Atlas Infrastructure Brief

👤 Who Is John Burns

🏗️ Atlas — John's Personal AI Agent

Atlas is John's primary AI agent. It runs inside a Docker container on a Hostinger VPS, powered by OpenClaw (an open-source AI agent framework). Atlas handles email, document creation, deal analysis, project management, and also manages the Cooper platform.

🖥️ Infrastructure Overview

VPS (Primary Host)

Docker Setup

Host PM2 Processes (on VPS, not in container)

Cloudflare

Email (Microsoft 365)

🐾 The Cooper Platform

Cooper is an AI concierge service that John built and operates. It gives each client their own personal AI agent with a unique name and personality. Cooper agents communicate via Telegram (each has their own bot), email, and a web chat at meetcooper.ai.

Relationship: Atlas ↔ Cooper

Atlas (John's personal agent) builds and maintains Cooper. Atlas also has its own Cooper agent called "Ace" (for John's personal use as a Cooper client). The Cooper agents (Rex, Finn, etc.) are separate Python processes running on the VPS host — they do NOT run inside the OpenClaw container. Atlas manages them via SSH.

🤖 Cooper Agents (15 total)

🔧 Fixing Atlas If It Goes Down

Use these steps in order. Each step fixes the most common failure mode.

Step 1 — Check if container is running

ssh root@187.124.249.45
docker ps | grep openclaw

If not running: cd /docker/openclaw-om5j && docker-compose up -d

Step 2 — Check Telegram token (most common crash cause)

ssh root@187.124.249.45
python3 -c "import json; d=json.load(open('/docker/openclaw-om5j/data/.openclaw/openclaw.json')); print(d['channels']['telegram']['botToken'])"

If token is wrong (ends in jEqu6m3NvVyI = OLD/bad), fix it:

# Fix all config files with correct token (replace TOKEN with the real one from BotFather)
TOKEN="8637904053:AAFMHOS1T31WM3NWQ-eWDKyYOlBEahubyGA"
for f in /docker/openclaw-om5j/data/.openclaw/openclaw.json{,.bak,.bak.1,.bak.2,.bak.3,.bak.4}; do
  python3 -c "import json; d=json.load(open('$f')); d['channels']['telegram']['botToken']='$TOKEN'; json.dump(d,open('$f','w'),indent=2)" 2>/dev/null && echo "Fixed $f"
done
# Then recreate container to load fresh config:
cd /docker/openclaw-om5j && docker-compose down && docker-compose up -d

Step 3 — Check atlas-telegram is STOPPED (conflict killer)

ssh root@187.124.249.45 "pm2 list | grep atlas-telegram"
# If status shows 'online' — STOP IT immediately:
ssh root@187.124.249.45 "pm2 stop atlas-telegram && pm2 save"

Step 4 — Check Cooper multibot is running

ssh root@187.124.249.45 "pm2 list"
# Should show: cooper-telegram-multibot ONLINE, cooper-email-poller ONLINE
# If multibot is down:
ssh root@187.124.249.45 "pm2 restart cooper-telegram-multibot"

Step 5 — Verify Telegram token is valid

curl "https://api.telegram.org/bot8637904053:AAFMHOS1T31WM3NWQ-eWDKyYOlBEahubyGA/getMe"
# Should return: {"ok":true,"result":{"username":"atlas_hsre_vps_bot",...}}

Step 6 — Run OpenClaw doctor

ssh root@187.124.249.45 "docker exec openclaw-om5j-openclaw-1 openclaw doctor --non-interactive"
# Look for: Telegram: ok (@atlas_hsre_vps_bot)

⌨️ Key Commands Reference

SSH to VPS

ssh -i /data/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@187.124.249.45

Container logs (live)

ssh root@187.124.249.45 "docker logs openclaw-om5j-openclaw-1 --tail 50 -f"

Recreate container (clean restart)

ssh root@187.124.249.45 "cd /docker/openclaw-om5j && docker-compose down && docker-compose up -d"

Update Telegram token (hot reload — preferred)

# Inside the OpenClaw container (via web UI terminal or exec):
openclaw config set channels.telegram.botToken "NEW_TOKEN_HERE"
# Then fix all bak files on host too (see Step 2 above)

Check sessions.json size (should stay under 1MB)

wc -c /data/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json
python3 -c "import json; d=json.load(open('/data/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json')); print(len(d), 'sessions')"

Watch for container restart events

ssh root@187.124.249.45 "docker events --filter container=openclaw-om5j-openclaw-1"

📋 Standing Rules — DO NOT Violate

• atlas-telegram PM2 must stay STOPPED — OpenClaw handles inbound natively. Running both = 409 crash loop.
• Fix token in ALL 6 files (openclaw.json + .bak through .bak.4) — any old bak will revert the fix on restart.
• Never delete an API key without confirming it's not also used somewhere else (Anthropic key incident, Apr 4).
• Never send emails without John explicitly saying to send. Default sender: atlas@highside-re.com. Always CC jburns@highside-re.com.
• sessions.json must stay under 1MB — if it exceeds 2MB, gateway crashes on load. HEARTBEAT.md has cleanup logic.
• Code changes to PM2 scripts must go via SSH to host — container's edit tool writes to a different filesystem.
• Cooper pricing confirmed: $199/month — never write $99 or $49 without John confirming.
• Cooper referral $100 code = FAMILY/VIP only (John's kids + close friends). Not public.
• John is an attorney — never suggest he needs to hire one for legal review.