type: custom

customType: model-snapshot

provider: zai

modelApi: openai-completions


type: message

role: user

type: text

text:
[cron:65100159-2726-45b8-bddd-8efe414a6988 total-recall-preconscious] Run Total Recall Preconscious Selector to update the priority buffer. Execute: bash ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/scripts/preconscious-select.sh
Current time: Friday, March 6th, 2026 — 9:00 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 is asking me to run a Total Recall Preconscious Selector script. This is a cron job that updates the priority buffer. Let me execute the script as requested.

exec

type: toolCall

api: openai-completions

stopReason: toolUse


role: toolResult

toolName: exec

text: (Command exited with code 1)

status: completed

aggregated: (Command exited with code 1)


thinking: The script exited with code 1, which means there was an error. Let me check if the script exists and what might be causing the issue.

command: ls -la ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/scripts/preconscious-select.sh 2>&1 || echo "Script not found"


text: -rwxrwxr-x 1 crogers2287 crogers2287 2468 Mar  6 20:52 /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/scripts/preconscious-select.sh


thinking: The script exists and is executable. Let me run it with more visibility to see what the error is.

command: bash -x ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/scripts/preconscious-select.sh 2>&1


text:
+ set -euo pipefail
+ RECALL_DIR=/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall
+ MEMORY_DIR=/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory
+ OBSERVATIONS=/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory/observations.md
+ PRECONSCIOUS=/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory/preconscious-buffer.md
+ EVENT_BUS=/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory/events/bus.jsonl
+ LOGS_DIR=/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/logs
+ MAX_ITEMS=10
+ MODEL=qwen3.5-35b-a3b
+ API_URL=http://localhost:9069/v1
+ API_KEY=local
+ mkdir -p /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/logs
+ RECENT_HIGH=
+ [[ -f /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory/observations.md ]]
++ grep -E '^\[HIGH\]' /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory/observations.md
++ tail -20
+ RECENT_HIGH=

(Command exited with code 1)


thinking:
The script is failing because `grep` is returning exit code 1 when there are no matching lines (no `[HIGH]` priority items in observations.md). The script has `set -euo pipefail` which causes it to exit on any non-zero return code.

Let me check the observations file to see what's there.


toolName: read

text:
# Observations Log
# Auto-generated by Total Recall Observer
# Format: [PRIORITY] TYPE: observation

## 2026-03-06 20:55 Session Start

[MEDIUM] EVENT: Total Recall system initialized
[FACT] SYSTEM: Memory architecture includes QMD, Mem0, MemLayer, Total Recall
[PREFERENCE] USER: Chad prefers dark mode in all applications
[PREFERENCE] USER: Direct communication, no filler
[FACT] INFRASTRUCTURE: Fred server runs OpenClaw on port 18789
[FACT] INFRASTRUCTURE: Local embeddings on port 9069 (embeddinggemma-300m)
[RULE] MEMORY: All agents use grepai for code search, QMD for memory search


thinking:
The observations file exists but has no `[HIGH]` priority items. The grep returns exit code 1 when no matches are found, and with `set -e` the script exits. This is a bug in the script - it should handle the case where there are no HIGH priority items.

Let me check if there's a way to work around this, or I should just report the issue. The script needs to be fixed to handle empty grep results gracefully.

Let me check the script content to understand it better and see if I can provide a useful summary anyway.


text:
#!/bin/bash
# Preconscious Buffer Selector - Maintains top priority items for session injection
# Runs periodically to select and score recent insights

set -euo pipefail

RECALL_DIR="${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE:-$HOME/.openclaw/shared/total-recall}"
MEMORY_DIR="$RECALL_DIR/memory"
OBSERVATIONS="$MEMORY_DIR/observations.md"
PRECONSCIOUS="$MEMORY_DIR/preconscious-buffer.md"
EVENT_BUS="$MEMORY_DIR/events/bus.jsonl"
LOGS_DIR="$RECALL_DIR/logs"

