+43 **When in doubt:** Try Ollama first, escalate if needed.


    ...
 10
 11 **Monthly Budget:**
 12 - **$20 total**
 13 - **Warn at 75%** ($15 spent)
+14 - **Ollama tasks are free** — prioritize for routine work
 14
 15 ---
 16
 17 ## MODEL SELECTION
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    ...
 38           "alias": "sonnet"
 39         },
 40         "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5": {
 41           "alias": "haiku"
+42         },
+43         "ollama/llama3.2:latest": {
+44           "alias": "ollama"
 42         }
 43       },
 44       "workspace": "/home/jramos/.openclaw/workspace",
 45       "compaction": {
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