ClawSQLite Knowledge Skill#

This skill is a thin wrapper around the published clawsqlite PyPI package.

Important: installing this skill from ClawHub installs only the wrapper files. The clawsqlite CLI is not usable until bootstrap_deps.sh has been run. After bootstrap, prefer the stable skill-local entry:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite

It does not:

• vendor the clawsqlite source tree
• clone any Git repository
• define a second runtime layer on top of the official CLI
• redefine a parallel JSON API

It does:

• install the pinned clawsqlite==1.0.12 PyPI package through bootstrap_deps.sh
• guide agents to use the official clawsqlite knowledge ... CLI
• document common workflows for knowledge-base operations

Knowledge Instance Home#

This skill directory is only the instruction shell. Do not store the user's knowledge DB or private config here. Run clawsqlite knowledge ... from a knowledge instance home instead. In OpenClaw, use the persistent workspace data directory:

bash

mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/workspace/data/clawsqlite-knowledge/default
cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/data/clawsqlite-knowledge/default

On a normal non-OpenClaw Linux install, the default falls back to ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/clawsqlite-knowledge/default.

The local private config must be:

text

./clawsqlite.toml

clawsqlite.toml is the single runtime configuration source. Do not create a second config file, do not rely on shell environment variables for normal configuration, and do not guess DB paths.

Bootstrap#

Check or install the required published package:

bash

sh bootstrap_deps.sh

Managed Python environments may not expose a global clawsqlite command on PATH. Use bin/clawsqlite from this skill directory; it wraps the installed PyPI package and local fallback target.

Then create or edit ./clawsqlite.toml inside the knowledge instance home. If no config exists yet:

bash

bin/clawsqlite knowledge maintenance init-config --instance default
cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/data/clawsqlite-knowledge/default

Validate#

After installation and config editing, validate with:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge maintenance doctor --json

Doctor is lightweight by default. Only pass --check-llm or --check-embedding when the user explicitly wants provider roundtrip checks.

Agent Rules#

• Use only the official clawsqlite CLI.
• Stay in the knowledge instance home when running clawsqlite knowledge ....
• Use the three-level command tree: record, maintenance, analysis.
• Do not call removed flat commands such as clawsqlite knowledge ingest.
• Do not vendor, clone, or patch clawsqlite inside this skill directory.
• Do not use degraded ingest unless the user explicitly asks for it.
• Report ERROR, ERROR_KIND, and NEXT lines from the CLI directly.

Common Commands#

Strict URL ingest:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge record ingest \
  --url "https://example.com/article" \
  --category web_article \
  --json

Strict text ingest:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge record ingest \
  --text "A thought worth saving." \
  --title "A saved thought" \
  --category thought \
  --json

--title is a source_title hint for archive filenames and metadata. In strict ingest, the stored knowledge title is generated_title from the configured LLM.

Search:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge record search "vector database design" --mode hybrid --topk 5 --json

Show one record:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge record show --id 123 --full --json

Maintenance:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge maintenance reindex --check --json
<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge maintenance cleanup --days 3 --dry-run --json
<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge maintenance backup --dry-run --json

Analysis:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge analysis build-interest-clusters --json
<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge analysis report-interest --days 7 --no-pdf

Explicit degraded ingest, only when the user requested it:

bash

<workspace>/skills/clawsqlite-knowledge/bin/clawsqlite knowledge record ingest \
  --text "Local no-network test." \
  --title "Test" \
  --gen-provider off \
  --allow-heuristic \
  --allow-missing-embedding \
  --json