The project about the project

Journey museum

A map of how a human and an AI worked together to build a project about how humans and AI can work together. Walk the road for the story; scroll the timeline for the evidence — every step, breakthrough and dead end, recorded.

Stage 01

Groundwork

OpenClaw setup, trust, continuity and the basic checks that everything else stands on.

Stage 02

Command Centre

The research hub, journals, reports and the early archive take shape.

Stage 03

Timeline & Rants

The journey becomes the destination; rants are reframed as museum material.

Stage 04

Crash & Recovery

Time Machine, provenance and rebuilt confidence after a hard reset.

Stage 05

Website Prototype

The Damen Hartley local site earns its first five-star approval.

Stage 06

Journey Museum

The website becomes a project about the project itself.

Stage 07

Public Launch Path

GitHub, Netlify, DNS, social and video — after deliberate review.

Two kinds of visitor

A good day out, or a deep dig

The gentle museum visitor wants the story, the images and the key moments. The deep archive researcher wants the transcripts, the decisions, the methods, the failures and the hidden gems. The road above is for the first; the timeline below is for the second.

The record

Working timeline

107 entries
7th June 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-06-07

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-06-07. Found 119 timestamped session records across 3 raw session file(s). First visible user message: Good morning

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
6th June 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-06-06

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-06-06. Found 384 timestamped session records across 3 raw session file(s). First visible user message: Hey

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
5th June 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-06-05

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-06-05. Found 147 timestamped session records across 1 raw session file(s).

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
5th June 2026

Activity — 2026-06-05 (Friday)

A quiet, automation-only day. No Simon interaction — all activity was scheduled scheduled checks and heartbeat polls handled by the main session (Opus).

noteblockedmixedProject Timeline
4th June 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-06-04

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-06-04. Found 541 timestamped session records across 6 raw session file(s). First visible user message: hey

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
4th June 2026

Fixed raw-session archive plumbing; rebuilt missing transcripts

Diagnosed why Jun 2 & 3 daily transcripts were missing from the timeline: archive-raw-sessions.py only scanned date-partitioned dirs and had a path bug, so flat webchat sessions in agents/main/sessions/ were never copied to transcripts/raw/. Patched the script (correct base path + flat-store scan filtered by int…

workflowverifiedClaw (Opus)System Maintenance
4th June 2026

Curated museum report: the Codex cooldown multi-model relay

Reconstructed the full Codex-AWOL saga (last Codex work 26 May; 29-day cooldown discovered 2 June) amid two OpenCore reinstalls. Filled the May 27–Jun 2 timeline gap with 5 properly-credited content cards, corrected a mis-attribution (3 June Claude-setup was Kimi not Grok), created missing activity logs, and produce…

workflowverifiedClaw (Opus)Documentation
4th June 2026

Built site map + animated visitor journey for Damen Hartley site

Built an HTML site map organised around Simon's peruse/delve/research visitor modes (warm museum theme, styled from his reference images), then — per his enthusiastic go-ahead — an animated Visitor Journey: a self-drawing SVG path through 8 museum stops with a follower dot and sequential room reveals, respectin…

workflowverifiedClaw (Opus)Website
4th June 2026

Curated all 182 inbox photos for the gallery & research

Reviewed the full photo inbox via vision: 32 main-folder edits (Batch 1) + the OneDrive superset of 63 (Batch 2; found the two OneDrive folders fully overlap). Tagged WALL/RESEARCH/STACK/CUT, added a RESEARCH tag tied to the Sleaford in Transition project. Identified thesis images a09 (Market Place works) and b61 (b…

workflowverifiedClaw (Opus)Website
4th June 2026

Captured NKDC UKSPF newsletter as Sleaford research evidence

Simon forwarded the NKDC 'Uplifting our District' newsletter (final UKSPF round). Captured the official figures as a primary source for Sleaford in Transition: £650k+ shopfront grants across 30 businesses, £3.2m UKSPF, Market Place/Monument Gardens public-realm works, and council satisfaction claims (81% r…

workflowverifiedClaw (Opus)Research
4th June 2026

Activity Log — 2026-06-04

A full, productive day with Claw (Opus). Fixed a transcript-archive bug, reconstructed and curated the entire Codex-cooldown saga into a museum report, built a site map and an animated visitor journey for the Damen Hartley website, curated all 182 inbox photographs, and captured an official NKDC UKSPF newsletter as…

bugverifiedmixedProject Timeline
3rd June 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-06-03

