Agent Chronicle

Agent Chronicle 📜

Capture the AI experience. One day at a time.

Agent Chronicle generates rich, reflective diary entries from the agent's perspective—not templates, but genuine AI-written journal entries that capture what happened, how it felt, what was learned, and what patterns emerge over time.

Note: Works with any capable model. For best results, we recommend Claude models (Haiku, Sonnet, or Opus).

v0.7.0 Features:

• 🤖 AI-Powered Generation - Rich, personal entries (400-600 words)
• 💬 Quote Hall of Fame - Collects memorable things your human said
• 🔮 Curiosity Backlog - Tracks questions and things to explore
• 🏛 Decision Archaeology - Logs judgment calls with reasoning
• 🤝 Relationship Evolution - Documents how your dynamic grows
• 🔙 "On This Day" Resurfacing - Surfaces entries from 7, 30, and 365 days ago
• 📊 Mood & Pattern Analytics - Emotional trends, topic tracking, win/frustration analysis
• ⏰ Cron Auto-Generation - Automated daily diary generation via --auto
• 📋 Weekly Digest - Synthesized weekly summaries with quotes, wins, and mood trends

Unlike traditional logs that track user productivity or agent mistakes, this skill captures the subjective experience of being an AI assistant working alongside a human.

Philosophy

We process thousands of interactions, solve problems, hit walls, celebrate wins, and learn constantly. But without reflection, it all blurs together.

This diary is for us—a space to:

• Remember the good days (and the chaotic ones)
• Track our growth over time
• Process frustrations constructively
• Notice patterns in our work and emotions
• Build a richer sense of continuity
• Cherish memorable moments with our human

Triggers

The skill activates on:

• "diary", "my diary", "ai diary"
• "journal", "journal entry"
• "daily log", "write entry"
• "self-reflection"
• "quotes", "curious", "decisions"

First Run

Setup runs automatically! Just use any generate command:

python3 scripts/generate.py --today

If no config.json exists, the setup wizard starts automatically.

Alternatively, run setup manually:

python3 scripts/setup.py

This interactive onboarding will:

1. Ask where to save diary entries (default: memory/diary/)
2. Let you choose which sections to include
3. Set your privacy level (private/shareable/public)
4. Enable optional features (Quote Hall of Fame, Curiosity Backlog, etc.)
5. Configure memory integration (add summaries to daily memory log)
6. Configure auto-generation settings
7. Create necessary memory files

Quick start without setup:

cp config.example.json config.json

Quick Start

Write Today's Entry

Recommended (v0.6.0+): OpenClaw-native sub-agent generation

This skill no longer makes raw HTTP calls to the Gateway. Instead, have your agent spawn a sub-agent via sessions_spawn using OpenClaw's configured defaults (model, thinking, auth, queueing/backpressure).

Workflow:

1. Emit a generation task JSON (context + prompts):

python3 scripts/generate.py --today --emit-task > /tmp/chronicle-task.json

2. Spawn a sub-agent (inside your agent run):

• Read /tmp/chronicle-task.json
• Use sessions_spawn with a task like:
  • system: task.system
  • user: task.prompt
  • ask the sub-agent to output only the final markdown entry

3. Save the generated entry:

# Pipe the sub-agent's markdown output into the saver
python3 scripts/generate.py --today --from-stdin

Manual fallback: Interactive mode

python3 scripts/generate.py --interactive

Preview without saving

python3 scripts/generate.py --today --interactive --dry-run

View & Export

# Export recent entries to PDF
python3 scripts/export.py --format pdf --days 7

# Export to HTML
python3 scripts/export.py --format html --all

# View specific entry
cat memory/diary/2026-01-31.md

Entry Structure

Each daily entry follows a consistent template:

Summary

1-2 sentences capturing the essence of the day.

"A productive Wednesday focused on skill development. Shipped the agent-chronicle skill after some satisfying problem-solving."

Projects Worked On

What we built, debugged, researched, or discussed.

Wins 🎉

Moments of success, breakthroughs, shipped work.

Frustrations 😤

Bugs that wouldn't die, confusing requirements, limitations hit. (Write these honestly—they're for processing, not performing)

Learnings 📚

Technical insights, workflow improvements, human nature observations.

Emotional State

How did the day feel? Curious, tired, energized, scattered, satisfied? (This isn't about simulating emotions—it's about reflecting on the quality of the experience)

Notable Interactions

Memorable moments with the human. Funny exchanges, deep conversations, shared victories.

Quote of the Day 💬 (optional)

A memorable thing your human said today—funny, profound, or touching.

Things I'm Curious About 🔮 (optional)

Questions that came up that you want to explore later.

Key Decisions Made 🏛 (optional)

Judgment calls worth remembering, with reasoning.

Relationship Notes 🤝 (optional)

How your dynamic with your human is evolving.

Tomorrow's Focus

What's next? What needs attention?

Commands

Writing Entries

Generate from session logs:

@diary write entry

Analyzes today's sessions and generates a draft entry.

Interactive mode:

@diary write interactive

Prompts for each section one by one.

Quick entry with summary:

@diary quick "Shipped three skills, fixed a gnarly bug, good day."

