An intelligent system for capturing content from URLs, YouTube videos, and local files into a structured, searchable personal knowledge base.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install knowledge-brain
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 knowledge-brain 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 Knowledge Management & Proactive Recall?
This skill serves as a persistent extension of an agent's memory, allowing users to build a high-fidelity personal library. It automates the extraction of raw content and the generation of concise summaries, ensuring that information is not just stored but actively utilized. By integrating Openclaw Skills into your daily routine, you can transform scattered bookmarks and documents into a curated knowledge repository that supports proactive recall during complex tasks.
The system utilizes a structured directory approach, generating both raw data files and semantic summaries for every artifact. It maintains a lightweight index in the agent's memory, which allows it to recognize relevant context and surface information even when you don't explicitly ask it to search. This makes it an essential tool for developers, researchers, and lifelong learners using Openclaw Skills.
Knowledge Management & Proactive Recall Use Cases
- Saving and summarizing long-form technical articles for later reference.
- Extracting cleaned transcripts and key takeaways from YouTube tutorials.
- Organizing research into fluid categories for software design or personal projects.
- Building an automated "Books to Read" list based on mentions in processed artifacts.
- Recalling relevant context from previously saved data when asking the agent new questions.
How Knowledge Management & Proactive Recall Works
- The agent detects the source type, whether it is a URL, YouTube link, local file, or pasted text.
- Raw content is extracted using tools like WebFetch or yt-dlp and cleaned to remove boilerplate and ads.
- A descriptive, date-stamped slug is generated to create a unique identifier for the entry.
- The system generates a structured Markdown summary highlighting main ideas, key points, and takeaways.
- Knowledge is automatically sorted into categories based on a lightweight index stored in agent memory or placed in an unsorted directory.
- References to books within the content are extracted and added to a centralized reading list.
- The agent proactively recalls this information during future conversations to provide context-aware answers.
Knowledge Management & Proactive Recall Setup
To initialize your knowledge base within Openclaw Skills, ensure you have the necessary CLI tools and provide a storage path during the first invocation.
# Recommended: Install yt-dlp for YouTube content extraction
sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
# The agent will prompt for a directory; common defaults include:
~/Documents/knowledge/
Knowledge Management & Proactive Recall Data Schema & Taxonomy
The system uses a hierarchical directory structure to maintain clarity and compatibility with Openclaw Skills:
| File/Folder | Purpose |
|---|---|
README.md |
Usage and structure guide generated on first run. |
CHANGELOG.md |
Versioned history of all additions, moves, and reorganizations. |
books-to-read.md |
Automated index of literature referenced across all artifacts. |
/{category}/raw/ |
Original source content files with frontmatter metadata. |
/{category}/summary/ |
AI-generated markdown summaries containing key takeaways. |
_category.md |
Metadata and scope definitions for specific folders. |
Knowledge Management & Proactive Recall Advanced Features
- Git-backed version control for tracking history and facilitating cross-device synchronization.
- Proactive memory recall that surfaces relevant entries without explicit user prompts based on a lightweight index.
- Intelligent category reorganization including splitting, merging, and renaming with full file migration support.
- Batch importing capabilities to onboard existing document collections into the Openclaw Skills framework.
- Automated YouTube transcript cleaning that inserts timestamps and removes VTT formatting for readability.
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