A sophisticated multi-layered memory management system that organizes agent knowledge through daily logging, sidecar distillation, and weekly rollups.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install better-memory
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install better-memory using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Better Memory V2?
Better Memory V2 is a professional-grade memory architecture designed to solve the problem of context bloat and fragmentation in AI agents. By utilizing a three-layer system, it ensures that raw daily interactions (L1) are distilled into structured sidecar summaries (L2) and finally synthesized into high-level weekly rollups (L3). This structured approach allows Openclaw Skills to maintain long-term context without overwhelming the agent's prompt window or search index.
The skill introduces a typed taxonomy—Experience, Value, and Standard—which allows agents to categorize information based on what they thought, said, or did, and whether those actions met specific standards. This level of organization transforms simple text logs into a queryable knowledge base that evolves alongside your projects.
Better Memory V2 Use Cases
- Establishing a native memory stack for new AI coding agent workspaces.
- Migrating legacy, unstructured memory files into a tiered L1/L2/L3 architecture.
- Capturing specific typed memories like architectural decisions or project values via CLI.
- Automating the distillation of daily logs into concise weekly summaries for long-term project tracking.
- Identifying and resolving conflicting information through monthly advisory review reports.
How Better Memory V2 Works
- The user initializes the system using the smart install script to establish the directory structure and migration artifacts.
- Raw interactions are recorded as L1 logs in the memory directory on a daily basis.
- A daily review script processes L1 logs to extract experience, value, and standard markers into L2 sidecar files located in the .openclaw-memory-os directory.
- Weekly rollups take the distilled L2 data and write managed blocks into the main MEMORY.md file, creating the L3 layer.
- Monthly scripts analyze the entire stack for bloat and conflicts, providing a safe cleanup plan that the user can approve and apply.
Better Memory V2 Setup
To integrate this memory system into your Openclaw Skills environment, use the smart installer which handles additive injection and schedule generation:
python3 skills/better-memory/scripts/smart_install.py --workspace .
You can customize the maintenance schedule during installation:
python3 skills/better-memory/scripts/smart_install.py --daily-time 22:00 --weekly-day SUN --entry-threshold 8
To automate these tasks, generate a cron template:
python3 skills/better-memory/scripts/emit_cron_template.py --workspace .
Better Memory V2 Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data across three logical layers to maximize retrieval efficiency and minimize noise:
| Layer | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L1 (Native) | memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md |
Daily logs; preserved in their original format for search capability. |
| L2 (Sidecar) | .openclaw-memory-os/l2/*.md |
Distilled summaries categorized by experience, value, and standard. |
| L3 (Native) | MEMORY.md |
The final rollup; a managed block containing consolidated weekly insights. |
Typed Taxonomy Details:
- experience: think, say, do
- value: good, bad
- standard: right, wrong
Better Memory V2 Advanced Features
- Smart migration scripts that prepare and apply legacy memory promotion without data loss.
- Multi-tier distillation logic that separates raw search data from high-level reasoning context.
- Advisory-only monthly cleanup policy that prevents accidental data deletion while highlighting conflicts.
- One-shot 'refine_memory' command to execute daily and weekly distillation in a single workflow.
- CLI-based typed memory capture for manual injection of values and standards into the agent's history.
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