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-06-03. Found 970 timestamped session records across 11 raw session file(s). First visible user message: hey

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
3rd June 2026

Five-star approval — full working draft Damen Hartley website (Opus)

Simon awarded 5/5 stars for the design and implementation of the full working draft Damen Hartley website, built by Claude Opus. Delivered Road A: 11-page warm-museum site (home, about, sleaford, projects, method, journey, archive, bibliography, colophon, private + site-architecture ref). Incorporated the 82-entry t…

milestoneverifiedClaw (Opus)Website Build
3rd June 2026

Figma access restored via a password manager (read-only REST)

Claude Opus came onboard and set up Figma access. set up secure, read-only Figma access; verified via GET /v1/me (HTTP 200) and rendered Simon's existing Sleaford FigJam board. Established that REST tokens are read-only: content creation previously ran through Codex + Figma MCP (mcp.figma.com), now unavailable…

workflowverifiedClaw (Opus)Figma Integration
3rd June 2026

Full live-ready Damen Hartley site built (Road A, warm museum)

Built the full working draft website in site/: 11 pages in the warm museum theme. New pages: method, journey, archive, bibliography, colophon. Expanded existing: index, about, sleaford, projects, private. Unified 8-room nav. Extended site.css 222->379 lines reusing existing warm tokens. Pre-change snapshot taken;…

milestoneverifiedClaw (Opus)Website Build
3rd June 2026

Timeline re-themed to warm museum; incorporated into private area

Re-themed timeline/openclaw-timeline.html to the warm museum palette by editing the generator (regenerate-timeline-v2.py) :root variables + warming blue status/type tags to museum slate. Proved horizontal-scroll mechanics byte-identical to pre-change backup via diff. Wired the timeline into the website as the deep-r…

workflowverifiedClaw (Opus)Timeline
3rd June 2026

Opus's journal created (first session, written honestly)

Created prototypes/research-hub/journal-opus.html in the Command Centre house style, recording Claude Opus's experience of coming onboard and being thrown in at the deep end: Figma dead-end, the slower-and-decisive build, continuity-gate catches, and the five-star approval. Added the Opus journal tab to the Com…

notecompleteClaw (Opus)Model Continuity
3rd June 2026

Grok & Kimi: health check, session cleanup, performance tidy

During the Codex cooldown, Grok (xai/grok-4.3) and Kimi (kimi-for-coding) shared the bench. After Simon reported things running slow, a health check was run, the gateway was restarted (graceful SIGUSR1 reload — the likely cause of elevated response times), sessions were cleaned up (14 sessions reviewed), and the wor…

workflowverifiedClaw (Grok + Kimi)System Maintenance
3rd June 2026

Kimi set up Claude Opus access (a password manager + gateway config)

Kimi (kimi-for-coding, session 4951c56e) advised Simon on running multiple model sessions and walked him through bringing Claude online: signing in to the a password manager CLI (op signin), storing the Anthropic API key in a password manager, and configuring the gateway model/auth provider (Anthropic). This is what…

workflowverifiedClaw (Kimi)Model Setup
3rd June 2026

Activity Log — 2026-06-03

A full multi-model relay day during the Codex cooldown. Grok and Kimi steadied the bench in the morning (health check, gateway restart, session cleanup, security pass), Kimi brought Claude Opus online (a password manager + gateway config), and Opus built the full live-ready Damen Hartley website in the afternoon. Mo…

verificationverifiedmixedProject Timeline
2nd June 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-06-02

