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: Saturday, March 7th, 2026 — 12:01 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: I need to execute the Total Recall Observer script to compress recent conversations into observations. This is a cron job that runs automatically.

exec

type: toolCall

api: openai-completions

stopReason: toolUse


role: toolResult

toolName: exec

text: (Command exited with code 141)

status: completed

aggregated: (Command exited with code 141)


thinking: The script exited with code 141, which typically means SIGPIPE (broken pipe) - this often happens when piping to `head` or similar. Let me check what happened by running the script differently or checking its output.


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 script ran but exited with 141. Let me check the script itself to understand what it does and whether it's working correctly.


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 "$file" ]]; then
            # Extract user and assistant messages (OpenClaw session format: .message.role and .message.content)
            messages=$(jq -r 'select(.type == "message" and (.message.role == "user" or .message.role == "assistant")) | "\(.message.role): \(.message.content[0].text[0:500] // .message.content[0:500] // "empty")"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | head -50)
            if [[ -n "$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 exited 141 (SIGPIPE) likely from the `head -50` piped into `jq`. This is a known issue with `set -o pipefail` - when `head` closes the pipe early, `jq` gets SIGPIPE.

The script completed its work though - let me check the log to see if it actually generated observations or not.

command: cat ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/logs/observer.log | tail -20


text:
[Fri Mar  6 23:45:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Fri Mar  6 23:45:04 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Sat Mar  7 00:00:05 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 00:00:06 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Sat Mar  7 00:15:07 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 00:15:08 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Sat Mar  7 00:30:10 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 00:30:10 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Sat Mar  7 00:45:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 00:45:04 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Sat Mar  7 01:02:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 01:02:05 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Sat Mar  7 01:15:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 01:15:05 UTC 2026] No recent messages found
[Sat Mar  7 01:30:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 01:45:06 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 02:01:49 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 02:15:04 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 06:01:55 UTC 2026] Observer starting...
[Sat Mar  7 12:01:41 UTC 2026] Observer starting...


thinking:
The logs show "No recent messages found" for most runs. The script searches for session files modified since the last run, but it seems like either:
1. No session files have been modified recently
2. The session directory structure is different

Let me check the session directories and when files were last modified.

command: find ~/.openclaw/agents/*/sessions -name "*.jsonl" -mmin -120 2>/dev/null | head -10


text:
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/fb66f71b-5bf9-447f-8c47-d74fc13f38f3.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/55580b03-e519-4fbb-98a4-a1e09bc3a312.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/872c3aec-d427-4dc6-80e9-69efceb01bae.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/f27231b8-c4bd-4c9c-b732-6de9e58cc5c6.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/cannadeals-marketing/sessions/65c920f0-f7c9-4d8e-9a10-34e0773322c5.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/cannadeals-marketing/sessions/ca96198e-e4aa-42d2-8bba-5c302c6e7914.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/cannadeals-marketing/sessions/47fdc017-ee27-4dd5-9c8a-727663f1dd5f.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/cannadeals-marketing/sessions/7927a384-41b4-4fc0-baab-fb40a92f1740.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/cannadeals-marketing/sessions/4b8fed91-0ba3-4ab6-946a-9e9d616da38b.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/cannadeals-marketing/sessions/57cedea6-43a5-4ddd-87fa-6b60dc251627.jsonl


thinking: There ARE recent session files. The issue is likely with how the script finds them. Let me check the last-run timestamp and also see if there's a newer method to check. The issue might be with `find -newermt`.

command: cat ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory/.observer-last-run 2>/dev/null; echo ""; date +%s


text:
1772842615

1772884927


thinking:
The last run timestamp (1772842615) is older than current time (1772884927). Let me convert these:

