OpenClaw + Obsidian gives you super powers
OpenClaw's memory is 100x better when you combine it with Obsidian. Here's how to do it. FULL OpenClaw/Obsidian bootcamp in the Vibe Coding Academy coming up: https://vibecodingacademy.dev Sign up for my free newsletter: https://www.alexfinn.ai/subscribe Follow my X: https://x.com/AlexFinn My $300k/yr AI app: https://www.creatorbuddy.io/ Prompt: I want to build an Obsidian memory system into OpenClaw. Here's how it will work: There are 4 layers, from smallest/always-present to largest/on-demand: LAYER 1: BUILT-IN MEMORY (~2,200 chars) ---------------------------------------- - Injected into every single prompt automatically - Tiny — just compact facts and pointers - Things like "Alex's name", "SSH into DGX with ssh spark", "vault is at X path" - Think of it as sticky notes on my monitor — always visible LAYER 2: AGENTS.md + SOUL.md ----------------------------- - Also injected every single prompt automatically - My operating instructions, personality, and hard rules - Includes the mandatory logging rules we just tightened - This is my "how to behave" layer LAYER 3: OBSIDIAN VAULT (the big one) -------------------------------------- - Location: iCloud Obsidian vault, shared with OpenClaw - NOT auto-injected — I read it on session start and during work - Three folders: Agent-Shared/ — both agents read/write user-profile.md — who you are, preferences, corrections project-state.md — all projects and their status decisions-log.md — shared decision history Agent-Hermes/ — my private workspace working-context.md — what I'm actively doing right now mistakes.md — things I've gotten wrong daily/ — daily logs (one file per day) Agent-OpenClaw/ — OpenClaw's space (I don't touch it) - I READ on: session start, after compaction, when I need details - I WRITE on: task start, every 3-5 tool calls, task completion, corrections LAYER 4: SESSION SEARCH ------------------------ - Searchable archive of every past conversation - I don't write to it — it's automatic - I query it when you reference past work or I need cross-session context - Last resort recall — "what did we do about X last week?" THE FLOW ======== New session starts | v Read vault (user-profile, project-state, working-context, today's log) | v Work on tasks — checkpoint to vault every 3-5 tool calls | v Task done — append to daily log, update working-context | v Compaction hits? — todo list survives, re-read vault after | v Session ends — flush everything to daily log Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:21 What the memory system is 2:32 How OpenClaw memory works 7:40 How to set it up 9:38 Personal knowledge wiki