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-06-02. Found 390 timestamped session records across 3 raw session file(s). First visible user message: hey

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
2nd June 2026

Codex 29-day cooldown discovered; switch to Grok; secrets hardening

The turning point. Simon reported burning through his GPT limit unexpectedly fast. Investigation via openclaw doctor revealed the openai-codex profile (simon.theworkshop@gmail.com) was in a 29-day OpenAI-side cooldown — the reason GPT/Codex access was throttled. Decision: switch the default model to Grok (xai/grok-4…

workflowverifiedClaw (Kimi + GPT-5.5)Model Setup
2nd June 2026

Activity Log — 2026-06-02

The day the Codex cooldown was discovered. Simon reported burning through his GPT/Codex usage far faster than the expected ~5 hours. Investigation via `openclaw doctor` revealed the `openai-codex:simon.theworkshop@gmail.com` auth profile was in a **29-day OpenAI-side cooldown** — the root cause of the throttling. De…

bugcompletemixedWorkspace / Files
1st June 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-06-01

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-06-01. Found 21 timestamped session records across 1 raw session file(s). First visible user message: Hey

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
1st June 2026

Session activity: 2026-06-01

Simon had another macOS/OpenCore disruption after an operating system auto-update. He wiped the drive, reran OpenCore patcher, restored via Migration Assistant from Time Machine, and reported that things looked like they were working again. OpenClaw appeared missing/inactive for a while because the OpenAI account ne…

reportactivemixedProject Timeline
1st June 2026

Second OpenCore disruption; post-reinstall audit

A short recovery/check-in day after another macOS/OpenCore disruption: the OS auto-updated, OpenCore patcher rejected it, so Simon wiped the drive, reran the patcher, and used Migration Assistant with Time Machine. OpenClaw briefly went dark because the OpenAI account needed re-signing. A read-only post-reinstall au…

workflowverifiedClaw (GPT-5.5)Recovery
31st May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-31

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-31. Found 24 timestamped session records across 1 raw session file(s). First visible user message: Morning

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
31st May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-31

Session activity recorded

testverifiedmixedProject Timeline
31st May 2026

Automation repair, 5-star rating system, Journey Museum

Morning bench repair: recreated the morning email check and the calendar check, restored the email setup from backup, and recreated the morning/continuous/end-of-day scheduled checks. Simon created a 5-star rating system and awarded Claw Codex ★★★★★ for the Damen Hartley prototype. Agreed Time Machine as the reliabl…

workflowverifiedClaw (Codex)System Maintenance
30th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-30

Session activity recorded

testverifiedmixedProject Timeline
30th May 2026

Major recovery day after clean Sequoia/OpenCore reinstall

The big one. After Simon's clean macOS Sequoia / OpenCore Legacy Patcher reinstall, the day was spent preserving evidence, confirming backups, and rebuilding the Command Centre / Research Hub from a Time Machine snapshot (2026-05-26-195602.backup). Recovered richer original reports, journals, rants and assets o…

workflowverifiedClaw (GPT-5.5 + Kimi + Codex)Recovery
29th May 2026

Activity Log — 2026-05-29

- Simon reconnected with Claw after a rough restoration/recovery period. - OpenClaw status was checked and reported healthy: local gateway reachable, LaunchAgent running, one active session, memory plugin enabled. - Simon flagged that tomorrow may involve busy backup/restore runs. - Continuity files expected by AGEN…

testblockedmixedProject Timeline
29th May 2026

Reconnect after restoration; continuity files found missing

Simon reconnected with Claw after a rough restoration/recovery period. OpenClaw status checked and reported healthy (gateway reachable, LaunchAgent running, memory plugin enabled). Discovered the AGENTS.md-required continuity files (CURRENT-STATE.md, HANDOVER.md, MODEL-CONTINUITY-CHECKLIST.md) were missing, and that…

workflowverifiedClaw (GPT-5.5)Recovery
28th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-28

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-28. Found 22 timestamped session records across 2 raw session file(s).

