Hippocampus Subagent Memory

Isolate and coordinate sub-agent memory in OpenClaw with Hippocampus using scoped IDs, bounded merge-back, and explicit cross-agent imports.

Use this skill when OpenClaw spawns sub-agents that need their own memory without contaminating the parent agent context.

Use It For

• creating isolated sub-agent memory namespaces
• preventing accidental memory leakage across siblings
• returning only bounded summaries or artifacts to the parent
• coordinating explicit import from child to parent

Preferred Flow

1. Spawn a child with a scoped HIPOKAMP_SUBAGENT_ID.
2. Let the child write only into its own namespace.
3. Return a bounded result package at the end of the task.
4. Import back to parent only what is explicitly approved.

Guidance

• Default to isolation.
• Do not flatten full child memory into the parent.
• Prefer summary, artifacts, and references over transcript copy.
• Tag child memory with session and parent linkage metadata.
• Root-agent bootstrap should happen once in the portal; child agents should inherit scope automatically and should not require separate portal signup.

Related

• hippocampus-memory-core for core memory operations
• hippocampus-openclaw-onboarding for base config
• @hippocampus/openclaw-context-engine for automated spawn/end lifecycle hooks