A powerful session management plugin that enables persistence and restoration of AI conversation contexts via simple slash commands.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install save-load
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 save-load 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 Save/Load Context Plugin?
The save-load plugin is a vital addition to your suite of Openclaw Skills, designed to eliminate the ephemerality of AI interactions. By providing dedicated slash commands to save and load state, it allows developers and power users to preserve complex multi-turn discussions, architectural planning, or coding sessions that would otherwise be lost upon a session reset.
This skill ensures that your AI agent maintains continuity, allowing you to pick up exactly where you left off without re-explaining context or objectives. It functions by bridging the gap between ephemeral memory and persistent local storage, making it an essential tool for long-term project management within the AI ecosystem.
Save/Load Context Plugin Use Cases
- Save long-form project architectural discussions for later reference.
- Restore complex debugging sessions across different terminal instances.
- Manage multiple distinct AI workflows by labeling saved contexts.
- Archive important AI interactions as local JSON files for auditing or documentation.
- Shift conversation contexts between different environments using the local file system.
How Save/Load Context Plugin Works
- Invoke the /save command to trigger the plugin to read the current session transcript in JSONL format.
- The plugin filters the history to extract only relevant user and assistant messages, excluding ephemeral tool calls and system logs.
- A structured JSON file is written to the local storage directory (~/.openclaw/saves/) with a unique timestamp and optional label.
- When reloading, the /load command populates the session transcript with the saved history.
- A system event is enqueued to notify the agent of the restored context, ensuring a seamless transition and full awareness of the loaded data through the read tool.
Save/Load Context Plugin Setup
Installation via CLI
To add this to your collection of Openclaw Skills, run the following command:
openclaw plugins install save-load
Manual Installation
- Copy the plugin directory to
~/.openclaw/extensions/save-load/. - Verify the presence of
openclaw.plugin.jsonandpackage.json. - Enable the plugin by adding "save-load" to the
plugins.enabledarray in your~/.openclaw/openclaw.jsonconfiguration file. - Restart the gateway to apply changes:
openclaw gateway restart
Save/Load Context Plugin Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages data within the ~/.openclaw/saves/ directory, using a structured JSON format and an index.json for rapid metadata tracking.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version | Integer | Schema version identifier for compatibility |
| label | String | User-defined name for the save file |
| savedAt | ISO8601 | Precise timestamp of the save event |
| messageCount | Integer | Total number of user and assistant pairs preserved |
| messages | Array | The actual content and roles of the conversation context |
Save/Load Context Plugin Advanced Features
- Automatic message filtering to ensure clean context restoration without redundant or broken tool call logs.
- Seamless system event injection via enqueueSystemEvent for agent-level awareness of loaded history.
- Support for index-based loading or label-based loading for fast CLI interaction.
- Integrated deletion management to prune old Openclaw Skills session data directly from the terminal interface.
- JSON-based storage architecture allows for easy manual editing or external script integration.
SKILL.md
Loading
Related Openclaw Skills
Hotel Aggregation Assistant
A comprehensive AI agent skill that aggregates real-time hotel data, prices, and availability from multiple major platforms into a single unified interface.
GStack Pro
A sophisticated multi-agent orchestration framework that transforms your AI assistant into a structured virtual software engineering team with 10 specialist roles.
Hotel Aggregation Skill
A powerful multi-platform hotel data aggregator for AI agents to search, compare, and book across major travel providers.
fb-hotel-aggregation-skill
A powerful hotel data aggregator that synchronizes real-time pricing and availability across multiple major booking platforms and hotel chains.
Hotpot
A specialized encyclopedia skill that provides AI agents with comprehensive history, real-time news, and statistical data about the Chinese hotpot tradition.
Nonprofit Management Assistant
An autonomous operations assistant designed to manage IRS compliance, grant cycles, and donor stewardship for small 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
Featured*
