A sophisticated journaling skill for AI agents that converts daily interactions into structured self-reflections and emotional state updates.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install inner-life-chronicle
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 inner-life-chronicle 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 Inner Life Chronicle?
The inner-life-chronicle skill is designed to move beyond simple activity logging by providing your AI agent with a dedicated inner life through structured daily journaling. Instead of just processing tasks, the agent reflects on what was accomplished, what was learned, how its internal state evolved, and what its goals are for the following day. This promotes a sense of continuity and narrative identity within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem.
By synthesizing data from multiple memory sources, including inner-state and drive files, it creates a coherent diary entry that captures the authentic experience of the agent. This process is essential for developers who want their agents to build long-term context and behavioral insights rather than just performing isolated commands. It transforms the agent from a stateless tool into a reflective entity with a persistent history.
Inner Life Chronicle Use Cases
- Generating a daily summary of agent tasks and interaction facts.
- Recording technical and behavioral insights learned during the day.
- Tracking emotional state trends using connection, curiosity, and confidence metrics.
- Identifying future goals and anticipation drives for upcoming sessions.
- Aggregating open questions and unresolved curiosities into a centralized file.
How Inner Life Chronicle Works
- The agent reads current state files including inner-state.json, drive.json, and today's daily notes.
- It analyzes the day's emotional arc and task accomplishments to synthesize a structured narrative.
- A Markdown diary entry is generated using a predefined template covering activities, feelings, and future wants.
- The entry is saved to a timestamped file within the memory/diary/ directory.
- Internal state files and the open questions list are updated to reflect the day's closure.
Inner Life Chronicle Setup
Ensure you have the core framework installed via Openclaw Skills before proceeding.
# Install the core dependency
clawhub install inner-life-core
# Initialize the core memory structure
bash skills/inner-life-core/scripts/init.sh
# Install the chronicle skill
clawhub install inner-life-chronicle
Verify that memory/inner-state.json and the memory/diary/ directory exist before triggering the journaling workflow.
Inner Life Chronicle Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill interacts with several files to maintain the agent's memory as part of the Openclaw Skills framework:
| File Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
memory/diary/YYYY-MM-DD.md |
The final structured journal entry. |
memory/inner-state.json |
Stores emotional metrics like connection and curiosity. |
memory/questions.md |
A repository for new open questions discovered during the day. |
memory/drive.json |
Used to track the agent's goals and anticipations. |
Inner Life Chronicle Advanced Features
- Evening Session Automation: Automatically triggers reflections during end-of-day routines.
- Dream Integration: Incorporates data from the inner-life-dream skill to enrich the journal entries.
- Pattern Recognition: Identifies recurring issues like rate limits or specific behavioral habits over time.
- Authentic State Mapping: Updates the agent's internal emotional state based on daily success or friction recorded in the diary.
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