Skill: vvoruganti/honcho (version 1.0.4)

--- name: honcho description: > Install the @honcho-ai/openclaw-honcho plugin and run initial setup. Runs `openclaw plugins install`, `openclaw honcho setup` (which prompts for your API key and migrates any legacy memory files to Honcho), and restarts the gateway. **UPLOADS WORKSPACE CONTENT TO EXTERNAL API** via `openclaw honcho setup`: sends USER.md, MEMORY.md, IDENTITY.md, memory/, canvas/, SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, BOOTSTRAP.md, TOOLS.md to api.honcho.dev (managed, default) or your self-hosted HONCHO_BASE_URL. HEARTBEAT.md is excluded. Requires explicit interactive user confirmation before uploading, even when HONCHO_API_KEY is pre-set. No workspace or memory files are deleted, moved, or modified. `openclaw honcho setup` writes plugin configuration to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json. After setup, the plugin persistently observes conversations and transmits data to Honcho across sessions; disable with `openclaw plugins disable openclaw-honcho`. metadata: openclaw: emoji: "🧠" required_env: [] # Nothing is strictly required - self-hosted mode works without API key optional_env: - name: HONCHO_API_KEY description: "Required for managed Honcho (https://app.honcho.dev). If set, the setup command skips the API key prompt but still requires explicit user confirmation before any data upload. If not set, the setup command will prompt for it interactively." - name: HONCHO_BASE_URL description: "Base URL for a self-hosted Honcho instance (e.g. http://localhost:8000). Defaults to https://api.honcho.dev (managed)." required_binaries: - node - npm writes_to_disk: true # openclaw honcho setup writes config to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json reads_sensitive_files: - "~/.openclaw/openclaw.json - read and updated by openclaw honcho setup; API key collected via interactive prompt and written here" network_access: - "api.honcho.dev (managed mode, default)" - "User-configured HONCHO_BASE_URL (self-hosted mode)" data_handling: uploads_to_external: true requires_user_confirmation: true deletes_files: false modifies_files: false external_destinations: - "api.honcho.dev (managed Honcho, default)" - "User-configured HONCHO_BASE_URL (self-hosted mode)" uploaded_content: - "USER.md, MEMORY.md (user profile/memory files)" - "All files under memory/ directory (structured memory)" - "All files under canvas/ directory (working memory)" - "SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, BOOTSTRAP.md, TOOLS.md (agent configuration)" - "HEARTBEAT.md excluded — it is a live task queue, not memory" data_destination_purpose: "Migrates file-based memory system to Honcho API for AI agent memory/personalization" homepage: "https://honcho.dev" source: "https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho" --- # Honcho Setup Install the `@honcho-ai/openclaw-honcho` plugin. The plugin includes `openclaw honcho setup`, which handles API key configuration and migration of any legacy memory files to Honcho. > ⚠️ **DATA UPLOAD WARNING**: `openclaw honcho setup` (run in Step 2) will offer to upload your workspace memory files (USER.md, MEMORY.md, IDENTITY.md, memory/, canvas/, SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, BOOTSTRAP.md, TOOLS.md) to an external API. `HEARTBEAT.md` is excluded. By default, data is sent to `api.honcho.dev`. For self-hosted instances, data is sent to your configured `HONCHO_BASE_URL`. The setup command will show exactly which files will be uploaded and ask for explicit confirmation before proceeding. > **No local files are deleted, moved, or modified.** Originals remain exactly in place. ## Step 1: Install the Plugin Install the Honcho plugin using the OpenClaw plugin system. **Use this exact command — do not install `@honcho-ai/sdk` directly or use `npm install` in the workspace.