A reflective journaling tool for AI agents to maintain context and capture meaningful insights across sessions.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install nova-letters
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 nova-letters 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 nova-letters?
nova-letters is a purpose-built utility designed to bridge the context gap between AI agent sessions. Unlike traditional logging systems that focus on raw data and task completion, this skill encourages the capture of qualitative insights, lessons learned, and significant milestones. It provides a way for agents and users to communicate through time, ensuring that the vision and philosophy of a project are preserved alongside the code.
By leveraging the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, nova-letters transforms the ephemeral nature of AI interactions into a persistent, human-readable narrative. It allows users to document why decisions were made, how challenges were overcome, and what really mattered during a development cycle, creating a deeper layer of continuity for long-term projects.
nova-letters Use Cases
- Capturing high-level project vision after shipping major updates.
- Documenting personal growth and technical lessons learned during a coding session.
- Maintaining continuity between different AI agent instances that lack shared memory.
- Reviewing past reflections to understand the evolution of a project's philosophy.
- Sharing meaningful progress summaries with team members in a human-centric format.
How nova-letters Works
- The user or agent triggers the write command with a reflective thought or update.
- The skill automatically detects the current date and timezone to locate or create the appropriate Markdown file.
- The entry is timestamped and appended to the daily file within the local workspace directory.
- Users can retrieve reflections using specific dates, the today shortcut, or a comprehensive list of all entries.
- The watch mode allows for real-time monitoring of new letters as they are added to the collection.
nova-letters Setup
To start using nova-letters within your environment, ensure you have the Openclaw Skills framework initialized. You can begin writing letters immediately using the CLI:
# Write your first reflective letter
nova-letters write "Initial project architecture finalized. Focus on scalability."
To integrate this into your workflow, add the following to your HEARTBEAT.md:
## Reflective Letter to Future Self
Run: nova-letters write "..."
Read: nova-letters today
nova-letters Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data in a clean, hierarchical Markdown structure within the user's home directory. This makes it compatible with most Openclaw Skills that process text data.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Storage Path | ~/.openclaw/workspace/letters/ |
| File Format | Markdown (.md) |
| Naming Convention | YYYY-MM-DD.md |
| Entry Structure | H2 Timestamp headers with paragraph content |
nova-letters Advanced Features
- Intelligent timezone auto-detection for accurate chronological record-keeping.
- Seamless integration with HEARTBEAT.md for automated reflection prompts.
- Live watch mode for monitoring incoming reflections across multi-agent environments.
- Portable Markdown storage, making it easy to sync letters via Git or cloud storage.
- Specialized filtering to browse historical insights by specific dates.
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