Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add TheophilusChinomona/claude-openclaw-plugin --skill openclaw-memorygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheophilusChinomona/claude-openclaw-pluginWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/theophiluschinomona/claude-openclaw-plugin/openclaw-memory)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/theophiluschinomona/claude-openclaw-plugin/openclaw-memory"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/theophiluschinomona/claude-openclaw-plugin/openclaw-memory/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/theophiluschinomona/claude-openclaw-plugin/openclaw-memory"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/theophiluschinomona/claude-openclaw-plugin/openclaw-memory.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00068 | $0.01952 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00027 | $0.00781 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00014 | $0.00390 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00195 |
Grade A, and why
openclaw-memory scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 183 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Agent Memory Architecture (OpenClaw)
Memory is the most fragile part of an agent system. Three failure modes kill agent memory:
- Never stored — the agent saw it but never persisted it
- Compaction destroyed it — context compaction summarized away the detail
- Pruning trimmed it — MEMORY.md grew past budget and lost the entry
This skill teaches the four-layer memory model, bootstrap file setup, shared memory patterns, and defenses against each failure mode.
The Four Memory Layers
| Layer | Name | Persistence | Scope | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bootstrap files | Permanent (committed) | Per-agent | AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, MEMORY.md |
| 1.5 | Daily logs | Semi-permanent (7-14 days) | Per-agent | memory/2026-03-10.md |
| 2 | Session transcript | Temporary (session lifetime) | Per-session | ~/.openclaw/agents//sessions/*.jsonl |
| 3 | Retrieval index | Permanent (vector DB) | System-wide | ~/.openclaw/memory/lancedb/ |
See references/memory-layers.md for deep dives on each layer including token budgets, eviction order, and LanceDB setup.
Bootstrap Files (Layer 1)
Every agent workspace should contain these files, loaded at session start:
| File | Purpose | Loaded When | Sub-agent Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGENTS.md | Operating manual, safety rules, delegation rules | Always (first) | Yes — essential rules here |
| SOUL.md | Personality, boundaries, communication style | Always | No (main agent only) |
| IDENTITY.md | Name, role, avatar, vibe | Always | No |
| USER.md | User profile, preferences, timezone | Private sessions only | No |
| MEMORY.md | Long-term curated knowledge (200-line budget) | Private sessions only | No |
| TOOLS.md | Available tools, integration notes | On demand | Yes |
| HEARTBEAT.md | Proactive monitoring checklist | On heartbeat cron | No |
Sub-agent visibility rule: Sub-agents only receive AGENTS.md + TOOLS.md. Keep essential safety rules in AGENTS.md, not SOUL.md.
What ships with it
2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago First seen · 183 lines · 68 tokens per session scan A 401c387eb1eb
openclaw-memory is a skill published in the GitHub repository TheophilusChinomona/claude-openclaw-plugin (2 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 68 tokens to every session and 1,952 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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