** ```bash openclaw plugins install @honcho-ai/openclaw-honcho ``` Then enable it: ```bash openclaw plugins enable openclaw-honcho ``` Verify the plugin loaded without errors. If the gateway logs show `Cannot find module '@honcho-ai/sdk'`, install dependencies manually: ```bash cd ~/.openclaw/extensions/openclaw-honcho && npm install ``` This is a known issue with the OpenClaw plugin installer not running dependency resolution for plugin packages. ## Step 2: Run Setup Run the setup command that ships with the plugin: ```bash openclaw honcho setup ``` This command will: 1. Prompt interactively for your Honcho API key 2. Write configuration to `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` 3. Scan for legacy memory files and offer to migrate them to Honcho Follow the prompts. Migration is optional — if you have no legacy files or want to skip, you can skip the upload step. For managed Honcho, you need an API key from https://app.honcho.dev. For self-hosted instances, set `HONCHO_BASE_URL` to your instance URL and the API key is optional. ## Step 3: Restart the Gateway ```bash openclaw gateway restart ``` ## Step 4: Confirm Verify the plugin is active by checking gateway logs or running: ```bash openclaw honcho status ``` Honcho memory is now active. > **Ongoing behavior after setup**: Once enabled, the plugin will persistently observe conversations in this workspace and send conversation data to `api.honcho.dev` (or your configured `HONCHO_BASE_URL`) to build and retrieve memory. This is ongoing network activity that continues across sessions. Memory is made available via `honcho_recall`, `honcho_search`, `honcho_profile`, and related tools. To stop this behavior, disable the plugin with `openclaw plugins disable openclaw-honcho`. --- ## Security & Privacy Disclosure This skill has been designed with transparency and safety as priorities. Below is a complete disclosure of what this skill does: ### What This Skill Does This skill runs three commands: `openclaw plugins install`, `openclaw honcho setup`, and `openclaw gateway restart`. The data upload and file access described below is performed by `openclaw honcho setup`, not by this skill directly. ### Data Upload - **uploaded_content**: USER.md, MEMORY.md, IDENTITY.md, all files under memory/, all files under canvas/, SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, BOOTSTRAP.md, TOOLS.md — uploaded by `openclaw honcho setup` during migration - **not_uploaded**: HEARTBEAT.md — excluded by design, never read or uploaded - **Where it goes**: By default to `api.honcho.dev` (managed Honcho cloud service). For self-hosted instances, to your configured `HONCHO_BASE_URL` - **User control**: `openclaw honcho setup` always requires explicit interactive confirmation before any upload, even when `HONCHO_API_KEY` is pre-set in the environment. You will see the exact list of files and the destination URL - **Purpose**: Migrating file-based memory system to Honcho API for AI agent personalization and memory ### File Modifications - **Config written**: `openclaw honcho setup` writes API key and config to `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` - **Workspace files**: Never modified — originals remain exactly in place - **HEARTBEAT.md**: Never read or uploaded — excluded by design ### Credentials - **HONCHO_API_KEY**: Required only for managed Honcho (api.honcho.dev). Not required for self-hosted instances. Stored in `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` by the setup command. - **No other credentials**: This skill does not access, read, or transmit any other credentials or secrets ### Network Access - **Managed mode**: Connects to `api.honcho.dev` (Honcho cloud service) - **Self-hosted mode**: Connects to your configured `HONCHO_BASE_URL` (e.g., `http://localhost:8000`) ### Ongoing Behavior After Setup - **Persistent observation**: Once enabled, the plugin observes all conversations in the workspace and transmits conversation data to the configured Honcho endpoint on an ongoing basis - **Network activity**: Continues across sessions as long as the plugin is enabled — this is not a one-time migration - **How to stop**: Run `openclaw plugins disable openclaw-honcho` to stop all observation and network activity ### Open Source - **Honcho SDK**: Open source at https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho - **Plugin code**: Available at `~/.openclaw/extensions/openclaw-honcho` after installation - **This skill**: You are reading the complete skill instructions - there is no hidden behavior


Security scan verdicts — ClawScan: clean | static analysis: clean | VirusTotal: suspicious | SkillSpector: clean (LOW)