type: custom

customType: model-snapshot

provider: zai

modelApi: openai-completions


type: message

role: user

type: text

text:
[cron:3c9e5e41-e4c0-4b9f-ab1c-252208bc0482 total-recall-observer] Run Total Recall Observer to compress recent conversations into observations. Execute: bash ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/scripts/observer.sh
Current time: Friday, March 6th, 2026 — 10:45 PM (UTC)

Return your summary as plain text; it will be delivered automatically. If the task explicitly calls for messaging a specific external recipient, note who/where it should go instead of sending it yourself.


role: assistant

type: thinking

thinking:
The user (a cron system message) is asking me to run the Total Recall Observer script to compress recent conversations into observations. Let me execute that bash script.

This is a straightforward cron task - I need to run the observer script and report the results.

exec

type: toolCall

api: openai-completions

stopReason: toolUse


role: toolResult

toolName: exec

text: (no output)

status: completed


thinking: The script ran without output. Let me check what the observer script does and see if there's a log or output I should check.


toolName: read

text:
#!/bin/bash
# Total Recall Observer - Compresses recent conversations into observations
# Adapted for Chad's OpenClaw agents

set -euo pipefail

RECALL_DIR="${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE:-$HOME/.openclaw/shared/total-recall}"
MEMORY_DIR="$RECALL_DIR/memory"
LOGS_DIR="$RECALL_DIR/logs"
OBSERVATIONS="$MEMORY_DIR/observations.md"
LAST_RUN="$MEMORY_DIR/.observer-last-run"
LAST_HASH="$MEMORY_DIR/.observer-last-hash"
CONFIG="$RECALL_DIR/config/recall.yaml"

# Default lookback (minutes)
LOOKBACK=${OBSERVER_LOOKBACK_MIN:-30}
MODEL=${OBSERVER_MODEL:-qwen3.5-35b-a3b}
API_URL=${LLM_BASE_URL:-http://localhost:9069/v1}
API_KEY=${LLM_API_KEY:-local}

# Create directories
mkdir -p "$MEMORY_DIR" "$LOGS_DIR"

# Get last run time
if [[ -f "$LAST_RUN" ]]; then
    LAST_TS=$(cat "$LAST_RUN")
else
    LAST_TS=$(date -d '1 hour ago' +%s)
fi

# Find recent session files
echo "[$(date)] Observer starting..." >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"

# Find agent session directories
SESSION_DIRS=$(find ~/.openclaw/agents/*/sessions -type d 2>/dev/null | head -20)

RECENT_MESSAGES=""
for dir in $SESSION_DIRS; do
    # Find JSONL files modified since last run
    while IFS= read -r file; do
        if [[ -n "$file" && -f "$file" ]]; then
            # Extract user and assistant messages
            messages=$(jq -r 'select(.role == "user" or .role == "assistant") | "\(.role): \(.content[0:500])"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | head -50)
            if [[ -n "$messages" ]]; then
                agent=$(echo "$dir" | sed 's|.*/agents/\([^/]*\)/sessions.*|\1|')
                RECENT_MESSAGES+="\n### Agent: $agent ###\n$messages\n"
            fi
        fi
    done < <(find "$dir" -name "*.jsonl" -newermt "@$LAST_TS" 2>/dev/null)
done

if [[ -z "$RECENT_MESSAGES" ]]; then
    echo "[$(date)] No recent messages found" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
    exit 0
fi

# Check hash to avoid duplicates
CURRENT_HASH=$(echo "$RECENT_MESSAGES" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
if [[ -f "$LAST_HASH" ]]; then
    LAST_HASH_VAL=$(cat "$LAST_HASH")
    if [[ "$CURRENT_HASH" == "$LAST_HASH_VAL" ]]; then
        echo "[$(date)] No new messages (hash match)" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
        exit 0
    fi
fi

# Call LLM to compress into observations
OBSERVER_PROMPT="You are an observer that compresses conversation excerpts into prioritized observations.

Rules:
- Extract important facts, decisions, preferences, and tasks
- Assign priority: HIGH (urgent/critical), MEDIUM (important), LOW (notable)
- Format as: [PRIORITY] TYPE: observation
- Types: FACT, DECISION, PREFERENCE, TASK, EVENT, RULE
- Be concise - one line per observation
- Skip trivial or repetitive content

Recent conversations:
$RECENT_MESSAGES

Output observations only:"

# Call local LLM
OBSERVATIONS_NEW=$(curl -s "$API_URL/chat/completions" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
    -d "{
        \"model\": \"$MODEL\",
        \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": $(echo "$OBSERVER_PROMPT" | jq -Rs .)}],
        \"max_tokens\": 1000,
        \"temperature\": 0.3
    }" | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content' 2>/dev/null)

if [[ -n "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW" ]]; then
    # Append to observations file
    echo "" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    echo "## $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M') Observer" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    echo "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"

    # Update last run
    date +%s > "$LAST_RUN"
    echo "$CURRENT_HASH" > "$LAST_HASH"

    echo "[$(date)] Added observations" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
else
    echo "[$(date)] No observations generated" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
fi


thinking: The script ran but produced no stdout output. Let me check the observer log to see what happened.


text:
[Fri Mar  6 21:00:06 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 21:00:06 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 21:15:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 21:15:05 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 21:30:05 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 21:30:06 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 21:45:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 21:45:05 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 22:00:05 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 22:00:05 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 22:15:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 22:15:04 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 22:30:03 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 22:30:04 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 22:45:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 22:45:04 UTC 2026] No recent messages found


thinking:
The observer ran but found no recent messages. The log shows the script has been running every 15 minutes since 21:00 UTC but hasn't found any session files with recent modifications.

The script is designed to:
1. Look for JSONL session files in ~/.openclaw/agents/*/sessions directories
2. Find files modified since last run
3. Compress conversations into observations via local LLM

Since there are no recent messages to process, the observer completed successfully with nothing to do. I should report this as a clean run with no new observations generated.

text:
**Total Recall Observer — Run Complete**

- **Status:** ✅ Success
- **Time:** 2026-03-06 22:45 UTC
- **Result:** No recent messages found to process

The observer checked all agent session directories for conversations modified in the last 30 minutes. No new session activity was detected since the last observation cycle.

stopReason: stop