OpenClaw

The @acontext/openclaw plugin gives OpenClaw agents cross-session skill memory. It captures conversations, extracts tasks, distills reusable Markdown skills, and syncs them to OpenClaw's native skill directory for automatic loading.

Quick Start

openclaw plugins install @acontext/openclaw

export ACONTEXT_API_KEY=sk-ac-your-api-key

{
  plugins: {
    // Select Acontext as the active memory plugin
    slots: {
      memory: "acontext"
    },
    entries: {
      "acontext": {
        enabled: true,
        config: {
          "apiKey": "${ACONTEXT_API_KEY}",
          "userIdentifier": "your-identifier"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

openclaw gateway

How It Works

Session 1: User talks to agent
  └→ Messages stored to Acontext session (incremental capture)
  └→ CORE extracts structured tasks
  └→ Learning Space distills skills as Markdown

  ── Compaction or reset occurs ──
  └→ Learning triggered
  └→ Message cursor resets for next capture

Session 2: User returns
  └→ Skills synced to ~/.openclaw/skills/ (native loading)
  └→ OpenClaw auto-loads skill files from its skill directory
  └→ New messages captured (incremental capture)
  └→ Skills updated (auto-learn)

The plugin hooks into four OpenClaw lifecycle events:

• before_agent_start — Ensures learned skills are synced to ~/.openclaw/skills/ so OpenClaw can load them natively
• agent_end — Stores new conversation messages to Acontext incrementally, triggers task extraction, and conditionally triggers skill distillation
• before_compaction — Triggers learning before OpenClaw compacts the conversation history, then flags the message cursor for reset
• before_reset — Triggers learning before a session reset clears the transcript, then flags the message cursor for reset

Configuration

Agent Tools

The plugin registers three tools your agent can call explicitly during conversations:

CLI Commands

# List all learned skills in the Learning Space
openclaw acontext skills

# Show memory statistics (sessions, tasks, skills)
openclaw acontext stats

Skill Sync

Skills are synced as Markdown files to OpenClaw's native skill directory (~/.openclaw/skills/ by default). OpenClaw auto-loads them — no prompt injection needed.

• Incremental sync — Only changed skills are re-downloaded, using server-side updated_at timestamps
• Sync triggers — On service start, before each agent turn (if stale), and after learning

Next Steps