MAX_ITEMS=${PRECONSCIOUS_MAX_ITEMS:-10}
MODEL=${CLASSIFICATION_MODEL:-qwen3.5-35b-a3b}
API_URL=${LLM_BASE_URL:-http://localhost:9069/v1}
API_KEY=${LLM_API_KEY:-local}

mkdir -p "$MEMORY_DIR" "$LOGS_DIR"

# Collect recent high-priority items
RECENT_HIGH=""
if [[ -f "$OBSERVATIONS" ]]; then
    # Get last 100 lines, filter for HIGH priority
    RECENT_HIGH=$(grep -E "^\[HIGH\]" "$OBSERVATIONS" | tail -20)
fi

# Collect recent events from bus
RECENT_EVENTS=""
if [[ -f "$EVENT_BUS" ]]; then
    RECENT_EVENTS=$(tail -50 "$EVENT_BUS" 2>/dev/null)
fi

if [[ -z "$RECENT_HIGH" && -z "$RECENT_EVENTS" ]]; then
    echo "[$(date)] No items to process" >> "$LOGS_DIR/preconscious.log"
    exit 0
fi

# Score and select top items
SELECT_PROMPT="You are a priority selector. Given recent observations and events, select the TOP $MAX_ITEMS most important items.

Rules:
- Prefer actionable items over passive facts
- Prefer recent over old
- Prefer HIGH priority
- Group related items
- Score each item 0.0-1.0

Format for each item:
### [SCORE] Title
- Details
- Source: where it came from

Recent HIGH priority observations:
$RECENT_HIGH

Recent events:
$RECENT_EVENTS

Output top $MAX_ITEMS items:"

SELECTED=$(curl -s "$API_URL/chat/completions" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
    -d "{
        \"model\": \"$MODEL\",
        \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": $(echo "$SELECT_PROMPT" | jq -Rs .)}],
        \"max_tokens\": 1500,
        \"temperature\": 0.2
    }" | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content' 2>/dev/null)

if [[ -n "$SELECTED" ]]; then
    # Write preconscious buffer
    cat > "$PRECONSCIOUS" << EOF
# Preconscious Buffer
# Auto-generated: $(date)
# Top $MAX_ITEMS priority items for immediate attention

$SELECTED

---
*This buffer is injected into agent sessions on startup/heartbeat*
EOF
    echo "[$(date)] Updated preconscious buffer" >> "$LOGS_DIR/preconscious.log"
else
    echo "[$(date)] No items selected" >> "$LOGS_DIR/preconscious.log"
fi


thinking:
I see the issue. The script uses `set -euo pipefail` and the grep command fails when there are no matches. The script should handle this case. The issue is:

```bash
RECENT_HIGH=$(grep -E "^\[HIGH\]" "$OBSERVATIONS" | tail -20)
```

When grep finds no matches, it returns exit code 1, and with `set -e` the script exits immediately.

The fix would be to add `|| true` after the grep:
```bash
RECENT_HIGH=$(grep -E "^\[HIGH\]" "$OBSERVATIONS" | tail -20 || true)
```

Let me check the logs to see what happened, then I'll provide a summary for the cron job. The script is supposed to exit 0 gracefully when there's nothing to process, but it's failing before reaching that check.

text:
The preconscious selector script failed due to a bug — it exits when `grep` finds no `[HIGH]` priority items. The current observations only contain `[MEDIUM]`, `[FACT]`, `[PREFERENCE]`, and `[RULE]` items.

**Summary:**
- Script: `preconscious-select.sh`
- Issue: `set -e` causes exit on grep returning no matches
- Current observations: 7 items, none HIGH priority
- Fix needed: Add `|| true` after grep command on line 30

The preconscious buffer was not updated this cycle. Once HIGH priority observations are added or the script is patched, it will process normally.

stopReason: stop