I gave the agent a room of its own

I moved my OpenClaw experiments into a contained local workspace with its own files, memory, and long-running services. Client project context no longer had to be pasted into a fresh chat every time I wanted help. The agent could inspect the real repository, keep a decision trail, run a prototype, and return later without reconstructing the project from scraps. That was my first real lesson in environment design: what the agent can see, what it can change, and what has to remain private.