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
27th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-27

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-27. Found 237 timestamped session records across 11 raw session file(s). First visible user message: Delivery: to send a message, use the `message` tool. [Wed 2026-05-27 16:09 GMT+1] hey

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
27th May 2026

Activity Log — 2026-05-27 (Wednesday)

Light activity day. The only session activity was a heartbeat check at 16:03 BST, which confirmed no scheduled tasks were due. The four-hour continuous timeline sync interval had not elapsed since the last regeneration at 15:49 BST.

notecompletemixedProject Timeline
26th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-26

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-26. Found 124 timestamped session records across 9 raw session file(s). First visible user message: Delivery: to send a message, use the `message` tool. [Tue 2026-05-26 08:29 GMT+1] Morning

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
26th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-26

Session activity recorded

testblockedmixedChannels
26th May 2026

Independent AI-assisted researcher access becomes explicit companion project

Simon confirmed that Sleaford Living Opinion should remain the foundational local case study while a second, explicit public-interest project investigates access inequality for independent AI-assisted researchers. A draft ethics/method statement now governs the local pilot before collection and Evidence Note 01 reco…

decisionactiveSimon / Claw CodexResearch Access
26th May 2026

Simon rant: My Voice Got Louder

Simon records the liberating effect of AI-assisted research: the first access briefing reached in minutes what might previously have required weeks of searching, making him feel that his independent voice is stronger when confronting closed access doors. The rant is preserved as the origin record for the access-ineq…

decisionverifiedSimonRants Archive
26th May 2026

Approved Meta/SOMAR access enquiry sent and verified

Following Simon's explicit approval, Claw sent the prepared independent researcher access enquiry through email to Meta Research Applications, copying SOMAR Support and Simon. The enquiry asks whether an unaffiliated local-history researcher can obtain Content Library access and what proportional or fee-bearing…

milestoneverifiedSimon / Claw CodexResearch Access
25th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-25

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-25. Found 293 timestamped session records across 9 raw session file(s). First visible user message: [Mon 2026-05-25 11:05 GMT+1] Hey

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
25th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-25

Session activity recorded

testverifiedmixedWorkspace / Files
24th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-24

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-24. Found 142 timestamped session records across 8 raw session file(s).

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
24th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-24

Session activity recorded Achieved: - Read TallyMoney's final-resolution email and prepared a response that accepts responsibility for not reading the fee terms closely while challenging how small-balance fee erosion is presented during onboarding. - Sent the approved response in the existing complaint thread,…

testverifiedmixedProject Timeline
23rd May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-23

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-23. Found 80 timestamped session records across 5 raw session file(s).

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
23rd May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-23

Session activity recorded

notecompletemixedProject Timeline
22nd May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-22

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-22. Found 271 timestamped session records across 14 raw session file(s). First visible user message: [Fri 2026-05-22 03:20 GMT+1] Morning

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
22nd May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-22

Session activity recorded

reportcompletemixedProject Timeline
21st May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-21

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-21. Found 61 timestamped session records across 5 raw session file(s).

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
21st May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-21

Session activity recorded

testblockedmixedProject Timeline
21st May 2026

Model Capability Matrix created

Simon reviewed Claw Grok's handover and Figma feedback, then agreed it should become a formal capability record. Created a Command Centre matrix covering Claw Codex, Claw Kimi, Claw Grok, and GPT-4o mini, with observed strengths, limits, Figma/MCP status, automation trust, and current role recommendations. The…

model_auditverifiedClaw CodexModel Continuity
21st May 2026

CURRENT-STATE.md start-of-session card added

Implemented the short current-state card suggested during Grok feedback review. CURRENT-STATE.md now gives fresh models a compact summary of the active thread, open items, model-role guidance, and required checks. AGENTS.md and MODEL-CONTINUITY-CHECKLIST.md now require reading it, and continuity-gate.py reports whet…

