memory-continuity/skills/continuity-guard/SKILL.md

name, description

name	description
continuity-guard	Maintain short-term continuity and anti-silence discipline for OpenClaw agents using memory/CURRENT_STATE.md plus dual reporting rules. Use when creating/updating agent workspaces, after OpenClaw upgrades/restarts, when continuity seems broken, when a session may have lost context, or when you need to doctor/repair CURRENT_STATE coverage and reporting protocol drift across agents.

Continuity Guard

Use memory/CURRENT_STATE.md as a small overwrite-oriented workbench, not as a journal.

Core rules

• Ensure every agent workspace has memory/CURRENT_STATE.md
• Keep CURRENT_STATE.md small
  • main: target 25-40 lines, hard cap 50
  • other agents: target 15-25 lines, hard cap 30
• Required sections:
  • In Flight
  • Blocked / Waiting
  • Recently Finished
  • Next
  • Reset Summary
• Update only on state changes, not on a timer
• Remove stale items instead of endlessly appending

Dual reporting protocol

Worker → main

Execution agents must report to main at:

• accepted
• blocked
• milestone
• done
• model/environment abnormal

Preferred reply format:

• status
• summary
• evidence
• risk
• next

main → Tao

Main must report to Tao at:

• task accepted / formally started
• worker dispatched
• blocked
• milestone reached
• task/phase completed

Preferred Tao update format:

• who
• status
• output
• next

Ordering rule:

• When a worker reports milestone/completion/blocker, first update CURRENT_STATE.md, then update Tao, then continue with review/commit/next dispatch.
• If no evidence point exists yet (sessionKey / commit / branch / PR / log), do not claim work has already started.

When to use the doctor

Run scripts/continuity_doctor.py when:

• OpenClaw was upgraded
• gateway restarted and continuity feels suspicious
• an agent seems to have lost short-term context
• you need to confirm CURRENT_STATE.md coverage across workspaces

How to use the doctor

From the main workspace:

python3 skills/continuity-guard/scripts/continuity_doctor.py \
  --main-workspace /Users/taodeng/.openclaw/workspace/main \
  --agents-root /Users/taodeng/.openclaw/workspaces

The doctor checks:

• main memory/CURRENT_STATE.md exists
• all agent workspaces have memory/CURRENT_STATE.md
• required sections exist
• line-count caps are respected
• AGENTS.md still contains continuity + dual reporting rules

Repair strategy

If drift is found:

1. Restore/create missing memory/CURRENT_STATE.md
2. Restore continuity guidance in AGENTS.md
3. Re-run doctor
4. Only then investigate deeper behavioral failures

References

• For template and limits: read references/template.md
• For doctor semantics and PASS/WARN/FAIL meanings: read references/doctor-spec.md