Memory Sleep — Lightweight Consolidationv1.0.0

An OpenClaw agent runs the memory-sleep skill via a 3 AM cron to scan the last week of daily journal files and merge durable facts into MEMORY.md. This keeps long-term context current without restructure. The agent reports a short summary of added, corrected, and pruned items.

A user types 'dream' after a busy week of project discussions with their assistant. The skill reviews recent daily notes, extracts decisions and preferences, and surgically updates MEMORY.md. It preserves daily files as raw journals while sharpening long-term recall.

An agent notices MEMORY.md contains outdated project details while daily notes have new confirmed information. Running memory-sleep, it corrects stale facts, deduplicates overlapping entries, and prunes obsolete items when confidence is high. This prevents contradictory recall in future sessions.

Teams using default OpenClaw memory habits want consolidation without introducing indexes, dashboards, or sidecar files. memory-sleep adapts to the existing MEMORY.md and memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md layout, acting as a careful editor rather than a new framework. It is ideal for users who value simplicity and compatibility.

A researcher uses daily date-stamped markdown files as a brain dump and wants recurring facts and important project context surfaced into MEMORY.md. The skill scans the last 7 days by default, down-ranks noise, and absolutizes relative dates where useful. Daily files remain intact and optionally marked with a consolidated comment.

Distribute memory-sleep as a free companion skill for OpenClaw agents to drive adoption of the core platform. Users install it manually or wire it to a nightly cron with minimal configuration. It reinforces default memory habits without upselling proprietary infrastructure.

Offer a hosted service that runs memory-sleep consolidation on a schedule for teams operating many OpenClaw agents. Includes consolidation logs, safety checks for secret leakage, and per-workspace MEMORY.md management. Customers pay for reliability, observability, and zero-ops cron execution.

Sell setup packages that configure memory-sleep with tailored cron schedules, retention windows, and reporting formats for organizations new to autonomous agents. Includes workspace audits, MEMORY.md hygiene reviews, and training on conservative consolidation practices. Positions the skill as the lightweight backbone of responsible agent memory.