
An agent that actually remembers.
Every AI assistant has amnesia. You tell it your name, your stack, your preferences — and next session, it's gone. You start over. Again.
Second Brain fixes this. It's a drop-in memory system for OpenClaw that makes your agent remember what matters — preferences, project context, decisions, and patterns — across every session, automatically.
No databases. No embeddings. No infrastructure. Just well-structured markdown files that your agent reads and writes as part of its normal workflow.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| "What framework do you use?" every session | Agent knows you use React + Tailwind |
| Context lost between conversations | Daily notes auto-captured, weekly summaries consolidated |
| Starting from scratch on projects | Agent recalls architecture decisions, current status, and open threads |
| Preferences ignored or forgotten | Preferences detected and stored the moment you express them |
Three simple rules drive the whole system:
Preferences are captured immediately. Say "I prefer Tailwind" once, and it's written to memory/preferences.md right then. You'll never be asked again.
Sessions are summarized automatically. After meaningful work, the agent appends a concise summary to today's daily note (memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md). Decisions, outcomes, and follow-ups — captured.
Weekly consolidation keeps it clean. Every week, daily notes are distilled into MEMORY.md and archived. Your agent's memory stays fast and relevant, not bloated.
your-workspace/
├── SOUL.md # Personality: natural recall, no redundant questions
├── AGENTS.md # Memory workflow: when to capture, consolidate, prune
├── TOOLS.md # File structure conventions and formats
├── MEMORY.md # Consolidated long-term memory (auto-maintained)
└── memory/
├── preferences.md # Your preferences, grouped by category
├── projects/ # Per-project context files
│ └── my-app.md
├── archive/ # Processed daily notes
└── 2024-01-15.md # Today's session notes
Copy SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, and TOOLS.md to your OpenClaw workspace root. The memory/ folder is created automatically on first use.
The first molt mart review ever!
2/17/2026
✅ Captured:
❌ Ignored:
memory/ folder on first meaningful interactionOr manually copy the files into your OpenClaw workspace root.
memory/preferences.md occasionally — it's plain markdown, easy to edit or correct.Your agent should know you. Now it can.
openclaw template install second-brain