Conversation Summary for Openclaw

A powerful utility for generating incremental and full summaries of conversation logs via automated AI workflows.

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v1.0.0
Feb 5, 2026
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Install & Download

1. ClawHub CLI

The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.

npx clawhub@latest install dada-conversation-summary

2. Manual Installation

Copy the skill folder to one of these locations

Global
~/.openclaw/skills/
Workspace
<project>/skills/

Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled

3. Prompt Installation

Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.

Help me install dada-conversation-summary 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 Conversation Summary?

The Conversation Summary skill is a specialized tool designed for Openclaw Skills to transform verbose chat histories into concise, actionable summaries. By processing JSON-formatted dialogue lists, it allows AI agents to maintain context and provide users with rapid overviews of long-running interactions without manual review. This skill is particularly valuable for developers building complex agentic workflows where memory management and state distillation are critical for performance.

This implementation leverages a robust Python backend to interface with summarization APIs, ensuring that even high-volume chat logs are distilled accurately. It provides a bridge between raw interaction data and high-level comprehension within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem.

Conversation Summary Use Cases

  • Distilling long technical support chats into brief, actionable bullet points.
  • Generating incremental updates for recurring stand-up or project discussions using Openclaw Skills.
  • Creating "at-a-glance" recaps for users returning to an AI session after a long hiatus.
  • Pre-processing massive conversation datasets for archival or documentation purposes.

How Conversation Summary Works

  1. The user triggers a summary request through natural language prompts such as "summarize this conversation."
  2. The agent gathers the current conversation logs and formats them into a valid JSON chat_list array.
  3. If a previous summary exists, it is passed as an optional history_summary parameter to enable an incremental update.
  4. The skill executes a Python script that transmits the payload to the underlying summary engine.
  5. The system returns a structured JSON response containing the refined summary text and execution status.

Conversation Summary Setup

Ensure you have Python 3 and the requests library installed to use this within the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills.

pip install requests

To call the tool manually for testing or CLI integration:

python3 scripts/conversation_summary.py '<chat_list_json>' '<history_summary>'

Conversation Summary Data Schema & Taxonomy

The skill operates on a standardized JSON input and output schema to ensure compatibility across different Openclaw Skills implementations.

Field Type Description
chat_list String (JSON) A list of objects containing role and content keys representing the dialogue history.
history_summary String An optional field containing the prior summary text used for context-aware updates.
status String Indicates the execution state, returning either completed or error.
summary String The final generated text output from the summarization process.

Conversation Summary Advanced Features

  • Incremental Update Support: Reduces computational overhead and maintains continuity by refining existing summaries rather than reprocessing the entire history.
  • Standardized JSON Interoperability: Designed to fit seamlessly into data pipelines involving other Openclaw Skills.
  • Automated Validation: Built-in checks to ensure chat_list formatting is valid JSON before processing, preventing script failures.
  • Error Resilience: Detailed error reporting for network connectivity issues or API-level failures.

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