Memory Manager

OpenClaw-native memory maintenance, snapshots, indexing health checks, and review workflows. Use when you need to protect context before risky work, troubleshoot memory_search, create memory snapshots, review recent daily notes for durable learnings, archive old daily notes safely, or inspect memory provider/index health in an OpenClaw workspace.

Memory Manager v2

Maintain OpenClaw memory without replacing it.

This skill is for the existing OpenClaw memory model:

• MEMORY.md for curated long-term memory
• memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md for daily notes
• OpenClaw memory_search / memory_get for retrieval

Do not migrate the workspace into a different memory architecture. Do not move canonical daily memory files by default. Do not present keyword grep as semantic search.

Use this skill for

• Pre-compaction or pre-risk memory snapshots
• Memory-search troubleshooting and recovery
• Embedding/index health checks
• Reviewing recent daily notes for durable takeaways
• Safe archival of old daily notes
• Quick memory hygiene/status checks

Resource layout

• scripts/check.ps1 — quick health/status summary
• scripts/snapshot.ps1 — create a safe snapshot from current memory files
• scripts/review.ps1 — generate a review draft from recent daily notes
• scripts/search.ps1 — wrapper around openclaw memory search with keyword fallback
• scripts/doctor.ps1 — diagnose provider/index readiness and attempt repair
• scripts/archive.ps1 — archive older daily notes safely
• references/workflow.md — operating rules and recommended workflows

Core rules

1. Preserve MEMORY.md.
2. Preserve memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md as the canonical daily log format.
3. Never overwrite existing memory files when a safe append or sidecar file is enough.
4. Prefer OpenClaw-native memory commands over homegrown substitutes.
5. Label fallback modes honestly.

Recommended workflows

1) Quick memory health check

Run:

powershell

pwsh -File scripts/check.ps1

Use when you want:

• today file existence
• recent daily note count
• snapshot count
• index/provider health summary

2) Troubleshoot memory search

Run:

powershell

pwsh -File scripts/doctor.ps1

Use when:

• memory_search is unavailable
• embeddings are failing
• index appears empty
• SQLite lock or provider issues are suspected

To attempt automatic recovery:

powershell

pwsh -File scripts/doctor.ps1 -Repair

3) Create snapshot before risky work

Run:

powershell

pwsh -File scripts/snapshot.ps1

Use before:

• large refactors
• config changes
• memory cleanup
• provider/index changes
• long sessions likely to compact

4) Review recent memory into durable learnings

Run:

powershell

pwsh -File scripts/review.ps1 -Days 7

Use when:

• promoting facts or preferences into MEMORY.md
• summarizing recent activity
• finding repeated themes or decisions

5) Search memory

Run:

powershell

pwsh -File scripts/search.ps1 -Query "jobpulse redesign"

Behavior:

• first tries openclaw memory search
• falls back to keyword search only if semantic search fails
• reports which mode was used

6) Archive older daily notes

Run:

powershell

pwsh -File scripts/archive.ps1 -KeepDays 30

Use when old daily notes should move out of the main memory/ folder without disturbing recent working memory.

Portability note

These scripts are PowerShell-first because many OpenClaw workspaces run on Windows. They avoid machine-specific paths where possible and accept -Workspace overrides for portability.

Read next

For workflow guidance and safety boundaries, read references/workflow.md.