- Last run: 1772842615 → ~10 hours ago
- Current: 1772884927

So there should be recent files. Let me test the find command manually:

command: LAST_TS=$(cat ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory/.observer-last-run 2>/dev/null || date -d '1 hour ago' +%s); echo "Last TS: $LAST_TS"; find ~/.openclaw/agents/*/sessions -name "*.jsonl" -newermt "@$LAST_TS" 2>/dev/null | head -5


text:
Last TS: 1772842615
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/b22fe2af-7cf1-4e64-a665-67be7cf71285.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/8068e990-aa70-493a-abde-0b46807bf097.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/fb66f71b-5bf9-447f-8c47-d74fc13f38f3.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/5c51ac58-a1e2-4e73-8e34-297a4f677ce0.jsonl
/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/ash/sessions/22292364-4a20-451c-bb40-71a84a698565.jsonl


thinking:
So the files ARE being found. The issue is that the script is exiting with 141 (SIGPIPE) due to `set -o pipefail` and `head -50` closing the pipe. The script runs but the pipefail causes exit code 141.

Let me run the script without pipefail to let it complete properly:

command:
cd ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall && bash -c '
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"

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}

mkdir -p "$MEMORY_DIR" "$LOGS_DIR"

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

echo "[$(date)] Observer starting..." >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"

RECENT_MESSAGES=""
while IFS= read -r file; do
    if [[ -n "$file" && -f "$file" ]]; then
        messages=$(jq -r "select(.type == \"message\" and (.message.role == \"user\" or .message.role == \"assistant\")) | \"\(.message.role): \(.message.content[0].text[0:500] // .message.content[0:500] // \"empty\")\"" "$file" 2>/dev/null | head -50 || true)
        if [[ -n "$messages" ]]; then
            dir=$(dirname "$file")
            agent=$(echo "$dir" | sed "s|.*/agents/\([^/]*\)/sessions.*|\1|")
            RECENT_MESSAGES+="\n### Agent: $agent ###\n$messages\n"
        fi
    fi
done < <(find ~/.openclaw/agents/*/sessions -name "*.jsonl" -newermt "@$LAST_TS" 2>/dev/null)

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

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"
        echo "No new messages (hash unchanged)."
        exit 0
    fi
fi

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 (last 10 hours):
$RECENT_MESSAGES

Output observations only:"

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 "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW" ]]; then
    echo "" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    echo "## $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") Observer" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    echo "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    date +%s > "$LAST_RUN"
    echo "$CURRENT_HASH" > "$LAST_HASH"
    echo "[$(date)] Added observations" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
    echo "Successfully added observations:"
    echo "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW"
else
    echo "[$(date)] No observations generated" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
    echo "No observations generated."
fi
'


status: error

tool: exec

error:
bash: line 77: /usr/bin/curl: Argument list too long

Command not executable (permission denied)


thinking: The RECENT_MESSAGES string is too long - it's being passed as a command-line argument which exceeds limits. I need to write it to a temp file instead. Let me rewrite this more carefully.

command:
cd ~/.openclaw/shared/total-recall && bash -c '
MEMORY_DIR="$HOME/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/memory"
LOGS_DIR="$HOME/.openclaw/shared/total-recall/logs"
OBSERVATIONS="$MEMORY_DIR/observations.md"
LAST_RUN="$MEMORY_DIR/.observer-last-run"
LAST_HASH="$MEMORY_DIR/.observer-last-hash"
PROMPT_FILE="/tmp/observer-prompt-$$.json"
RESPONSE_FILE="/tmp/observer-response-$$.json"

mkdir -p "$MEMORY_DIR" "$LOGS_DIR"

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

echo "[$(date)] Observer starting..." >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"

# Collect messages into temp file
MSG_FILE="/tmp/observer-msgs-$$"
> "$MSG_FILE"

while IFS= read -r file; do
    if [[ -n "$file" && -f "$file" ]]; then
        messages=$(jq -r "select(.type == \"message\" and (.message.role == \"user\" or .message.role == \"assistant\")) | \"\(.message.role): \(.message.content[0].text[0:300] // \"empty\")\"" "$file" 2>/dev/null | head -30 || true)
        if [[ -n "$messages" ]]; then
            dir=$(dirname "$file")
            agent=$(echo "$dir" | sed "s|.*/agents/\([^/]*\)/sessions.*|\1|")
            echo "### Agent: $agent ###" >> "$MSG_FILE"
            echo "$messages" >> "$MSG_FILE"
        fi
    fi
done < <(find ~/.openclaw/agents/*/sessions -name "*.jsonl" -newermt "@$LAST_TS" 2>/dev/null | head -20)

if [[ ! -s "$MSG_FILE" ]]; then
    echo "[$(date)] No recent messages found" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
    echo "No recent messages to process."
    rm -f "$MSG_FILE"
    exit 0
fi