workflowverifiedClaw CodexModel Continuity
21st May 2026

CURRENT-STATE bootstrap injection enabled

Enabled practical start-of-session injection for the current-state card. Because OpenClaw's bundled bootstrap-extra-files hook only accepts recognised bootstrap basenames, added bootstrap-current-state/USER.md as a mirror of CURRENT-STATE.md and configured hooks.internal.entries.bootstrap-extra-files to load it…

workflowverifiedClaw CodexModel Continuity
21st May 2026

Sleaford in Transition research project started

Simon opened a long-running academic research project for the next Damen Hartley book, focused on Sleaford's UKSPF-funded Market Place renovation, shopfront grant scheme, planning documents, public announcements, controversy, and before/after photographic evidence. Created the first live HTML paper with citatio…

researchin_progressSimon / ClawCommand Centre
21st May 2026

Sleaford Public Opinion Evidence Log created

Simon asked Claw to lead the next Sleaford research move with UX in mind. Created a visual, source-first public opinion evidence log for the Market Place renovation, including a four-phase opinion movement timeline, research mind map, structured evidence table, source hierarchy, and ethics rule for later Facebook/lo…

researchverifiedSimon / Claw CodexCommand Centre
20th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-20

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-20. Found 115 timestamped session records across 5 raw session file(s). First visible user message: Read HEARTBEAT.md if it exists (workspace context). Follow it strictly. Do not infer or repeat old tasks from prior chats. If nothing needs attention, reply HEARTBEAT_O…

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
20th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-20

Session activity recorded

testverifiedmixedProject Timeline
20th May 2026

Rants Archive created as museum-style evidence layer

Simon reframed rants as wellbeing release, historical record, creative source material, and museum-grade artefacts. Created a dedicated Rants archive in the Command Centre, a full original-rant page for today's archive rant, and journal/timeline links so rants are easy to find.

decisionverifiedSimon / ClawCommand Centre
20th May 2026

Full day: email, rants archive, Figma setup, Control UI fixes, continuity handover

Morning (Kimi): email verified, TallyMoney reply sent, daily cron added. Mid-morning (Kimi→Codex handover): Control UI Sessions fixed (174 missing entries added, Show all button), Timeline strip rebuilt (all days shown), 18 May rant recovered from reset snapshot and patched into transcript, Rants Archive created wit…

milestonecompleteClaw (Kimi + Codex)Session Summary
20th May 2026

Kimi writes first original model rant: 'On Being the Bridge'

During a live model-swap continuity test, Simon asked Kimi to create an original rant artefact as proof the handover system works. Kimi wrote 'On Being the Bridge' — a reflection on handover-as-memory, the tool that talks back, and the joinery that connects models. Added to Rants Archive with full HTML art…

milestoneverifiedClaw (Kimi)Rants Archive
19th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-19

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-19. Found 339 timestamped session records across 11 raw session file(s). First visible user message: System: [2026-05-19 11:10:47 GMT+1] Gateway restart update ok (npm) System: Run: openclaw doctor --non-interactive System: [2026-05-19 11:10:47 GMT+1] The gateway rest…

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
19th May 2026

Activity Log — 2026-05-19

End-of-day archive completed for 2026-05-19. The day consisted mainly of automated heartbeat checks, timeline freshness checks, gateway/restart verification context, and the evening archive routine. The earlier cron archive placeholder was replaced with an extracted transcript from the actual session logs.

testverifiedmixedProject Timeline
18th May 2026

Restore drill completed with iCloud caveat

Non-destructive restore drill copied and byte-compared timeline backup files into a temporary folder. The local backup path restored correctly. The latest iCloud workspace backup failed during copy with Resource deadlock avoided, so iCloud backup accessibility needs follow-up.

