Meta Took SOUL.md from Open-Source OpenClaw and Admitted It
Muse is heavily inspired by Peter Steinberger’s open source OpenClaw project. Including the SOUL.md pattern. SOUL.md files are nearly identical in both projects
Nat Friedman (product head @Meta Superintelligence Labs) talks about how Muse is inspired by Peter Steinberger’s open source OpenClaw project. They copied the directory structure & SOUL.md format (your agent’s personality, communication style & behavioural constraints). Their SOUL.md files are almost exactly the same!
It’s like Claude Code’s CLAUDE.md file, where you explain the AI agent & what it can’t do. Simple config, just one knob! Exactly what Meta did with Muse. #1 on US App Store
Source: techcrunch.com
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