resume-context

Never lose context between coding sessions

Ask OpenClaw about any project in plain English · Powered by resume + Redis

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Never lose context between coding sessions. Ask OpenClaw in plain English from any channel:

"Claw give me a briefing on resume" "Claw what was I working on for my-app?" "Claw show me my notes for the api project"

You get back a real, LLM-generated summary of what you were working on, what you finished, and what to do next — sourced directly from your local session data, not a memory system.

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Demo

Session briefing — "Claw give me a briefing on resume"

Project notes — "Claw show me my notes for resume"

resume running in VS Code — the TUI dashboard alongside your code

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How it works

You
 │  "Claw give me a briefing on resume"
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OpenClaw
 │  skill triggered by message pattern
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resume-context
 │  cache key: resume:show:/path/to/project
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Redis
 ├── HIT  → return instantly (<100ms)
 └── MISS → run `resume show`
              │  calls Anthropic LLM (~12s)
              └─ write to Redis, TTL 5 min
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OpenClaw
 │  "Resume Project Briefing:
 │   You're updating docs to showcase the TUI dashboard.
 │   Progress: Updated README, replaced VSCode screenshot.
 │   Next: Verify ClawHub integration end-to-end."
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You

First request: ~12 seconds (LLM call via resume). Every repeat in the next 5 minutes: under 100ms (Redis cache hit).

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Install

openclaw skills install resume-context

Add to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "skills": {
    "entries": {
      "resume-context": {
        "enabled": true,
        "env": {
          "REDIS_URL": "redis://default:password@host:port",
          "RESUME_CACHE_TTL": "300"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart the gateway:

openclaw gateway restart

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Requirements

Requirement	Setup
resume CLI	cargo install --git https://github.com/nickleodoen/resume
Redis	Redis Cloud free tier — takes 2 minutes
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Used by resume to generate briefings
Node.js 18+	For the bridge script

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Usage

Start a resume session in your project before asking:

cd ~/your-project
resume          # starts watching your session

Then in OpenClaw:

You say	What happens
Claw give me a briefing on resume	Session briefing for the resume project
Claw what was I working on for resume?	Same
Claw show me my notes for resume	Project notes for resume
Claw catch me up on my-app	Session briefing for my-app
Claw what notes do I have on resume?	Notes only

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Files

resume-context/ ├── SKILL.md — OpenClaw skill definition: trigger phrases + agent instructions ├── resume-mcp.js — Node.js bridge: Redis cache layer + resume CLI runner └── package.json — Single dependency: redis ^4.7.0

SKILL.md teaches OpenClaw when to trigger this skill and exactly how to run it. The description frontmatter is injected into the model's system prompt — that's what makes "Claw give me a briefing on resume" route here instead of a generic memory search.

resume-mcp.js is the Redis caching bridge. It checks the cache first, falls back to the live resume CLI on a miss, writes the result back with a configurable TTL, and returns structured JSON. If Redis is unreachable it degrades gracefully to live execution.

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Environment variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
REDIS_URL	✅	—	Redis connection string
RESUME_CACHE_TTL	❌	300	Cache TTL in seconds
RESUME_BIN	❌	~/.cargo/bin/resume	Path to resume binary

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License

MIT

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_{A skill for OpenClaw · Built at the OpenClaw Agent Toolkit Hack Day · March 25, 2026 · San Francisco
Sponsors: Redis · OpenAI Codex · HackerSquad}