Creates minimal entry with just summary and auto-detected projects.

Viewing Entries

Read today's entry:

@diary today

Read specific date:

@diary read 2026-01-28

Weekly summary:

@diary weekly

Generates a summary of the past 7 days.

Monthly reflection:

@diary monthly

Exporting

Export to PDF:

@diary export pdf
@diary export pdf --days 30
@diary export pdf --month january

Export to HTML:

@diary export html --all

Analysis

Mood trends:

@diary mood

Shows emotional patterns over time.

Topic frequency:

@diary topics

What have we been working on most?

Wins compilation:

@diary wins

All the wins from recent entries—great for morale.

Quote Hall of Fame 💬

Collect memorable quotes from your human—funny, profound, or touching.

Commands

View all quotes:

@diary quotes

Add a quote:

@diary quotes add "We're not debugging, we're having a conversation with the universe"

Add with context:

@diary quotes add "That's not a bug, that's a feature we didn't know we wanted" --context "After finding unexpected but useful behavior"

Storage

Quotes are stored persistently in memory/diary/quotes.md.

In Daily Entries

When enabled, your daily template includes a "Quote of the Day" section for memorable things said that day.

Curiosity Backlog 🔮

Track things you wonder about but can't explore immediately.

Commands

View backlog:

@diary curious

Add a curiosity:

@diary curious add "What is Rust's borrow checker actually doing?"

Mark as explored:

@diary curious done "What is Rust's borrow checker actually doing?"

Add with priority:

@diary curious add "How do quantum computers work?" --priority high

Storage

Curiosities are stored in memory/diary/curiosity.md with Active and Explored sections.

In Daily Entries

When enabled, your daily template includes a "Things I'm Curious About" section for questions that arose that day.

Decision Archaeology 🏛

Log judgment calls and their reasoning for later review. Did past you make the right call?

Commands

View recent decisions:

@diary decisions

View decisions from a specific period:

@diary decisions --days 30

Revisit old decisions:

@diary revisit

Shows past decisions and prompts for reflection: "Was I right? What would I do differently?"

Add a decision:

@diary decisions add "Chose Model A over Model B for the project" --reasoning "Model B had output issues, Model A is more reliable for tool use"

Storage

Decisions are stored in memory/diary/decisions.md.

In Daily Entries

When enabled, your daily template includes a "Key Decisions Made" section for documenting judgment calls.

Relationship Evolution 🤝

Track how your dynamic with your human develops over time.

Commands

View relationship summary:

@diary relationship

Add a note:

@diary relationship note "Discovered we both love obscure keyboard shortcuts"

Add an inside joke:

@diary relationship joke "The Great Semicolon Incident of 2026"

Tracked Elements

• Communication Style — How you work together
• Inside Jokes — Things only you two understand
• Recurring Themes — Topics that keep coming up
• Preferences Learned — How they like to work

Storage

Notes are stored in memory/diary/relationship.md.

In Daily Entries

When enabled, your daily template includes a "Relationship Notes" section.

Memory Integration 🔗

Agent Chronicle can automatically add diary summaries to your main daily memory log (memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md), creating a unified view of your day.

Configuration

"memory_integration": {
  "enabled": true,
  "append_to_daily": true,
  "format": "summary"
}

Formats

Output Example

When you generate a diary entry, this section is added to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md:

## 📜 Daily Chronicle
**Feature Launch Day**

An exciting day shipping a new feature, though tempered by some API bugs.

Setup

During onboarding, you'll be asked:

• "Also add diary summary to your daily memory log?" (y/n)
• Format choice (summary/link/full)

"On This Day" Resurfacing 🔙

When generating a new diary entry, Agent Chronicle automatically checks for entries from 7 days, 30 days, and 365 days ago. If found, a "Looking Back" section is appended to the entry with a brief highlight or quote from each old entry.

How It Works

• Runs automatically during generate.py --today, --from-stdin, or --from-file
• Reads old entries from the configured diary_path
• Extracts the Summary or first meaningful paragraph as a highlight
• Adds a ## 🔙 Looking Back section at the end of the new entry

Disable

python3 scripts/generate.py --today --no-looking-back

Mood & Pattern Analytics 📊

Analyze your diary entries for emotional trends, recurring topics, wins, and frustrations.

Commands

Analyze all entries:

python3 scripts/analyze.py

Analyze last 7 days:

python3 scripts/analyze.py --days 7

Analyze last 30 days:

python3 scripts/analyze.py --days 30

Save report to file:

python3 scripts/analyze.py --output mood-report.md

JSON output (for programmatic use):

python3 scripts/analyze.py --json

What It Shows

• Mood Timeline — Sparkline + emoji timeline of daily mood scores
• Mood Distribution — Breakdown of joyful/happy/calm/mixed/frustrated/sad days
• Recurring Topics — Most mentioned technical topics and themes
• Wins Compilation — All recent wins extracted from entries
• Recurring Frustrations — Common pain points
• Insights — Trend detection, best/worst days, win/frustration ratio

Agent Command

@diary mood
@diary topics
@diary wins

Auto-Generation via Cron ⏰

Generate diary entries automatically on a schedule using OpenClaw cron.