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Move meeting notes into core transcripts, remove the bundled meeting-notes plugin/API, and require explicit transcripts.enabled before exposing the recording-capable tool.
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summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw transcripts` (list, show, and locate stored transcripts)"
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read_when:
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- You want to read stored transcript summaries from the terminal
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- You need the path to a transcripts markdown summary
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- You are debugging the core transcripts storage layout
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title: "Transcripts CLI"
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---
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# `openclaw transcripts`
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Inspect transcripts written by OpenClaw's core `transcripts` tool. This CLI is
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read-only; capture, import, and summarization are owned by the agent tool and
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configured auto-start sources.
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Use the CLI when you want to find yesterday's notes, open the Markdown file in
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an editor, feed a transcript to another tool, or debug where a session landed on
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disk. It does not start or stop capture.
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Artifacts live under the OpenClaw state directory:
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```text
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$OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR/transcripts/YYYY-MM-DD/<session>/
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metadata.json
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transcript.jsonl
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summary.json
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summary.md
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```
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The default state directory is `~/.openclaw`; set `OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR` to use a
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different one. The date directory comes from the session start time, and the
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session directory is a safe filesystem segment derived from the session id.
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## Commands
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```bash
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openclaw transcripts list
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openclaw transcripts show <session>
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openclaw transcripts show YYYY-MM-DD/<session>
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openclaw transcripts path <session>
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openclaw transcripts path YYYY-MM-DD/<session>
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openclaw transcripts path <session> --dir
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openclaw transcripts path <session> --metadata
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openclaw transcripts path <session> --transcript
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openclaw transcripts list --json
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openclaw transcripts show <session> --json
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openclaw transcripts path <session> --json
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```
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- `list`: list stored sessions, date-qualified selector, start time, title, and `summary.md` path.
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- `show <session>`: print the stored `summary.md`.
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- `path <session>`: print the `summary.md` path.
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- `path <session> --dir`: print the session directory.
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- `path <session> --metadata`: print `metadata.json`.
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- `path <session> --transcript`: print `transcript.jsonl`.
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- `--json`: print machine-readable output.
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When a human session id repeats across days, use the date-qualified selector
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from `list`, for example `openclaw transcripts show 2026-05-22/standup`.
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Default session ids include a timestamp and random suffix; configure fixed
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session ids only when they are unique within the day.
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## Output
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`list` prints one session per line:
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```text
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2026-05-22/standup 2026-05-22T09:00:00.000Z Weekly standup /Users/alex/.openclaw/transcripts/2026-05-22/standup/summary.md
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```
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The output is tab-separated. The columns are selector, start time, title, and
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summary path. The selector is the safest value to pass back to `show` or `path`.
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`list --json` prints objects with:
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- `sessionId`
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- `selector`
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- `date`
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- `title`
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- `startedAt`
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- `stoppedAt`
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- `source`
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- `path`
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- `summaryPath`
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- `hasSummary`
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`show --json` returns the stored session metadata, selector, session directory,
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summary path, and summary Markdown text. `path --json` returns the selected path
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and whether that file exists.
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## Many meetings per day
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Transcripts groups sessions by date, then by session id. Ten meetings on one
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day become ten sibling folders:
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```text
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~/.openclaw/transcripts/2026-05-22/
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transcript-2026-05-22T09-00-00-000Z-a1b2c3d4/
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transcript-2026-05-22T10-30-00-000Z-b2c3d4e5/
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standup/
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```
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Use default generated ids for most automation. Use a fixed id such as `standup`
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only when the same id will not be used twice on the same date.
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## Missing summaries
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Live sessions write `summary.md` when the session stops. Imported transcripts
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write `summary.md` immediately after import. A session can still appear in
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`list` without a summary when capture is active, a provider failed during stop,
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or metadata was written before any utterances arrived.
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Use `path <session> --transcript` to inspect the append-only transcript, and use
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the `transcripts` tool action `summarize` to regenerate the Markdown summary.
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## Configuration
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Transcript capture is opt-in because live sources can join and record meeting
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audio. Enable the tool with top-level `transcripts.enabled`:
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```json
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{
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"transcripts": {
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"enabled": true,
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"maxUtterances": 2000
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}
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}
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```
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Configure auto-start sources with `transcripts.autoStart` in `openclaw.json`.
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Each entry is enabled by being present; omit an entry to disable that source.
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```json
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{
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"transcripts": {
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"enabled": true,
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"autoStart": [
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{
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"providerId": "discord-voice",
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"guildId": "1234567890",
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"channelId": "2345678901"
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},
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{
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"providerId": "slack-huddle",
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"accountId": "workspace",
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"channelId": "C123"
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}
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]
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}
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}
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```
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