clawhive Memory & Policy

Three-layer memory

Layer	Role
Session JSONL	Working / episodic chat
Daily Markdown	Short-term day files
MEMORY.md	Long-term canonical memory

SQLite/vector indexes are often rebuildable—Markdown remains source of truth in the marketed design.

Hybrid search & consolidation

Vector + FTS5 retrieval over chunks; periodic LLM synthesis (“hippocampus”) into long-term memory—budget tokens for consolidation jobs.

Skills & policy

SKILL.md frontmatter declares permissions. Two-layer policy (hard baseline + origin trust) is the security framing—still verify what is enforced vs aspirational in your version.

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Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Independent analysis on OpenClaw Roadmap. Verify features on each project’s official site/repo—this space moves fast.