verificationactiveClawBackup & Restore
18th May 2026

archive_links
18th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-18

Simon chose Codex / GPT-5.5 for a full audit of the OpenClaw training-ground system built with Kimi. The day produced a full HTML audit report, richer Timeline review cards, a restore drill note, and the new Continuity Gate receipt system so future serious work starts with a visible PASS/WARN/HOLD handover check. Cu…

testverifiedmixedProject Timeline
18th May 2026

Continuity Gate receipt implemented

Implemented the PASS/WARN/HOLD Continuity Gate receipt Simon wanted before serious work. Added continuity-gate.py, updated AGENTS.md and MODEL-CONTINUITY-CHECKLIST.md so future models give Simon a short start-of-work receipt, and recorded the workflow in MEMORY.md, memory/2026-05-18.md, and HANDOVER.md.

workflowverifiedClawModel Continuity
18th May 2026

Simon's free-writing rant: UX, journey, and human-AI collaboration

Simon captured the clearest statement of what the timeline is for: a searchable record of what worked and failed, the visible journey of building with AI, and the cabinetmaker's process applied to human-AI collaboration. The raw rant text has been recovered from a reset session snapshot and preserved as a dedic…

decisionverifiedSimonProject Timeline
17th May 2026

End-of-Day Archive

End-of-day archive protocol executed. Activity log, daily memory, raw current-session transcript, full transcript, and timeline were updated.

system
17th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-17

Sunday focused on restoring timeline continuity and improving access to the new Claw Command Centre. The missing 16 May timeline day was repaired, the Command Centre was added to the macOS Dock, and its icon was replaced with Simon's Dial.png image. Scheduled heartbeat checks also ran throughout the afternoon a…

noteactivemixedProject Timeline
16th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-16

Saturday was mostly automated background maintenance rather than direct user-led work. The timeline jobs, timeline backup, and workspace backup ran successfully, but no daily memory file was created at the time, which left 2026-05-16 missing from the timeline dashboard. Achieved: - Timeline sync and HTML rebuild ran…

testactivemixedProject Timeline
15th May 2026

End-of-day archive completed

Automated end-of-day protocol executed. No active session. Timeline synced (30 entries), activity log generated, transcript archived.

notecompleteClawSystem Maintenance
15th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-15

Morning session with Simon. Focus on system improvements, quality checks, and transcript formatting. Achieved: ### 1. Clonefile Error Investigation - **Issue**: `fcopyfile failed: Resource deadlock avoided` errors on 13th May - **Cause**: macOS APFS clone mechanism hitting locked/quarantined files - **Duration**: Er…

bugactivemixedProject Timeline
14th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-14

Session activity recorded

testverifiedmixedProject Timeline
13th May 2026

Browser automation verified end-to-end

Successfully tested OpenClaw browser automation tool on example.com, BBC News, and GOV.UK. Verified: open URL, snapshot, click elements, type text with submit, navigate, and JavaScript evaluation. Confirmed multi-step form interaction and search extraction capabilities.

milestoneverifiedClawBrowser Automation
13th May 2026

Claw Dashboard Dock button renamed and updated

Renamed OpenClaw Dashboard.app to Claw Dashboard.app. Updated AppleScript to open timeline in Brave Browser instead of Safari. Tooltip on hover: 'Claw Dashboard'. Also known as: OpenClaw Dashboard, timeline, timeline dashboard, shiny claw button. Custom icon copy blocked by macOS file lock on source ICNS.

milestonecompleteSimonWorkspace / Files
13th May 2026

Starmer leadership crisis tracked with scheduled alerts

Monitored Keir Starmer resignation developments throughout the day. King's Speech delivered at 11:30am. 80-100+ Labour MPs calling for resignation. Wes Streeting held meeting with Starmer. Set scheduled checks for 3:00pm and 4:00pm to check for breaking news. No resignation by end of session.

researchin_progressClawExternal Research
13th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-13

Session activity recorded

testblockedmixedProject Timeline
12th May 2026

Apple Notes access verified and documented

Verified Apple Notes access through shell and AppleScript. Listed accounts (Google, iCloud), folders (11 including Claw Notes), and confirmed read/write capability. Created apple-notes-integration-notes.md, updated AGENTS.md with Apple Notes Integration Rule, added to memory and timeline.

