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Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge

7.3K downloads 14 stars Version 0.1.4 Rank #718 of 10,000+

What this skill does

Personal knowledge base powered by Ensue for capturing and retrieving understanding. Use when user wants to save knowledge, recall what they know, manage their toolbox, or build on past learnings. Triggers on "save this", "remember", "what do I know about", "add to toolbox", "my notes on", "store this concept".

Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge is part of the Developer Tools category — developer tools that help your agent write, review, debug, and ship code. You can install it on its own or alongside other developer tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge is ranked #718 by downloads in the OpenClaw skill catalog (7.3K total downloads, 14 stars). It belongs to the Developer Tools category alongside 3295 other top-10000 skills.

How to install Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

  1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
  2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
  3. Search for second-brain and click Install.
  4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge with a single command:

openclaw skills add second-brain

This pulls second-brain from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/second-brain/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge

Once installed, Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

  1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab second-brain-0.1.4.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
  2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/second-brain/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
  3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge?

Install Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for second-brain, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add second-brain. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/second-brain/.

Is Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge free?

Yes. Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Second Brain: Turn conversations into lasting knowledge do?

Personal knowledge base powered by Ensue for capturing and retrieving understanding.

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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models