Biomimetic Memory Architecture

Install, verify, and manage OpenClaw memory with integrated daily distillation, weekly synthesis, procedural learning, retention, and cold archiving workflows.

Biomimetic Memory Architecture (BMA)

A biomimetic memory architecture for OpenClaw agents.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• install or verify a complete OpenClaw memory architecture
• replace separate OpenCortex and Lesson-Imprint skill folders
• run daily distillation / weekly synthesis memory governance
• reduce long-term memory bloat
• audit old memory/archive/ records
• design or run retention / forgetting workflows
• move metabolized source files out of active memory
• keep memory/ clean for memory-wiki indexDailyNotes=true
• convert repeated failures into compact behavioral safeguards

Core Rules

1. Provide the full stack — BMA includes OpenCortex-style structure, daily distillation, weekly synthesis, Lesson-Imprint procedural learning, and retention/forgetting.
2. Keep promotion and forgetting separate — daily distillation promotes useful current memory; BMA retention metabolizes aged archives later.
3. Integrate Lesson-Imprint as procedural learning — repeated failures become compact safeguards, not bulky narrative memory.
4. Default to read-only audit — produce a candidate report before moving, deleting, or rewriting files.
5. Scan aged candidates only — avoid full-history sweeps; default threshold is records older than 30 days.
6. Cold archive, not blind deletion — move metabolized source files to memory-archive/ unless the user explicitly approves deletion.
7. Keep citations — compressed summaries must cite the moved source file path.
8. Protect active memory — never move projects/, runbooks/, workflows/, contacts/, preferences.md, lesson-imprint/, or today’s daily log.
9. Verify after action — check file counts, wiki status, and git status after any write phase.

Quick Reference

Task	File
Architecture and lifecycle	references/architecture.md
Installation and integration	references/installation.md
OpenCortex foundation	references/opencortex-foundation.md
Lesson-Imprint component	references/lesson-imprint.md
Daily distillation prompt	references/daily-distillation.md
Weekly synthesis prompt	references/weekly-synthesis.md
Retention scoring rubric	references/retention-rubric.md
Read-only audit script	scripts/bma_retention_audit.py
Lesson-Imprint CLI	scripts/lesson_imprint.py
Install / update / verify	scripts/install.sh, scripts/update.sh, scripts/verify.sh
Vault / metrics / git backup	scripts/vault.sh, scripts/metrics.sh, scripts/git-backup.sh

MVP Workflow

For installation, read references/installation.md first.

bash

# 1. Install (runs system compatibility check + auto-fix guidance)
bash skills/biomimetic-memory-architecture/scripts/install.sh

# 2. If system check shows critical issues:
#    Execute the gateway config.patch commands shown in the output

# 3. Verify
bash skills/biomimetic-memory-architecture/scripts/verify.sh

# 4. Phase 1 retention audit (read-only)
python3 skills/biomimetic-memory-architecture/scripts/bma_retention_audit.py --workspace . --older-than-days 30

See references/installation.md for the complete agent-side installation flow including system config auto-fix.