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inner-life-core

v1.0.4

Your agent forgets who you are between sessions. It gives the same responses every day. It doesn't grow. inner-life-core fixes that. Gives your OpenClaw agent emotions with half-life decay, a 9-step Brain Loop protocol, and structured state — the foundation for an inner life. Works standalone or wit...

Sourced from ClawHub, Authored by DKistenev

Installation

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inner-life-core

The foundation for an agent's inner life. Emotions, state, protocol.

What This Solves

Without inner-life-core, your agent: - Starts every session as a blank slate - Has no emotional continuity - Can't prioritize based on how things are going - Doesn't know when to reach out or stay quiet

With inner-life-core, your agent: - Tracks 6 emotions with realistic half-life decay - Follows a 9-step Brain Loop protocol - Routes behavior based on emotional state - Knows when to ask, when to act, when to stay silent

Setup

# Initialize state files
bash skills/inner-life-core/scripts/init.sh

This creates: - memory/inner-state.json — 6 emotions with decay rules - memory/drive.json — what the agent is seeking/anticipating - memory/habits.json — learned habits and user patterns - memory/relationship.json — trust levels and lessons - BRAIN.md — 9-step Brain Loop protocol - SELF.md — personality observation space - memory/questions.md — curiosity backlog - tasks/QUEUE.md — task queue

The Emotion Model

6 emotions with half-life decay:

Emotion What it tracks Decay
connection How recently you talked to the user -0.05 per 6h without contact
confidence How well things are going +0.02/6h recovery, -0.1 on mistake
curiosity How stimulated you are -0.03 per 6h without spark
boredom How routine things feel +1 day counter, reset on novelty
frustration Recurring unsolved problems Counts recurring items
impatience Stale items waiting for response Tracks days without action

Emotions drive behavior — see BRAIN.md Step 3 (Emotion-driven routing).

Context Protocol

4 levels of state reading, so each component reads only what it needs:

  • Level 1 (Minimal): Task-specific data only
  • Level 2 (Standard): inner-state + drive + daily notes + signals
  • Level 3 (Full): Level 2 + habits + relationship + diary + dreams + questions
  • Level 4 (Deep): Level 3 + system docs + weekly digest

Signal & Synapse Tags

Signals (inter-component communication): - <!-- dream-topic: topic --> — Evening → Night Dream - <!-- handoff: task, progress --> — Brain Loop → next Brain Loop - <!-- seeking-spark: topic --> — Night Dream → Morning Brain Loop

Synapses (memory connections): - <!-- contradicts: ref --> — when facts conflict - <!-- caused-by: ref --> — cause and effect - <!-- updates: ref --> — when updating old info

Utilities

# Check your Inner Life Score
bash skills/inner-life-core/scripts/score.sh

# Apply emotion decay manually
source skills/inner-life-core/scripts/state.sh && state_decay

Works With

Best experience with the full inner-life suite: - inner-life-reflect — self-reflection and personality growth - inner-life-memory — memory continuity between sessions - inner-life-dream — creative thinking during quiet hours - inner-life-chronicle — daily diary generation - inner-life-evolve — self-evolution proposals

Also works with: agent-browser, web-search-plus, git, claw-backup, shellf

When Should You Install This?

Install this skill if: - Your agent feels robotic and stateless - You want emotional continuity between sessions - You want behavior that adapts to context - You're building a long-running autonomous agent

Part of the openclaw-inner-life bundle.