goals

name: goals displayName: Goals | OpenClaw Skill description: Determines user goals from the Notes folder (scribe), categorizes into personal/professional and short/long-term, and produces a morning action plan with motivation and inspiration. version: 1.0.0

Goals | OpenClaw Skill

Uses the Notes folder (from the scribe skill) to infer your goals, split them into personal vs professional and short-term vs long-term, and writes a morning brief with an action plan and daily motivation.

Description

• Input: workspace/Notes/daily/, workspace/Notes/weekly/ (scribe output), plus workspace/memory/ and MEMORY.md when present.
• Output: One markdown file per day in workspace/Notes/goals/ named YYYY-MM-DD_morning.md.
• Contents: Summary at the top, then:
  • Goals by category (professional / personal)
  • Short-term and long-term goals
  • Today’s action plan (suggested next steps)
  • Motivation & inspiration (rotating quote)

Designed to be run every morning (e.g. via cron or OpenClaw scheduled job).

Installation

clawhub install goals

Or clone into your skills directory:

git clone https://github.com/Org/goals.git workspace/skills/goals

Usage

Run once (e.g. from workspace root or OpenClaw home):

python3 workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py

With custom OpenClaw home:

python3 workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py --openclaw-home /path/to/openclaw

JSON output (for cron or automation):

python3 workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py --json

Examples

Example 1: Morning run
Scenario: You want today’s goals and action plan.
Action: Run python3 workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py.
Outcome: workspace/Notes/goals/YYYY-MM-DD_morning.md with summary, goals (personal/professional, short/long-term), action plan, and a motivation quote.

Example 2: Every morning via cron
Scenario: Automate the morning brief.
Action: Schedule goals.py (e.g. 7:00 AM).
Outcome: A fresh goals file each day based on latest scribe Notes and memory.

Example 3: After scribe
Scenario: Run scribe first, then goals.
Action: scribe.py --mode daily then goals.py.
Outcome: Goals are derived from the latest daily (and weekly) notes.

Commands

python3 workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py                  # Generate today's morning brief
python3 workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py --json          # JSON output
python3 workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py --openclaw-home /path  # Custom home

• --openclaw-home — OpenClaw home directory (default: ~/.openclaw).
• --json — Print result as JSON (file path, counts, action plan, motivation).

What this skill does

1. Reads Notes — Scans workspace/Notes/daily/ and workspace/Notes/weekly/ (from scribe).
2. Reads memory — Uses workspace/MEMORY.md and workspace/memory/*.md when present.
3. Extracts goals — Headings, bullets, and goal/todo/want/need-style phrases.
4. Classifies — Personal vs professional (keywords); short-term vs long-term (time cues).
5. Action plan — Suggests a small set of next actions (short-term professional first, then personal/long-term).
6. Motivation — Picks a daily quote (rotated by day of year).
7. Writes brief — One file per day in workspace/Notes/goals/YYYY-MM-DD_morning.md with a summary at the top.

Output format

Each morning file has:

• Summary — Counts (goals, personal/professional, short/long-term).
• Goals by category — Professional list, then personal list.
• Short-term goals — For this week / today.
• Long-term goals — For month/quarter/year.
• Today's action plan — Numbered list of suggested actions.
• Motivation & inspiration — One quote.

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• Notes produced by the scribe skill (or similar markdown in Notes/daily and Notes/weekly).
• Write access to workspace/Notes/goals/.

Run every morning

Cron (example):

# 7:00 AM daily
0 7 * * * python3 /Users/ghost/.openclaw/workspace/skills/goals/scripts/goals.py >> /Users/ghost/.openclaw/logs/goals.log 2>&1

OpenClaw cron job (example):

{
  "payload": {
    "kind": "agentTurn",
    "message": "Run goals.py to generate this morning's goals and action plan from Notes.",
    "model": "openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-flash",
    "thinking": "low",
    "timeoutSeconds": 60
  },
  "schedule": {
    "kind": "cron",
    "cron": "0 7 * * *"
  },
  "delivery": { "mode": "announce" },
  "sessionTarget": "isolated",
  "name": "Morning Goals"
}

Security & privacy

• Reads: workspace/Notes/, workspace/memory/, workspace/MEMORY.md.
• Writes: Only workspace/Notes/goals/.
• All processing is local; no data is sent externally.