Long-term memory and daily logs. The AI wakes up fresh each session — files are its memory.
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Step 1
Create long-term memory file
nano ~/.openclaw/workspace/MEMORY.md
Step 2
Create daily memory directory
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory
Step 3
Create today's daily log
touch ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/2026-05-27.md
Step 4
Verify files exist
ls ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/
💡 Why this matters:
MEMORY.md is distilled knowledge — decisions, lessons, preferences. Daily files (memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md) are raw logs. The AI reads these at session start to restore context. Without them, nothing persists between sessions.