MINDClaw

OpenClaw with MIND baked in. One install, one command. Persistent knowledge graph memory wired into every agent turn.

curl -fsSL https://www.m-i-n-d.ai/install/mindclaw.sh | bash

Or with npm directly:

npm install -g @astramindapp/mind-claw
mindclaw init

What MINDClaw is

MINDClaw is a free, open-source distribution of OpenClaw with the MIND knowledge-graph memory layer pre-installed and pre-configured.

You get:

• The OpenClaw runtime, installed automatically on first run.
• The @astramindapp/openclaw-mind plugin — 11 tools, 4 skills, lifecycle hooks for auto-recall and auto-capture.
• The 16 MIND Front Layer typed-document templates (SOUL, IDENTITY, BELIEFS, USER, AGENTS, TOOLS, SENSES, SKILLS, BEHAVIOR, LESSON, DECISION, POLICY, WORKFLOW, PREFERENCE, GOAL, RELATIONSHIP) seeded into your knowledge graph on first run.
• The HOW_TO_THINK, HOW_TO_REMEMBER, and TAGGING_SYSTEM operating manuals seeded alongside the templates so any agent can ask MIND how to think in MIND-shaped nouns.

In other words: stock OpenClaw plus everything you'd otherwise spend an hour wiring up by hand.

How it works

The mindclaw CLI is a slim wrapper around the upstream openclaw runtime. It owns first-run onboarding and a few native commands; everything else forwards verbatim, so muscle memory carries over.

Native commands:

| Command | What it does | |---|---| | mindclaw | First-run wizard, then start an interactive session | | mindclaw init | Re-run onboarding (replaces existing config) | | mindclaw seed-templates | Bootstrap the 16 typed-doc templates into your KG | | mindclaw status | Show MIND connection + plugin state | | mindclaw upgrade | Open Stripe checkout for the $10/mo Claw tier |

Anything else is forwarded to openclaw. Examples:

mindclaw run "Plan my Tuesday"
mindclaw plugins list
mindclaw mind search "what did we decide about pricing?"

Pricing

| Tier | Price | What you get | |---|---|---| | Free | $0 forever | 50 credits/mo for premium MIND features, 10 MB KG storage, all 16 typed templates | | Claw | $10/mo | MCP-host access, 500 MB KG storage, 300 credits/mo, BYO LLM (you pay for inference yourself) |

Need more? The Starter ($49), Professional ($199), Business ($599), and Scale ($1499) tiers on m-i-n-d.ai all work seamlessly with MINDClaw.

First-run wizard

On first launch, mindclaw asks how you want to connect:

1. Paste an existing MIND API key — fastest path if you already have an account.
2. Create a free account — registers a new MIND tenant via the public registration endpoint, issues an API key, and seeds the templates. No card required.
3. Create an account and upgrade to Claw — same as #2, then opens Stripe checkout for the $10/mo tier in your browser.

In all three paths the wizard:

• Writes the OpenClaw plugin config to ~/.openclaw/plugins/openclaw-mind.yaml.
• Writes MIND_API_KEY and MIND_BASE_URL to ~/.openclaw/.env.
• Runs mindclaw seed-templates automatically.
• Saves wrapper state to ~/.mindclaw/state.json (so mindclaw status works).

Re-run the wizard any time with mindclaw init.

What gets seeded into your knowledge graph

When you run mindclaw seed-templates (or first-run, automatically), MINDClaw seeds the following into your MIND tenant:

• The 16 Front Layer typed-document templates — augmented markdown specs that tell an agent when and how to create a SOUL doc vs. a BELIEFS doc vs. a POLICY doc, with frontmatter slots and storage protocol.
• HOW_TO_THINK.md — the six-step loop every agent should follow when its memory layer is MIND.
• HOW_TO_REMEMBER.md — anatomy of a good memory, what belongs in MIND, and what doesn't.
• TAGGING_SYSTEM.md — the topic / project / kind axis system that makes retrieval reliable.

After seeding, any agent can ask MIND "what should I fill out for a BELIEFS document?" and the spec comes back from the user's own knowledge graph.

Why a distribution, not just a plugin

The MIND plugin for OpenClaw already exists. MINDClaw goes further: it ships the runtime, the plugin, the templates, the tagging docs, and the onboarding wizard as one package. New users go from curl … | bash to a working agent with persistent memory in under two minutes — no API key copy-paste, no config file editing, no plugin install step.

Configuration

The wrapper writes sensible defaults into ~/.openclaw/plugins/openclaw-mind.yaml. To override anything, edit that file:

apiKey: ${MIND_API_KEY}
baseUrl: https://www.m-i-n-d.ai
autoCapture: true
autoRecall: true
topK: 10
queryMode: hybrid
enableMindsense: true
enableLifeIntegration: true
enableCrmLogging: true

Or set env vars: MIND_API_KEY, MIND_BASE_URL. The plugin reads both.

Privacy and security

• The mindclaw CLI is open source under MIT. No telemetry, no tracking.
• Your MIND API key is stored locally in ~/.mindclaw/state.json and ~/.openclaw/.env, both with 0600 permissions.
• All HTTP calls go to https://www.m-i-n-d.ai (or your MIND_BASE_URL override). No third parties.
• Your knowledge graph is yours. Export it any time from the MIND web app.

Project layout

mindclaw/
├── bin/mindclaw.mjs         CLI entry point
├── src/
│   ├── onboard.mjs           First-run wizard
│   ├── install.mjs           Ensure runtime + plugin are installed
│   ├── seed.mjs              Bootstrap templates into the user's KG
│   ├── status.mjs            Health check
│   ├── upgrade.mjs           $10 tier checkout
│   └── lib/                  state, log, MIND API client, OpenClaw config
├── templates/
│   ├── front-layer/          16 typed-document templates
│   ├── HOW_TO_THINK.md
│   ├── HOW_TO_REMEMBER.md
│   └── TAGGING_SYSTEM.md
├── docs/mindclaw.html        Landing page
├── install.sh                One-line installer
└── backend-changes/          Backend changes the wrapper depends on

Patents pending

MIND's core technology is protected by multiple pending US patent applications.

License

MIT. Built by Astra AI.