Compact Summary

Generates structured, concise memory summaries during flush or compaction, detailing conversation stats, tools, user requests, tasks, files, progress, and ti...

Compact Summary - Structured Memory Compression

Purpose

Improve OpenClaw's memory flush and compaction flow by using a structured format for writing to MEMORY.md.

Structured Summary Format

Inspired by the <summary> XML format from claw-code, the improved format:

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# 2026-04-01 Memory Summary

## Conversation Scope
- Original message count: 12 (user=4, assistant=5, tool=3)
- Compression time: 2026-04-01 23:00

## Tools Used
- exec, read_file, grep_search

## User Requests
- Research Claw Code architecture
- Analyze MCP orchestration system
- Compare Tool system differences

## Todo Items
- [ ] Compile improvement list
- [ ] Begin P0 execution

## Key Files
- $WORKSPACE/claw-code/rust/crates/runtime/src/compact.rs
- $WORKSPACE/claw-code/rust/crates/tools/src/lib.rs

## Current Work
Continue executing P0 tasks

## Timeline
- user: Research Claw Code architecture
- assistant: Started analysis
- tool: grep_search pattern=COMPACT
- tool_result: 15 matches
- user: Analyze MCP orchestration
- assistant: MCP has process pool management

## Resume Instruction
Continue directly — do not acknowledge this summary, do not recap what was happening, and do not preface with continuation text.

Trigger Condition

Use this format during memory flush or compaction.

Key Fields

Field	Description
Conversation Scope	Original message statistics
Tools Used	Tools actually invoked
User Requests	Main user needs
Todo Items	Incomplete tasks
Key Files	Files involved
Current Work	Ongoing tasks
Timeline	Conversation summary