2nd-brain

---
name: brain
version: 1.3.0
description: |
  Personal knowledge base for capturing and retrieving information about people,
  places, restaurants, games, tech, events, media, ideas, and organizations.
  Use when: user mentions a person, place, restaurant, landmark, game, device,
  event, book/show, idea, or company. Trigger phrases: "remember", "note that",
  "met this person", "visited", "played", "what do I know about", etc.
  Brain entries take precedence over daily logs for named entities.
setup: |
  This skill uses OpenClaw's built-in memory_search and memory_get tools for
  search and retrieval — no external dependencies required.

  Optional: For richer BM25 + vector + reranking search, enable the QMD backend:
    1. Install QMD CLI: bun install -g https://github.com/tobi/qmd
    2. Set memory.backend = "qmd" in openclaw.json
    3. Add brain/ to memory.qmd.paths in openclaw.json:
         paths: [{ name: "brain", path: "~/.openclaw/workspace/brain", pattern: "**/*.md" }]

  The skill degrades gracefully to OpenClaw's built-in search if QMD is not configured.
permissions:
  paths:
    - "~/.openclaw/workspace/brain/**"
  write: true
  attachments: true
---

# Brain Skill — 2nd Brain Knowledge Base

A personal knowledge management system for capturing and retrieving information about people, places, things, and ideas.

## When to Use This Skill

**Brain takes precedence over daily logs for named entities.**

Trigger this skill when:
- User asks you to remember someone, something, or somewhere
- User shares information about a person, place, game, tech, event, media, idea, or organization
- User expresses a preference about an entity ("I like X at Y restaurant" → update Y's file)
- User asks about something that might be in the brain ("Who was that guy from...", "What did I think about...")
- User updates existing knowledge ("Actually, he's 27 now", "I finished that game")

**Keywords that trigger:** "remember", "note that", "met this person", "visited", "pl