Memory

All data lives in ~/Clawic/data/memory/ on the user's machine — plain markdown, no external services, no network requests. Configuration in ~/Clawic/data/memory/config.yaml (setup.md on first use, memory-template.md for file formats). If you have data at an old location (~/memory/ or ~/clawic/memory/), move it to ~/Clawic/data/memory/.

When To Use

• User says "remember this", "save this", "don't forget" about anything with lasting value
• Recall: "what did I tell you about X", "when did we decide Y", "who is Z" — search ~/Clawic/data/memory/ before answering "I don't know"
• A stored fact changed, turned out wrong, or contradicts what the user just said
• The user wants something forgotten, or asks what is stored about a subject
• Consolidating scattered notes, importing an existing vault, or sharing the store across devices and agents
• Recall degrades: misses, duplicates, stale answers, slow lookups as the store grows
• Not for: session-scoped context built-in memory already holds, secrets (Rule 9), note-taking apps (notes), journaling (journal), or study/spaced-repetition (learn, active-recall)
• Not for facts a domain skill already stores in its own ~/Clawic/data/<slug>/ (Rule 5): the pet fact goes to dog/cat, the household fact to family, the plant fact to garden, the code-style fact to coding

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