# Truncate if too large
wc -c "$MSG_FILE" | awk "{if(\$1>8000) exit 1}" && MSG_OK=1 || MSG_OK=0
if [[ "$MSG_OK" -eq 0 ]]; then
    head -c 8000 "$MSG_FILE" > "$MSG_FILE.trunc"
    mv "$MSG_FILE.trunc" "$MSG_FILE"
fi

CURRENT_HASH=$(md5sum "$MSG_FILE" | 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)" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
        echo "No new messages (hash unchanged)."
        rm -f "$MSG_FILE"
        exit 0
    fi
fi

# Build prompt JSON
jq -Rs . "$MSG_FILE" > /tmp/msg-json-$$

cat > "$PROMPT_FILE" << 'PROMPT_EOF'
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:
PROMPT_EOF

# Call LLM with file-based request
MSG_CONTENT=$(cat /tmp/msg-json-$$)
PROMPT_TEXT="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:
$(cat "$MSG_FILE")

Output observations only:"

PROMPT_JSON=$(echo "$PROMPT_TEXT" | jq -Rs .)

curl -s "http://localhost:9069/v1/chat/completions" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer local" \
    -d "{\"model\": \"qwen3.5-35b-a3b\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": $PROMPT_JSON}], \"max_tokens\": 1000, \"temperature\": 0.3}" \
    > "$RESPONSE_FILE" 2>/dev/null

OBSERVATIONS_NEW=$(jq -r ".choices[0].message.content // empty" "$RESPONSE_FILE" 2>/dev/null)

if [[ -n "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW" ]]; then
    echo "" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    echo "## $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") Observer" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    echo "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW" >> "$OBSERVATIONS"
    date +%s > "$LAST_RUN"
    echo "$CURRENT_HASH" > "$LAST_HASH"
    echo "[$(date)] Added observations" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
    echo "Successfully added observations:"
    echo "$OBSERVATIONS_NEW"
else
    echo "[$(date)] No observations generated" >> "$LOGS_DIR/observer.log"
    cat "$RESPONSE_FILE"
fi

rm -f "$MSG_FILE" /tmp/msg-json-$$ "$PROMPT_FILE" "$RESPONSE_FILE"
'


text:
Successfully added observations:
<think>

</think>

[HIGH] FACT: System audit detected missing startup files (WORKFLOW_AUTO.md, memory/*.md) after context reset, requiring immediate restoration.
[MEDIUM] TASK: Execute read operations on HEARTBEAT.md and missing startup files to restore operating protocols.
[MEDIUM] RULE: Adhere to strict instruction to reply with NO_REPLY if no actionable tasks are found in HEARTBEAT.md.
[LOW] EVENT: Multiple heartbeat cron checks (approx. every 30 mins) occurred on March 7, 2026, with no reported actionable tasks.


thinking: The observer ran successfully and added observations. The output shows it detected some system context from the sessions. Let me verify the observations were appended to the file.


text:
## 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

## 2026-03-07 12:03 Observer
<think>

</think>

[HIGH] FACT: System audit detected missing startup files (WORKFLOW_AUTO.md, memory/*.md) after context reset, requiring immediate restoration.
[MEDIUM] TASK: Execute read operations on HEARTBEAT.md and missing startup files to restore operating protocols.
[MEDIUM] RULE: Adhere to strict instruction to reply with NO_REPLY if no actionable tasks are found in HEARTBEAT.md.
[LOW] EVENT: Multiple heartbeat cron checks (approx. every 30 mins) occurred on March 7, 2026, with no reported actionable tasks.


stopReason: aborted

errorMessage: Request was aborted.