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Jasper Recall

Local RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system for AI agent memory. Gives your agent the ability to remember and search past conversations.

When to Use

• Memory recall: Search past sessions for context before answering
• Continuous learning: Index daily notes and decisions for future reference
• Session continuity: Remember what happened across restarts
• Knowledge base: Build searchable documentation from your agent's experience

Quick Start

Setup

One command installs everything:

npx jasper-recall setup

This creates:

• Python venv at ~/.openclaw/rag-env
• ChromaDB database at ~/.openclaw/chroma-db
• CLI scripts in ~/.local/bin/

Basic Usage

Search your memory:

recall "what did we decide about the API design"
recall "hopeIDS patterns" --limit 10
recall "meeting notes" --json

Index your files:

index-digests  # Index memory files into ChromaDB

Create session digests:

digest-sessions          # Process new sessions
digest-sessions --dry-run  # Preview what would be processed

How It Works

Three Components

1. digest-sessions — Extracts key info from session logs (topics, tools used)
2. index-digests — Chunks and embeds markdown files into ChromaDB
3. recall — Semantic search across your indexed memory

What Gets Indexed

By default, indexes files from ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/:

• *.md — Daily notes, MEMORY.md
• session-digests/*.md — Session summaries
• repos/*.md — Project documentation
• founder-logs/*.md — Development logs (if present)

Embedding Model

Uses sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2:

• 384-dimensional embeddings
• ~80MB download on first run
• Runs locally, no API needed

Agent Integration

Memory-Augmented Responses

# Before answering questions about past work
results = exec("recall 'project setup decisions' --json")
# Include relevant context in your response

Automated Indexing (Heartbeat)

Add to HEARTBEAT.md:

## Memory Maintenance
- [ ] New session logs? → `digest-sessions`
- [ ] Memory files updated? → `index-digests`

Cron Job

Schedule regular indexing:

{
  "schedule": { "kind": "cron", "expr": "0 */6 * * *" },
  "payload": {
    "kind": "agentTurn",
    "message": "Run index-digests to update the memory index"
  },
  "sessionTarget": "isolated"
}

CLI Reference

recall

recall "query" [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -n, --limit N     Number of results (default: 5)
  --json            Output as JSON
  -v, --verbose     Show similarity scores

index-digests

index-digests

Indexes markdown files from:
  ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/*.md
  ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/session-digests/*.md
  ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/repos/*.md
  ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/founder-logs/*.md

Skips files that haven't changed (content hash check).

digest-sessions

digest-sessions [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --dry-run    Preview without writing
  --all        Process all sessions (not just new)
  --recent N   Process only N most recent sessions

Configuration

Custom Paths

Set environment variables:

export RECALL_WORKSPACE=~/.openclaw/workspace
export RECALL_CHROMA_DB=~/.openclaw/chroma-db
export RECALL_SESSIONS_DIR=~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions

Chunking

Default settings in index-digests:

• Chunk size: 500 characters
• Overlap: 100 characters

Troubleshooting

"No index found"

index-digests  # Create the index first

"Collection not found"

rm -rf ~/.openclaw/chroma-db  # Clear and rebuild
index-digests

Model download slow First run downloads ~80MB model. Subsequent runs are instant.

Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/E-x-O-Entertainment-Studios-Inc/jasper-recall
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jasper-recall
• ClawHub: https://clawhub.ai/skills/jasper-recall