Memory
Persist and recall conversation and user context. Long-term memory for your agent.
Details
Memory skill gives your agent persistent memory across sessions—recall preferences, facts, and past context. For personalized assistants.
When to use
Use when the agent should remember user preferences or past conversations. Complements Self-Improving Agent for learning over time.
How Memory fits into your OpenClaw setup
AI/ML skills change what your assistant fundamentally is, rather than just what it can do. They add learning loops, memory, and self-improvement on top of the base model. Memory operates at this layer, which is why it is worth installing deliberately and early — capabilities that compound over time deliver more the longer they run.
How it works in practice
After installation, Memory mostly works in the background. You will notice its effect in the assistant's behaviour over weeks rather than in any single reply: fewer repeated mistakes, better recall of how you like things done, and responses that fit your context more precisely. Periodically reviewing what the assistant has learned keeps the loop honest.
Installing Memory
Installation follows the standard ClawHub flow. From your OpenClaw directory, run the install command below, then restart your assistant so the new capability registers. If the skill needs credentials or API access, its README will say so — set those up before the first use.
Verify the install with a deliberately simple test before relying on it for real work. A thirty-second check separates a skill that is not installed from one that is misconfigured — two failures that look identical from inside a conversation and waste time when discovered late.
clawhub install memoryGetting the most out of it
The value of Memory grows with what surrounds it. An assistant with one skill performs a trick; an assistant with a curated dozen runs workflows. As your setup matures, revisit the catalogue with your actual week in mind — the gaps you notice while working are the best installation guide there is.
Plenty of people configure this themselves over a weekend. If you would rather have it working by Friday, we install OpenClaw, configure skills like Memory for your exact workflow, and write custom ones for anything the catalogue does not cover.