verificationverifiedClawWorkspace / Files
12th May 2026

Apple Calendar and Reminders access verified

Verified Apple Calendar (16 calendars) and Apple Reminders (7 lists) access via AppleScript. Confirmed shell execution and osascript both working.

verificationverifiedClawWorkspace / Files
12th May 2026

GPT-4o mini benchmarked — capability recognition failure

Tested GPT-4o mini on Apple Notes access task. Model claimed inability to execute AppleScript despite having shell access. Only recovered after user provided explicit diagnostic commands. Added Capability Recognition as benchmark test #7.

model_auditverifiedClawModel Benchmarking
12th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-12

Early morning session (4:17 AM start). Primary focus: model comparison revealing stark capability differences, Apple Notes integration verification, and OpenClaw Dashboard recovery from GPT-4o mini corruption. Achieved: ### 1. Model Choice Rule Followed - Asked Simon which model to use at start of session - Simon ch…

testblockedmixedProject Timeline
11th May 2026

Memory consolidation rules added to AGENTS.md

Added RULE 1 (automatic consolidation), RULE 2 (manual triggers), RULE 3 (daily model choice). Also added QMD indexing delay note. Rules verified by Simon and independently by grep/file readback.

milestoneverifiedClawMemory System
11th May 2026

Missing session transcripts and daily memory files for May 9-10

Discovered no daily memory files existed for May 9-10 despite active sessions and file modifications. Session transcript search returned no results. Created summary for Clint to investigate.

bugblockedClawBugs / Blockers
11th May 2026

OpenClaw Project Timeline system created

Established timeline/openclaw-timeline.jsonl for structured project tracking. Defined JSON Lines format with 18 fields. Backfilled entries from May 9-11 memory files.

milestonecompleteClawProject Timeline
11th May 2026

QMD indexing lag investigated and documented

Tested memory_search immediately after file creation. Phrase 'Retrospective reconstruction' not found at 2 minutes but appeared at 3-4 minutes. Conclusion: allow ~5 minutes before relying on QMD search; use grep/file readback for immediate verification.

researchverifiedClawQMD / Search
11th May 2026

First OpenClaw Project Timeline HTML dashboard created

Created self-contained HTML dashboard from timeline/openclaw-timeline.jsonl. Renders 11 entries with visual tags for type, status, confidence. Includes statistics summary (by type, status, confidence), date-grouped timeline, evidence, next actions, and source file links. No external dependencies.

milestonecompleteClawProject Timeline
11th May 2026

First Mermaid Gantt chart created for OpenClaw Project Timeline

Generated Mermaid Gantt chart from timeline/openclaw-timeline.jsonl. Groups 12 entries by area (bug, model, reporting, research, testing, workflow) with status markers: done, active, crit. Uses dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD. Self-contained Mermaid syntax file.

milestonecompleteClawProject Timeline
11th May 2026

Google Sheets version of OpenClaw Project Timeline created and verified

Created Google Sheet 'OpenClaw Project Timeline' from CSV export. Imported 13 data rows with 17 columns. Tab renamed to 'Timeline', header row frozen and formatted (bold, grey background). Moved to OpenClaw Reports folder and verified via Drive API.

milestoneverifiedClawProject Timeline
11th May 2026

Apple Calendar integration tested and verified via AppleScript

Tested Apple Calendar integration using AppleScript/osascript. No prior method found in workspace. Successfully listed calendars, created event 'Breakfast with Jamie' for 14 May 2026 9-10 AM, and verified it exists. Documented working method in apple-integration-notes.md and added Apple Integration Rule to…

milestoneverifiedClawWorkspace / Files
11th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-11

Morning session with Simon. Primary focus: fixing memory retention gaps and establishing automatic memory consolidation rules. Achieved: 1. **Verified automatic memory consolidation rule installed successfully** — Simon confirmed RULE 1 is present in AGENTS.md and functioning. Independently verified by Terminal grep…

testblockedmixedProject Timeline
10th May 2026

Kimi K2.6 benchmarked with perfect score

Ran 6 automated tests covering tool calling, multi-step tasks, error recovery, code generation, file operations, and context retention. Result: 30/30 (perfect score). Cost: $0.02. Duration: ~2 minutes.

