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 — 11:15 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: This is a cron job asking me to run the Total Recall Observer script to compress recent conversations into observations. I need to execute the script.

exec

type: toolCall

api: openai-completions

stopReason: toolUse


role: toolResult

toolName: exec

text: (no output)

status: completed


thinking: The script ran but returned no output. I should check what happened - maybe there were no conversations to process, or maybe the script generated output in a log file. Let me check the observer script to understand what it does and where it logs.


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 runs silently when successful. Let me check the log file and the observations file to see what happened.

command: cat ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/logs/observer.log 2>/dev/null | tail -10


text:
[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
[Fri Mar  6 23:00:05 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 23:00:05 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Fri Mar  6 23:15:05 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 23:15:05 UTC 2026] No recent messages found


thinking: The observer script ran successfully but found no recent messages to process. This is normal - it means there haven't been any agent conversations with new session files in the lookback period. I should report this as the summary.

text:
**Total Recall Observer Summary (23:15 UTC)**

- **Status:** Completed
- **Result:** No recent messages found
- **Action:** Nothing to compress

The observer checked all agent session directories for conversations in the last 30 minutes but found no new message files to process.

stopReason: stop