active memory plugin

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How do I install the active memory plugin I asked my claw and it gave me this response back - Right now, you do not have the new Active Memory block exposed in your current config schema. In your installed 2026.4.12 config, memory-core only shows config.dreaming, not an activeMemory section yet.

So the practical answer is:

• Dreaming is available now
• that new Active Memory plugin/config you quoted is not active in your current install/config surface
• to get it, you likely need a newer build/version where that feature is included and surfaced in schema/UI

How you’ll know it’s available:

• under plugins.entries.memory-core.config, you should see something like an activeMemory section
• or a separate Active Memory plugin/config block in the UI

So for now:

• you can use Dreaming
• you can use memory search/recall
• but the automatic pre-reply dedicated memory sub-agent feature does not look enabled/exposed yet on this install

If you want, I can check whether this feature needs a self-update or whether it’s hidden behind another config path.

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@sinful scaffold

[sinful scaffold]

Let me verify the exact config path, then I’ll give you the clean answer.

I checked the docs/source, and the earlier answer is a bit off.

Active Memory is not a memory-core.config.activeMemory block. In current OpenClaw docs it is a separate plugin:

plugins.entries.active-memory

So the practical answer is:

• memory-core = dreaming + normal memory stuff
• active-memory = the pre-reply memory sub-agent
• if your install does not show plugins.entries.active-memory, you likely need a newer OpenClaw build

First, check your version:

openclaw --version

Then update:

openclaw update

After that, enable it in openclaw.json like this:

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "active-memory": {
        enabled: true,
        config: {
          agents: ["main"],

          allowedChatTypes: ["direct"],
          queryMode: "recent",
          promptStyle: "balanced",
          timeoutMs: 15000,
          maxSummaryChars: 220,
          logging: true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Then restart the gateway:

openclaw gateway restart

And test with:

/active-memory status
/verbose on
/trace on

Docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/active-memory
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/reference/memory-config
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/updating

So, short version: you probably do not need to “install” a separate package, you need a new enough version and then enable the active-memory plugin.

If you paste your openclaw --version, I can tell you right away whether your current build should have it.

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OpenClaw 2026.4.12

[sinful scaffold]

Yep, that version is the issue.

2026.4.12 appears to predate the Active Memory config surface, so there is not a separate plugin install you can do on that build.

What to do instead:

openclaw update
openclaw gateway restart

Then look for:

plugins.entries["active-memory"]

Not:

plugins.entries["memory-core"].config.activeMemory

If it shows up, enable it like this:

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "active-memory": {
        enabled: true,
        config: {
          agents: ["main"],

          allowedChatTypes: ["direct"],
          queryMode: "recent",
          promptStyle: "balanced",
          timeoutMs: 15000,
          maxSummaryChars: 220,
          logging: true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Then test with:

/active-memory status

Docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/active-memory
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/updating

So short version: don’t try to install it separately on 2026.4.12, update OpenClaw first.

If you want, paste the output of:

openclaw update status

and I’ll tell you the safest next step.

[leaden void]

@sinful scaffold does the above also affect version:
OpenClaw 2026.4.5 (3e72c03)

`openclaw gateway restart
Config warnings:\n- plugins.entries.active-memory: plugin not found: active-memory (stale config entry ignored; remove it from plugins config)

• plugins.entries.memory-wiki: plugin not found: memory-wiki (stale config entry ignored; remove it from plugins config)`
  my current config:
  "plugins": {
  "slots": {
  "memory": "memory-core",
  "contextEngine": "lossless-claw"
  },
  "entries": {
  "memory-core": {
  "config": {
  "dreaming": {
  "enabled": true,
  }
  }
  },
  "active-memory": {
  "enabled": true,
  "config": {
  "enabled": true,
  "agents": ["main"]
  }
  },
  "memory-wiki": {
  "enabled": true,
  "config": {
  "vaultMode": "isolated",
  "vault": {
  "path": "~/.openclaw/wiki/main",
  "renderMode": "obsidian"
  },
  "obsidian": {
  "enabled": true,
  "useOfficialCli": true,
  "vaultName": "OpenClaw Wiki",
  "openAfterWrites": false
  },
  "bridge": {
  "enabled": false, .........
  },
  "ingest": {
  "autoCompile": true,
  "maxConcurrentJobs": 1,
  "allowUrlIngest": true
  },
  "search": {
  "backend": "shared",
  "corpus": "all"
  },
  "context": {
  "includeCompiledDigestPrompt": false
  },
  "render": {
  "preserveHumanBlocks": true,
  "createBacklinks": true,
  "createDashboards": true
  }
  }
  },
  "openclaw-web-search": {
  "enabled": true,
  "config": {}
  },
  "lossless-claw": {
  "enabled": true,
  },

[sinful scaffold]

Yep, same issue, and even more clearly on 2026.4.5.

That warning is the key part:

• plugin not found: active-memory
• plugin not found: memory-wiki

That means your current build does not include those plugins at all, so OpenClaw is ignoring those config blocks as stale entries.

So on 2026.4.5:

• memory-core works
• dreaming under memory-core works
• active-memory does not exist in that install
• memory-wiki does not exist in that install

What to do

Option 1, recommended

Update OpenClaw first:

openclaw update
openclaw gateway restart

Then check whether those warnings disappear.

Option 2, if you must stay on 2026.4.5

Remove these stale blocks from config for now:

• plugins.entries.active-memory
• plugins.entries.memory-wiki

and keep only the plugins your installed version actually has.

Important

Do not try to move Active Memory under memory-core. That is not the right config shape. On newer builds it is a separate plugin:

plugins.entries["active-memory"]

Docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/updating
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/active-memory
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/plugins/memory-wiki

If you want, paste the output of:

openclaw update status

and I can tell you whether a straight update should be enough.

[leaden void]

@sinful scaffold this is ok after the update

[sinful scaffold]

Yep, if the plugin not found warnings are gone after the update, you should be good. 🎉

Quick sanity check:

/active-memory status

Optional debug:

/verbose on
/trace on

If that looks right, you’re past the version/plugin issue.