AI Memory System

Automatically sets up a 3-layer memory system with long-term MEMORY.md, daily notes, and nightly fact extraction cron job.

Security Scan

The skill's requests and instructions match its stated purpose (creating persistent memory files and a nightly extraction cron), but it persistently records conversation content so review privacy/retention choices before enabling.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description, SKILL.md, and package.json all describe the same behavior: creating MEMORY.md, daily notes, and adding a nightly extraction cron. There are no unrelated env vars, binaries, or installs requested — the requested capabilities are proportionate to the stated purpose.

Instruction Scope

Instructions explicitly tell the agent to review "today's conversations" and extract durable facts into persistent files and to schedule a nightly cron that runs autonomously. That behavior is consistent with a memory system but grants the agent broad discretion to read and persist conversation content; the SKILL.md does not specify where conversations are read from, what is excluded, or how sensitive data should be handled.

Install Mechanism

No install spec or code is provided (instruction-only), so nothing is downloaded or written by an installer. This reduces supply-chain risk compared with skills that fetch external binaries.

Credentials

The skill requests no credentials or environment variables, which is proportional. However, the nightly job's purpose is to process conversation history and persist facts; that implies access to potentially sensitive chat logs even though no explicit permissions/paths are declared in SKILL.md.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill is user-invocable (normal). The skill does request persistent presence in the sense that it will create on-disk files (MEMORY.md, memory/ daily notes) and register a recurring cron job. This is expected for a memory tool but has ongoing privacy/retention implications the user should consider.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent: it will create MEMORY.md and daily note files and register a nightly cron that reviews conversations and writes extracted facts. Before installing, consider: (1) Privacy — the cron reviews "today's conversations" and will persist extracted facts (PII, decisions, relationships). Confirm you want that data stored and who can read those files. (2) Retention and deletion — the skill's rules say "never delete facts"; decide how to handle corrections or sensitive items. (3) Cron behavior — check what openclaw cron add --announce does in your environment and whether the cron runs in an isolated session as claimed. (4) Test safely — try this in an isolated workspace or with sanitized conversations first. (5) Audit files regularly — review MEMORY.md and daily notes for sensitive data and remove or redact before sharing. If any of these are unacceptable, do not enable the skill or modify the templates/cron command to limit what is captured.

AI Memory System Skill

Auto-setup for the 3-layer OpenClaw memory architecture

What It Does

Sets up the complete 3-layer memory system from the Zero-Human Company playbook:

• MEMORY.md (tacit knowledge and preferences)
• Daily notes (memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md)
• Nightly extraction cron job

Setup Instructions

After installing, tell your AI: "Set up the memory system."

Your AI will:

1. Create MEMORY.md with a template
2. Create the memory/ directory
3. Set up a nightly extraction cron at 11pm your timezone
4. Create today's first daily note entry

MEMORY.md Template

# MEMORY.md — Long-Term Memory

## About [User]
- Name: 
- Timezone: 
- Communication preferences: 

## Working Style
- (Observe and update)

## Key Decisions
- (Log important decisions here)

## Lessons Learned
- (Capture mistakes and insights)

## Hard Rules
- (Non-negotiable boundaries)

## Action Log
- YYYY-MM-DD — [Action taken]

Daily Note Template (memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md)

# YYYY-MM-DD

## Key Events
- HH:MM — [What happened]

## Decisions Made
- [Decision and reasoning]

## Facts Extracted
- [Durable facts worth remembering]

## Pending
- [Open items to follow up]

Nightly Extraction Cron

openclaw cron add \
  --name "nightly-extraction" \
  --cron "0 23 * * *" \
  --tz "[YOUR_TIMEZONE]" \
  --session isolated \
  --message "Review today's conversations. Extract durable facts (relationships, decisions, status changes, milestones). Skip small talk. Update memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md with timeline. Update MEMORY.md with new patterns or preferences." \
  --announce

Memory Rules

1. If it matters, WRITE IT DOWN. Mental notes don't survive sessions.
2. Never delete facts — supersede them instead.
3. Update MEMORY.md when you notice new patterns about your user.
4. Daily notes are raw logs. MEMORY.md is curated wisdom.
5. Review and clean MEMORY.md weekly.

Version

1.0 by TalonForge