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v1.5.0 — Memory that models the user

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@freddy-schuetz freddy-schuetz released this 18 Apr 22:11
v1.5.0
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What's new

Memory in n8n-claw used to be a passive fact store — the agent saved what you said and looked it up later. v1.5.0 turns it into an active model of the user. The agent now extracts behavior patterns, tracks half-finished thoughts, and quietly carries that context into every future conversation.

3 new mechanisms, no schema migration, no breaking changes.

Pattern Extraction (nightly)

  • memory-consolidation workflow now runs a second LLM pass after the daily summary — extracts 2–5 behavior patterns, communication styles, and stressors into category='insight' memories
  • New patterns are tagged new, reinforced, or contradicted against the last 7 days of insights
  • Contradicted insights are flagged metadata.outdated=true instead of being deleted — temporal validity, not destructive overwrite
  • Uses the same LLM provider as the existing summarize step (Claude, OpenAI, Ollama, etc.)

Open Loops

  • New category='open_loop' for half-finished thoughts the agent picks up from chat ("ich muss noch X prüfen", "vergiss nicht Y")
  • heartbeat workflow checks for unresolved loops older than 3 days and proactively asks: "Vor X Tagen wolltest du noch: Y. Ist das passiert?"
  • Throttled to once every 24h via heartbeat_config.last_open_loop_check
  • Closed via metadata.closed=true on shallow merge — original content preserved as audit trail

Insight Recall (every turn)

  • n8n-claw-agent loads top-3 active insights into the system prompt on every message
  • Insights shape behavior silently — the prompt explicitly instructs the model not to quote them
  • Cost: ~200–500 extra input tokens per turn

Fixed

  • memory_update — metadata now uses jsonb shallow merge instead of replace. Previously updating one field wiped the others.
  • setup.sh — workflow lookup paginates correctly past the first 100; deactivates before delete to avoid orphaned webhook registrations
  • scheduled_actions — [SKIP] marker no longer leaks into agent responses

Breaking changes

None. New category values are additive (no CHECK constraint on memory_long.category). No migration needed.

Upgrade

cd n8n-claw && git pull && ./setup.sh --force

Insights start appearing after the first nightly consolidation run. Open loops trigger after 3 days of inactivity on a topic.

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