Openclaw Skills for building a private, local long-term memory system that categorizes, indexes, and searches AI agent memory without external services.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install memory-free
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 memory-free 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 Memory Manager Free?
Memory Manager Free is an Openclaw Skills package designed to give AI agents a simple, structured long-term memory layer on the local filesystem. It organizes memory into three preset categories—projects, people, and knowledge—then keeps category indexes in sync so agents can write, retrieve, and search information efficiently.
This skill is optimized for lightweight memory capture in developer workflows, allowing agents to record project context, contact details, and domain notes immediately as they appear. Because it operates entirely in the user home directory and does not send network requests, Openclaw Skills users get privacy-first memory management with predictable file-based storage.
Memory Manager Free Use Cases
- Capturing project background, progress, and next steps for active engineering work.
- Storing people/contact memory such as stakeholder notes, interaction history, and relationship context.
- Saving domain knowledge, learning notes, and reusable technical references.
- Searching memory quickly by keyword when an agent needs recall during a conversation or task.
- Keeping categorized memory in sync as files are created or updated locally.
- Using Openclaw Skills in privacy-sensitive workflows where external storage is not allowed.
How Memory Manager Free Works
- The agent receives input data and optional configuration, then determines whether the request is a write, search, or browse action.
- It maps the content into one of the three preset categories: projects, people, or knowledge.
- For a write operation, it creates or updates a Markdown entry under
./memory/<category>/. - After writing, it updates the corresponding
INDEX.mdfile so the category listing stays current. - For retrieval, it uses keyword search across
./memory/withgrep -ror reads the category index directly. - The agent returns the file path, matched content, or structured result, then validates success or surfaces errors for follow-up handling.
Memory Manager Free Setup
- Ensure the AI agent runtime has read/write access to the user home directory.
- Confirm your agent platform supports SKILL.md-driven workflows and local file operations.
- Create the required memory directory structure before first use:
mkdir -p ./memory/projects ./memory/people ./memory/knowledge
- Initialize each category index file:
touch ./memory/projects/INDEX.md ./memory/people/INDEX.md ./memory/knowledge/INDEX.md
- Use the skill through your AI agent conversation by providing the input data, desired category, and any options.
- Verify that writes land in the correct category folder and that
INDEX.mdis updated after every entry. - If you need search, run keyword lookup against the local memory tree:
grep -r "keyword" ./memory/
- Keep the system local-only; no API key is required for this Openclaw Skills package.
Memory Manager Free Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill uses a flat, filesystem-based memory schema under ./memory/ with three fixed top-level categories.
| Entity | Path | Purpose | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projects | ./memory/projects/ |
Project background, progress, to-dos | Markdown files (.md) |
| People | ./memory/people/ |
Contacts, interactions, relationship context | Markdown files (.md) |
| Knowledge | ./memory/knowledge/ |
Learning notes, domain references, reusable insights | Markdown files (.md) |
| Category index | ./memory/<category>/INDEX.md |
Auto-maintained directory of entries | Markdown index |
Metadata and taxonomy rules:
- Category set is fixed to
projects,people, andknowledge. - Every write should update the relevant
INDEX.mdimmediately. - Search is keyword-based only; there is no hierarchical navigation layer.
- All data remains local inside the user home directory, which is a core design principle of Openclaw Skills.
Typical entry metadata includes:
- Title or entity name
- Status or lifecycle state
- Update timestamp
- Source filename or target path
Memory Manager Free Advanced Features
- Local-first, privacy-preserving storage with no external network dependency.
- Immediate write-through behavior for important user-shared information.
- Automatic index maintenance after each memory entry is created or updated.
- Keyword-based retrieval using
grep -rfor fast recall across the memory tree. - Works alongside agent-native memory instead of replacing it, enabling parallel memory workflows in Openclaw Skills.
- Supports multiple agent platforms that can read and write local files, including CLI-driven coding assistants.
- Clear upgrade path to paid capabilities such as custom categories, built-in sync, and deeper hierarchical organization.
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