Session Cleaner

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Clean up stale OpenClaw session files. Keep the current main session and all group chat sessions; move everything else to a backup directory. Use when performing periodic maintenance, heartbeat cleanup, or when the user asks to clean up sessions.

Install

openclaw skills install session-cleaner

Session Cleaner

Clean stale session transcript files from ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/.

Rules

  • Always keep: current main session (the one with agent:main:main key that is active)
  • Always keep: all group chat sessions (target address contains oc_)
  • Move to backup: everything else (old main sessions, completed sub-agents, API sessions, cron/heartbeat transcripts)
  • Never delete: all moved files go to sessions/backup/, recoverable

Usage

bash scripts/clean-sessions.sh [--dry-run]
  • Default: move stale files to backup
  • --dry-run: only report what would be moved, no changes