OpenCortex: A Self-Improving Memory System for OpenClaw

OpenCortex is a self-improving memory system for OpenClaw that addresses the limitation of the flat MEMORY.md file by restructuring how the agent handles knowledge. Instead of one giant file, it routes information to where it actually belongs.

Key Features

The system organizes memory into structured files:

• Projects
• Contacts
• Workflows
• Preferences
• Runbooks
• Tools
• Infrastructure

Core Functionality

Nightly cron jobs distill the day's work into permanent knowledge. The distillation cron actively scans for:

• Uncaptured decisions
• Undocumented tools
• Missed preferences
• Orphaned sub-agent debriefs
• Instances where the agent deferred work to you that it could've handled itself

Weekly synthesis catches patterns across days and auto-creates runbooks from repeated procedures.

Technical Details

• Encrypted vault using AES-256 with system keyring preferred
• Opt-in metrics tracking with compound scoring to visualize agent improvement over time
• All sensitive features (voice profiling, infra collection, git push) off by default
• Everything is workspace-scoped with zero network calls
• Plain bash scripts you can read before running
• Benign on the ClawHub scanner

After a few weeks of running, users report the agent remembers preferences, knows the tools, and doesn't re-ask decisions, with knowledge genuinely compounding over time.