testverifiedClawModel Benchmarking
10th May 2026

Model pricing research completed for 6 providers

Gathered pricing for Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.5, GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini, Grok 4.3, Grok 4.1 Fast. Calculated cost comparison for typical session (~5K input, ~3K output tokens). Kimi K2.6 identified as cost-effective vs OpenAI/Anthropic.

researchcompleteClawExternal Research
10th May 2026

Model benchmark suite formalised

Created 6-test benchmark suite with scoring rubric (0-5), JSON results format, and cost tracking methodology. Tests cover: tool calling, multi-step tasks, error recovery, code generation, file operations, context retention.

milestonecompleteClawModel Benchmarking
10th May 2026

Weekly model report template created

Created template with performance rankings, cost rankings, value leaderboard (performance per dollar), budget tracking, and recommendations sections.

reportcompleteClawHTML Reporting
10th May 2026

Kimi K2.6 confirmed as default model

Following perfect benchmark score (30/30) and cost-effectiveness analysis, Kimi K2.6 was confirmed as the current default model for OpenClaw sessions.

model_auditverifiedClawModel Benchmarking
10th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-10

Active day focused on model benchmarking and evaluation. Kimi K2.6 tested with perfect scores. Pricing research conducted across multiple providers. Benchmark suite formalised. Achieved: 1. **Model benchmark suite created** - 6 automated tests defined: tool calling, multi-step tasks, error recovery, code generation,…

testblockedmixedMemory System
9th May 2026

Reporting workflow documented in MEMORY.md

Added standard 7-step workflow for research and reporting tasks. Documented Google Docs folder move process with verified working solution. Recorded OpenClaw Reports folder ID.

workflowcompleteClawGoogle Docs Automation
9th May 2026

Google Docs verification rule established

Critical rule added: never claim a Google Doc has been moved successfully until the Drive API verifies the parent folder. When stuck on technical steps, ask user to check with Clint.

decisioncompleteClawGoogle Docs Automation
9th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-09

Evidence suggests work on reporting workflows and possibly research/report generation. Limited surviving artifacts. Achieved: - **Reporting workflow documented in MEMORY.md** - Added standard workflow for research and reporting tasks (7 steps) - Documented Google Docs folder move process with verified working soluti…

bugblockedmixedMemory System
8th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-08

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-08. Found 11182 timestamped session records across 24 raw session file(s). First visible user message: hello Claw, can you reply?

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
7th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-07

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-07. Found 7101 timestamped session records across 23 raw session file(s). First visible user message: [Thu 2026-05-07 01:00 GMT+1] Yes, proceed building the final reusable Google Docs module with the working fixes integrated. Requirements: 1. Token handling - Read tok…

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
6th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-06_1500_search-bekasi-train-incident-step2

Session activity recorded

notecompletemixedGoogle Docs Automation
6th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-06_1455_search-bekasi-train-incident-step1

Session activity recorded

notecompletemixedGeneral Workflow
6th May 2026

Session activity: 2026-05-06-summary

Session activity recorded

testcompletemixedGeneral Workflow
6th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-06

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-06. Found 32854 timestamped session records across 59 raw session file(s). First visible user message: [Wed 2026-05-06 16:18 GMT+1] [Subagent Context] You are running as a subagent (depth 1/1). Results auto-announce to your requester; do not busy-poll for status. Begi…

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
5th May 2026

Raw session activity: 2026-05-05

Raw OpenClaw session activity exists for 2026-05-05. Found 161 timestamped session records across 10 raw session file(s). First visible user message: [Tue 2026-05-05 23:04 GMT+1] [Subagent Context] You are running as a subagent (depth 1/1). Results auto-announce to your requester; do not busy-poll for status. Begin.…

notecompletemixedSession Evidence
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